From jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org  Sat Nov  4 03:32:54 2006
From: jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 03:32:54 +0000
Subject: [cl-typesetting-devel] How to do this layout...
Message-ID: <20061104033254.GA81280@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>


Since I'm not a graphic designer, I'm not even sure how to break down what I
want to do into a layout I can then program.

What I need is a way to render text content into a page with wide margins
(this part is easy) but with larger, in-the-margin labels, much like a
textbook.  I'm sure it could be done the hard way, by translating to and
plotting each piece one-by-one, but there has to be a better way.

Does this make any sense?

Jonathon McKitrick
--
My other computer is your Windows box.


From jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org  Thu Nov  9 14:27:50 2006
From: jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:27:50 +0000
Subject: [cl-typesetting-devel] Typesetting vs pdf for a fancy page
Message-ID: <20061109142750.GA43631@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

I need to generate a fancy title page, with color blocks, some png images,
etc.  If I have to generate text inside a block of color, does it make more
sense to do this with cl-pdf rather than with cl-typesetting?  I can't tell
what makes more sense here, tt:draw-block with user-drawn-block sections, or
raw cl-pdf move-to, rectangle, fill-path, etc.

Jonathon McKitrick
--
My other computer is your Windows box.