From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/18198 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthias Weber Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: PDF bounding box problem? Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:41:09 -0500 Message-ID: <6678872E-7AB9-11D9-A807-0003934F9514@indiana.edu> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107967185 23918 80.91.229.2 (9 Feb 2005 16:39:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:39:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 09 17:39:45 2005 Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CyusP-00011P-Eg for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:39:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D23127B8; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18831-06-7; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C290127A6; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 389D1127A6 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18831-06-6 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from rockridge.uits.indiana.edu (rockridge.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.74]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B15712775 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:41:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-relay.iu.edu (fontz.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.76]) by rockridge.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j19Gf7Hd014409 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:41:07 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from [129.79.94.193] (129-79-94-193.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu [129.79.94.193]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail-relay.iu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j19Gf8qt015865 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:41:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-MailScanner-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-MailScanner-To: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:18198 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:18198 I usually save the graphics in an Illustrator document which has the=20 dimensions and margins I want. I don't know another way -- Matthias On Feb 9, 2005, at 11:34 AM, cormullion wrote: > I=92m trying to place a PDF created by Adobe Illustrator 10 using=20 > \externalfigure. But it=92s coming in with loads of white space around=20= > it. > > Although I=92m new to ConTeXt, this reminds me of the old problem = where=20 > there are different types of =91box=92 specified in the PDF file: one=20= > possibly specifying a paper size, others specifying perhaps the extent=20= > of the marks described within. The PDF file contains these =91box=92=20= > lines: > >> /MediaBox [ 0.5 -0.5 612.5 791.5 ] >> /ArtBox [ 206.97998 316.0459 402.12988 477.66016 ] >> %%BoundingBox: 206 316 403 478 >> %%HiResBoundingBox: 206.98 316.0459 402.1299 477.6602 >> %AI3_TemplateBox: 306.5 395.5 306.5 395.5 >> %AI3_TileBox: 30 35 582 761 >> %%BoundingBox: 206 316 403 478 >> %%HiResBoundingBox: 206.98 316.0459 402.1299 477.6602 >> %%BoundingBox: 206 316 403 478 >> %%HiResBoundingBox: 206.98 316.0459 402.1299 477.6602 >> %AI3_TemplateBox: 306.5 395.5 306.5 395.5 >> %AI3_TileBox: 30 35 582 761 >> /FontBBox [ -167 -250 1006 939 ] >> /FontBBox [ -222 -250 1006 922 ] > > To my untutored eye it looks like the MediaBox is being used - at=20 > least, the graphic takes up an area about Letter size. Is there some=20= > setting I=92ve missed that lets me get the bounds of the graphics = rather=20 > than the file? > > thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >