* Booklet hint @ 2008-06-19 23:55 Diego Depaoli 2008-06-20 8:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Diego Depaoli @ 2008-06-19 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users I'm trying to produce my first booklet (two A5 on A4 paper) and first results look fine (but how much effort). What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? Thanks -- Diego Depaoli P.S. Why Scite's interface doesn't contain a direct call to 'context'? ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Booklet hint 2008-06-19 23:55 Booklet hint Diego Depaoli @ 2008-06-20 8:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster 2008-06-20 14:18 ` Diego Depaoli 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-06-20 8:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Diego Depaoli <trebestie@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to produce my first booklet (two A5 on A4 paper) and first > results look fine (but how much effort). > What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? I use myself a size between 8 and 10pt but it depends on the font and 8pt could be too small for a few fonts. You could also try to adjust the margins to get more text on the page. > Diego Depaoli > > P.S. Why Scite's interface doesn't contain a direct call to 'context'? Do you use the Scite version from mswincontext or only the script from the zips. Regards Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Booklet hint 2008-06-20 8:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-06-20 14:18 ` Diego Depaoli 2008-06-20 15:49 ` Henning Hraban Ramm 2008-06-23 7:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Diego Depaoli @ 2008-06-20 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users 2008/6/20 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>: >> What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? > > I use myself a size between 8 and 10pt but it depends on the font and > 8pt could be too small for a few fonts. You could also try to adjust the > margins to get more text on the page. Thanks, 9pt was my original choice, but someone complained about this size. In the meanwhile I got another problem. The central page of this booklet should contain a text which fits an A4 sheet so we will have [A5][A4, landscape] papersize on pages 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 and [A4, rotated][A4,landscape] in pages 4-5. My trivial code (obviously) doesn't work and searching wiki and ml didn't give much help: \setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \startpostponing[4] \setuppapersize[A4,rotated][A4,landscape] \input knuth \page \stoppostponing \startext \dorecurse{50}{\input hawking} \stoptext How can I achieve the desired result? Thanks in advance -- Diego Depaoli ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Booklet hint 2008-06-20 14:18 ` Diego Depaoli @ 2008-06-20 15:49 ` Henning Hraban Ramm 2008-06-23 7:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Henning Hraban Ramm @ 2008-06-20 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Am 2008-06-20 um 16:18 schrieb Diego Depaoli: > Thanks, 9pt was my original choice, but someone complained about > this size. There's *always* someone complaining about the font size... ;-( Remember that reasonable font sizes for offset printing look nearly always too small when printed "digitally" - resolution matters. If your target printing is laser or inkjet, you shouldn't decrease the body font below 10 pt. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Booklet hint 2008-06-20 14:18 ` Diego Depaoli 2008-06-20 15:49 ` Henning Hraban Ramm @ 2008-06-23 7:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster 2008-06-24 2:59 ` Diego Depaoli 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-06-23 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Diego Depaoli <trebestie@gmail.com> wrote: > 2008/6/20 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>: >>> What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? >> >> I use myself a size between 8 and 10pt but it depends on the font and >> 8pt could be too small for a few fonts. You could also try to adjust the >> margins to get more text on the page. > Thanks, 9pt was my original choice, but someone complained about this size. > In the meanwhile I got another problem. > The central page of this booklet should contain a text which fits an > A4 sheet so we will have > [A5][A4, landscape] papersize on pages 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 and [A4, > rotated][A4,landscape] in pages 4-5. > My trivial code (obviously) doesn't work and searching wiki and ml > didn't give much help: > > \setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape] > \setuparranging[2UP] > \startpostponing[4] > \setuppapersize[A4,rotated][A4,landscape] > \input knuth > \page > \stoppostponing > \startext > \dorecurse{50}{\input hawking} > \stoptext > > How can I achieve the desired result? Write the text for the A4 page in a seperate document and include it as a figure. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \startpostponing[4] \offset [leftoffset=-\backspace, topoffset=-\dimexpr\topspace+\headerheight\relax] {\clip [width=\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[cow][width=2\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]}} \stoppostponing \startpostponing[5] \noheaderandfooterlines \offset [leftoffset=-\backspace, topoffset=-\dimexpr\topspace+\headerheight\relax] {\clip [hoffset=\paperwidth,width=\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[cow][width=2\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]}} \stoppostponing \starttext \dorecurse{50}{\input hawking} \stoptext Regards Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Booklet hint 2008-06-23 7:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster @ 2008-06-24 2:59 ` Diego Depaoli 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Diego Depaoli @ 2008-06-24 2:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users 2008/6/23 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>: > Write the text for the A4 page in a seperate document and > include it as a figure. > > \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] > > \setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape] > \setuparranging[2UP] > > \startpostponing[4] > \offset > [leftoffset=-\backspace, > topoffset=-\dimexpr\topspace+\headerheight\relax] > {\clip > [width=\paperwidth] > {\externalfigure[cow][width=2\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]}} > \stoppostponing > > \startpostponing[5] > \noheaderandfooterlines > \offset > [leftoffset=-\backspace, > topoffset=-\dimexpr\topspace+\headerheight\relax] > {\clip > [hoffset=\paperwidth,width=\paperwidth] > {\externalfigure[cow][width=2\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]}} > \stoppostponing > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{50}{\input hawking} > > \stoptext Many thanks Wolfgang, your sample does the goal. I'll try it in my booklet. Could be interesting for the wiki? Cheers, -- Diego Depaoli ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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