Tent style cards

Tent style cards

[Pavneet Arora]

Hello.

I am trying to do up some tent style table place holder cards for my 
daughter's wedding, and have been wracking my brain for a solution for a 
couple of days now.

Having tried many alternatives, this is the closest I have come up with.  
But mirroring doesn't work.  If I use \setuparranging[2*4] mirroring 
works, but I only need tent style (1*2 head-to-head) so that I can trim 
to size.

Any template that could be suggested would be most helpful as the 
wedding is on Mon (yikes!).

advTHANKSance.

>>>MWE<<<

\definepapersize[tblcard][width=4in,height=3in]

\setuppapersize[tblcard][letter,portrait]
\setuparranging[2TOP]

\setuplayout[
    height=3in,
    width=4in,
    topspace=0in,
    header=0in,
    bottomspace=0in,
    footer=0in,
    backspace=0.0in,
    %%
    location=middle,
    marking=on,
]

\startbuffer[tblcard]
    \strut
    \tfd A Name
\stopbuffer

\starttext
    \showframe
    \adaptpapersize[tblcard,mirrored][letter,portrait]\getbuffer[tblcard]
    \page
    \getbuffer[tblcard]
\stoptext

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Re: Tent style cards

[Pablo Rodriguez]

On 12/21/19 11:08 PM, Pavneet Arora wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am trying to do up some tent style table place holder cards for my
> daughter's wedding, and have been wracking my brain for a solution for a
> couple of days now.
>
> Having tried many alternatives, this is the closest I have come up with.
> But mirroring doesn't work.  If I use \setuparranging[2*4] mirroring
> works, but I only need tent style (1*2 head-to-head) so that I can trim
> to size.
>
> Any template that could be suggested would be most helpful as the
> wedding is on Mon (yikes!).

Hi Paavnet,

I think this could achieve what you might need:

    \definepapersize[tblcard][width=4in,height=3in]

    \setuppapersize[tblcard][letter,portrait]
    \setuparranging[2TOP]

    \setuplayout[
        height=3in,
        width=4in,
        topspace=0in,
        header=0in,
        bottomspace=0in,
        footer=0in,
        backspace=0.0in,
        %%
        location=middle,
        marking=on,
    ]

    \startbuffer[tblcard]
        \startframedtext
            [frame=off, width=\textwidth, height=\textheight,
              align={lohi, middle}]
            \tfd A Name
        \stopframedtext
    \stopbuffer

    \starttext
        %~ \showframe
        \rotate[rotation=180]{\getbuffer[tblcard]}
        \page
        \getbuffer[tblcard]
    \stoptext

I hope it goes on time ;-),

Pablo
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Re: Tent style cards

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Pavneet Arora schrieb am 21.12.2019 um 23:08:
> Hello.
>
> I am trying to do up some tent style table place holder cards for my
> daughter's wedding, and have been wracking my brain for a solution for a
> couple of days now.
>
> Having tried many alternatives, this is the closest I have come up with.
> But mirroring doesn't work.  If I use \setuparranging[2*4] mirroring
> works, but I only need tent style (1*2 head-to-head) so that I can trim
> to size.
>
> Any template that could be suggested would be most helpful as the
> wedding is on Mon (yikes!).

There is a arrangement style but it's meant for doublesided cards.

\setuppapersize[A6,landscape][A5]

\setuparranging[1*2-Conference]

\setuppagenumbering[location=]

\starttext
\dorecurse{2}{\centerbox{\tfd Insert Name}}
\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: Tent style cards

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Pavneet Arora schrieb am 21.12.2019 um 23:08:
> Hello.
>
> I am trying to do up some tent style table place holder cards for my
> daughter's wedding, and have been wracking my brain for a solution for a
> couple of days now.
>
> Having tried many alternatives, this is the closest I have come up with.
> But mirroring doesn't work.  If I use \setuparranging[2*4] mirroring
> works, but I only need tent style (1*2 head-to-head) so that I can trim
> to size.
>
> Any template that could be suggested would be most helpful as the
> wedding is on Mon (yikes!).

