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From: John Magolske <listmail@b79.net>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: [NTG-context] Typesetting conversion tables, ref charts, scales, rulers in ConTeXt
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:01:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZnT7LIzBZ_KRcSIT@s70206.gridserver.com> (raw)

Hi,

I'm looking into typesetting conversion tables, reference charts, scales
and rulers in ConTeXt, and am wondering if anyone has done this or might
have suggestions / pointers.

For instance, a Tap-Drill chart. Some examples:

https://templatelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tap-drill-chart-13.jpg
https://web.archive.org/web/20180219112507id_/https://www.starrett.com/docs/educational/decimal-equivalent-card---bulletin-1317.pdf
https://www.imperialsupplies.com/pdf/I_DrillSizeDecimalEquivalent&TapDrillChart.pdf
https://basstool.com/pdf/literature/customer/tapdrillchart.pdf

Somewhat related, typesetting a ruler, e.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=ruler+scale+inch+mm&ia=web

I found some interesting tips here:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/15157/how-to-make-a-ruler 

which pointed to:
https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/misc

specifically this file typesets some nice rulers:
https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/misc/ruler.tex

Aditya posted some ConTeXt on that stackexchange page:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/15185

Checking to see if anything else might be out there.

Basically, I'm looking to typeset conversion charts, scales, etc for use
in the machine shop and lab.

Cheers,

John








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             reply	other threads:[~2024-06-21  4:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-06-21  4:01 John Magolske [this message]
2024-06-21  5:43 ` [NTG-context] " Henning Hraban Ramm
2024-06-22 20:12   ` John Magolske
2024-06-23  9:33     ` Henning Hraban Ramm

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