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Re: [Bug-gnupress] To Do List
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Lisa M. Opus Goldstein |
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Re: [Bug-gnupress] To Do List |
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:55:53 -0500 |
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Simon Law <address@hidden> wrote:
> OK. Here's my revised To Do List.
>
> 1) Figure out if spaces between list items is an issue. It looks great
> to me right now, and I can't see how we can get any smaller without
> ruining the aesthetics of the typesetting.
If these can be made smaller than the current manual defaults, it can
save *much* paper when printing. Another area much space is wasted is
between different headings, sub-headings, sub-subheadings, etc.
A second source of wasted space is the representation of C code. It is
overly-wide between lines. They don't need as much space because
everything is usually so indented, there is little time for the eye to
become confused.
> 2) See if we want to typeset the typewritter text in a slightly smaller
> font. This may be better, since we want to fit 80 characters per line.
>
> 3) The first paragraph in any section should have @noindent in front of
> it for proper typesetting. This is not fun, but must be done.
>
> 4) I want to use pdfTeX's features to make the typesetting look better.
> For reference, Google for "pseudo-hz" and "character protrusion".
>
> 5) Someone needs to proofread the text to make sure it is proper
> Engrish.
>
> 6) We generate galley proofs and make sure page breaks happen at sane
> places. We fix widows and orphans.
>
> 7) We do pre-press stuff. I have no idea what this involves. Do we
> send out camera-ready proofs with crop-marks and the like?
Actually, now a days pre-press preperation is pretty simple. Just give
the printer a PDF and a postscript version and they are perfectly
content. They don't physically shoot film from hardcopy anymore.
>
> Simon
>
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