Simple solution:

\starttexdefinition TableCard #1

     \setupTABLE [start] 
[frame=off,width=4in,height=3in,align={middle,lohi},style=\tfd]
     \setupTABLE [row]   [1] [orientation=180]
    %\setupTABLE [start]     [leftframe=on,rightframe=on]
    %\setupTABLE [row]   [1] [topframe=on]
    %\setupTABLE [row]   [2] [bottomframe=on]

     \bTABLE
         \bTR
             \bTD
                 #1
             \eTD
         \eTR
         \bTR
             \bTD
                 #1
             \eTD
         \eTR
     \eTABLE

\stoptexdefinition


\starttext
\TableCard{Insert Name}
\stoptext

Wolfgang

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Re: Tent style cards

[Hans Hagen]

On 12/22/2019 11:23 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Pavneet Arora schrieb am 21.12.2019 um 23:08:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am trying to do up some tent style table place holder cards for my
>> daughter's wedding, and have been wracking my brain for a solution for a
>> couple of days now.
>>
>> Having tried many alternatives, this is the closest I have come up with.
>> But mirroring doesn't work.  If I use \setuparranging[2*4] mirroring
>> works, but I only need tent style (1*2 head-to-head) so that I can trim
>> to size.
>>
>> Any template that could be suggested would be most helpful as the
>> wedding is on Mon (yikes!).
> 
> Simple solution:
> 
> \starttexdefinition TableCard #1
> 
>      \setupTABLE [start] 
> [frame=off,width=4in,height=3in,align={middle,lohi},style=\tfd]
>      \setupTABLE [row]   [1] [orientation=180]
>     %\setupTABLE [start]     [leftframe=on,rightframe=on]
>     %\setupTABLE [row]   [1] [topframe=on]
>     %\setupTABLE [row]   [2] [bottomframe=on]
> 
>      \bTABLE
>          \bTR
>              \bTD
>                  #1
>              \eTD
>          \eTR
>          \bTR
>              \bTD
>                  #1
>              \eTD
>          \eTR
>      \eTABLE
> 
> \stoptexdefinition
> 
> 
> \starttext
> \TableCard{Insert Name}
> \stoptext

Now that's one for Pavneets upcoming context cookbook project, after the 
wedding is done,

Hans


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Re: Tent style cards

[Pavneet Arora]

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Many thanks Wolfgang and Pablo.

And, Hans, I have already included this example for the Cookbook (with 
the three differing solution), as you will see from the path name of the 
attached PDF :).

Wolfgang, I just used your first solution, and it worked great.  I don't 
know whether the mailing-list daemon will let through a PDF, but I am 
enclosing the current (almost final) version of the table place card 
(with my daughter's name).

The figure to the left is an Apollonius Gasket of tangential circles 
made with MetaPost signifying all the family connections that each 
partner brings in creating a new union.  The code is from Denis Roegel, 
who quickly responded when I was unable to piece together a working 
example from his 2005 TUGboat article:

https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb26-1/tb82roegel.pdf

I've resorted to layers with explicit positioning for now, as well as 
having to compile the MetaPost explicitly and then hand edit out all 
references to cmmr in the resulting PS, but at least I have a working 
template.

If there are other suggestions to better optimize, I'm all ears.  In 
particular I would like to place each name vertically centred in right 
one-third of the card, as well as using \startuseMPgraphic for direct 
compilation from ConTeXt.

Many thanks for all the help.

>>> SNIPPET <<<

\startbuffer[tblcard]
    \strut
    \definelayer[tblplacecard]
    \setlayer[tblplacecard][x=-1em,y=1em]{%
        \externalfigure[figures/apollonius/apollonius.103][width=2.0in]}
    \switchtobodyfont[nameface]
    \setlayer[tblplacecard][x=10em,y=3.0em]%
        {\tfg\it\color[orangered]{Vidya}}
    \flushlayer[tblplacecard]
\stopbuffer

\starttext
    \setupcolors[state=start]

    %%% 1. Show the frame and layout information.
    \showframe
    %\showsetups
    %\showlayout

    \getbuffer[tblcard]
    \page
    \getbuffer[tblcard]
\stoptext

On 22Dec19, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
> \setuparranging[1*2-Conference]

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