On 24/10/16 08:26:36, Gerard Lally wrote:
Well the sample is meaningless; I searched for a "desktop publishing"
image and chose that one at random as a reasonably complex example of
what I had in mind. Good typography is one of the reasons I am hoping
to standardize on *roff. It's going to be a lifetime commitment for
me. I can see its value with regard to normal document formatting,
but I was curious to know whether it could be pushed to handle more
complex DTP, brochure and business card layouts.
Sorry for my earlier glib reply.
Groff works very close to the metal so, in broad terms, it can do
anything because you are not fettered by unavoidable "presets". In
fact, although groff has many presets and default values that are
designed to make life easier for the user, they can all be overridden
or worked around.
I used groff for the layout of my business cards (a relatively simple
design with a faded background image). The subsequent PDF file was
used without difficulty by MOO in the UK.
Cheers,
Robert
