From: Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>
To: vim.unix@gmail.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: (scientific) poster
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:25:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A7654159-2389-4A9C-BD67-777599C1BC93@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <30c383e70806130403j534b1344v4f94e8087e7e1875@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
Possibly the attached file might helpo you getting going. I prepared
this for a short presentation at the CnTeXt meeting in Epen last year.
kind regards
Willi
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% Context file
% filename: Postertutorial.tex
% Willi Egger
% 2007-03-18.
% Copyright (c) 2007 BOEDE. All rights reserved.
\usemodule[visual,meta-dum]
\usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding]
\setupbodyfont[palatino,16pt]
\setupcolors[state=start]
\setuppapersize[A3,landscape,A3,landscape]
\setuplayout[grid=yes]
\setuplayout
[topspace=2.5cm,
header=42pt,
backspace=2.5cm,
margins=0pt,
width=37cm]
\setupsystem[random=1234]
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\setupfootertexts
[\tttf\inputfilename]
\setuptolerance
[verytolerant,stretch]
\startuniqueMPgraphic{frame}
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,red) ;
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,blue);
\stopuniqueMPgraphic
\startuniqueMPgraphic{contrast}
fill OverlayBox withcolor white ;
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,red) ;
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,yellow) ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic
\startreusableMPgraphic{Cross}
pair l[];
path p;
l[1] := llcorner OverlayBox;
l[2] := lrcorner OverlayBox;
l[3] := ulcorner OverlayBox;
l[4] := urcorner OverlayBox;
l[10] := .5[l[1],l[2]];
l[20] := .5[l[3],l[4]];
l[30] := .5[l[1],l[3]];
l[40] := .5[l[2],l[4]];
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,yellow);
p := l[30] -- l[40];
draw p dashed withdots withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor red;
p := l[10] -- l[20];
draw p dashed withdots withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor red;
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\startreusableMPgraphic{Diagonal}
pair l[];
path p;
l[1] := llcorner OverlayBox;
l[2] := urcorner OverlayBox;
fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,yellow);
p := l[1] -- l[2];
draw p dashed withdots withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor red;
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[frame] [\useMPgraphic{frame}]
\defineoverlay[contrast][\useMPgraphic{contrast}]
\defineoverlay[cross][\useMPgraphic{Cross}]
\defineoverlay[diagonal][\useMPgraphic{Diagonal}]
% simple columnset
\definecolumnset[example][n=3]
\setupcolumnset[example][distance=2cm]
\definecolumnset[example2][n=4]
\setupcolumnset[example2][distance=2cm]
% even and odd number of columns
% \definecolumnset[example][nleft=3,nright=2,width=5cm]
%Different length of columns
% \definecolumnset[example][n=2]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][1][-2]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][2][-4]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][2][1][-6]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][2][2][-6]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][3][1][-4]
% \setupcolumnsetlines[example][3][2][-2]
%
% Columnsetspan
% \definecolumnset[example][n=3]
% \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2,background=contrast]
%
% \startcolumnset[example]
% \startcolumnsetspan[wide]
% \dorecurse{2}{\fakewords{25}{50}\par}
% \stopcolumnsetspan
% \dorecurse{15}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
% \stopcolumnset
% Areas
% \definecolumnsetarea
% [one][left] %right, both, fixed
% [x=1,y=1,nx=2,ny=6,location=depth,
% background=contrast,state=repeat]
%
\setupheadertexts[{\switchtobodyfont[36pt]Title and authors}]
\setupbackgrounds[text][background=cross,state=start]
\starttext
\startcolumnset[example]
\definecolumnsethsize{example}{1}{1}\One
\placefigure[tblr] {tblr}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One, lines=5]}
\placefigure[fxtb:2*9]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=10]}
\placefigure[btlr] {btlr}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[tbrl] {tbrl}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[btrl] {btrl}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\dorecurse{3}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
\stopcolumnset
\page
\setupbackgrounds[text][background=diagonal,state=start]
\startcolumnset[example]
\definecolumnsethsize{example}{1}{1}\One
\placefigure[fxtb:2*10]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=10]}
\placefigure[fxtb:1*21]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[fxtb:3*4]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\dorecurse{3}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
\stopcolumnset
\startcolumnset[example]
\definecolumnsethsize{example}{1}{1}\One
\placefigure[btrl]{btrl}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=10]}
\placefigure[tbrl]{tbrl}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[btrl]{btrl}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\dorecurse{3}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
\stopcolumnset
\page
% 4 columns
\setupbackgrounds[text][background=cross,state=start]
\startcolumnset[example2]
\definecolumnsethsize{example2}{1}{1}\One
\definecolumnsethsize{example2}{1}{2}\Two
\placefigure[tblr] {tblr}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One, lines=5]}
\placefigure[fxtb:2*9]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\Two,lines=10]}
\placefigure[btlr] {btlr}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[tbrl] {tbrl}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[btrl] {btrl}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\dorecurse{3}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
\stopcolumnset
\page
\setupbackgrounds[text][background=diagonal,state=start]
\startcolumnset[example2]
\definecolumnsethsize{example2}{1}{1}\One
\definecolumnsethsize{example2}{1}{2}\Two
\placefigure[btlr]{btlr}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[fxtb:2*16]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[fxtb:3*8]{fxtb}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\One,lines=5]}
\placefigure[tbrl]{tbrl}{\externalfigure[placeholder][width=\One,lines=5]}
\dorecurse{3}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par}
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
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On Jun 13, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Pau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have googled, looked in the pragma site etc for a template (style)
> of an a0 poster. Doing this with latex is a bit of a nightmare and the
> result is not very appealing.
> I am looking for something in the size of a0 with embedded boxes with
> plots, equations etc. If such a file existed and was to be found
> somewhere I'd be grateful if you gave me a link.
>
> thanks
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-13 11:03 Pau
2008-06-13 11:24 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-06-13 19:25 ` Willi Egger [this message]
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