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Jun 13 |
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Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) Thank you David - that's exactly what I was looking for - a little illumination into how one might go about this sort of thing! Very much appreciated. |
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Jun 13 |
accepted | Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) |
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Jun 12 |
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Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) hard-coded values -> \linewidth |
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Jun 12 |
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Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) @daleif Great tip; updating. |
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Jun 12 |
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Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) @daleif The memoir package has defined its own tabular{,*,x} commands and other peculiarities that may affect the outcome, so it seemed necessary to mention it. |
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Jun 12 |
answered | Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) |
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Jun 12 |
asked | Oversize table with nested tabularx->minipage->tabular* has columns that are too narrow (Memoir) |
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May 21 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX Well that's hardly a ringing endorsement ... |
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May 20 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX For what it's worth, using the x-height seems to yield better results i.e. \baselineskip=1.618\fontdimen5\font |
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May 20 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX Great post. Rounding issues aside, it would be very interesting to see an example employing the equations where resulting text is decidedly sub-optimal. |
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May 20 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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May 19 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX @morbusg: Many thanks - much appreciated. |
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May 19 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX @morbusg Thanks. I don't recall Bringhurst providing that level of specificity -- sorry for the inconvenience, but do you have an edition & page number or quote? You may find this comment on Bringhurst interesting (and it agrees with my albeit vague recollection). Dawn's article is also cited in the article, incidentally. I am not sure that "everything affects everything" is helpful since it's too general; the hypothesized formula present a practical yet high level conversation piece and starting point. |
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May 19 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX @morbusg: I am not sure that's right - what's your source for 66 CPL? Generally, longer line lengths are read faster, but shorter line lengths are preferred. This is supported by e.g. Duchnicky & Kolers, 1983; and, Dyson & Kipping, 1998. These articles both concluded that 75 and 100 characters per line were read faster. In particular "Dyson also noted that when testing subjects, people preferred the 55 character line length, again, despite the fact that they read longer line lengths faster." 66 CPL seems oversimplified - does it give optimal reading speed, or user retention/preference? |
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May 19 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX @morbusg: From the comments in the article [this not the proper approach because] font size, line height, and line width are all dependent variables. In other words, you cannot change one without changing the other two. The reason why the equation you suggest is incorrect is the sine qua non of the article. :) |
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May 19 |
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Golden ratio typography in TeX removed more TeX not working on tex.SE :) |
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May 19 |
asked | Golden ratio typography in TeX |
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May 16 |
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Add vertical line margin-aligned from a given point through subsequent pages @GonzaloMedina: Thanks for the comment. The side margins will be simple text (maybe italicized, bold, ...), so nothing really special; the horizontal rule will basically always be in the same position and relative to the height of the preamble. |
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May 16 |
answered | Add vertical line margin-aligned from a given point through subsequent pages |
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May 16 |
asked | Add vertical line margin-aligned from a given point through subsequent pages |
