Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:12:58 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Gray, David W." <David_W_Gray@tvratings.com> Cc: "'freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Student project ideas Message-ID: <19991109181258.A316@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B13033660AE@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com> References: <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B13033660AE@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com>
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On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 08:07:13AM -0500, Gray, David W. wrote:
> Y'know, I'd like to see the output go to LaTeX. Why, you might
> well ask? In LaTeX, I can use a package called Vmargin to let me
> change the size & *shape* of a page. I like to print out pages
> 2up 2sided, which happens to neatly fit in the 'pc' sized binders
> you see all over the place. The typical way of doing this is to
> output postscript, and use postscript code to rotate, translate, and
> scale. This sucks. TeX fonts are *bitmaps* and don't scale. Also
> (more importantly to me), the aspect ratio (height to width) is
> notably different between an 8.5"x11" sheet (US letter) and the
> resulting 5.5"x8.5" half sheet.
That's one advantage the ISO A-series has; the aspect ratio is
*always* 0.707 (root 2). The short edge of each size is the same
as the long edge of the next smallest size.
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