On Saturday 05 July 2008 08:59:05 am Gregory Pittman wrote: > Fritz Eichelhardt wrote: > > hi amogelang and all others, > > > >> From: "amogelang mogomotsi" <amogomotsi at gmail.com> > >> Subject: [scribus] Newspaper design > >> > >> > >> > >> Can you help me design a newspaper layout > >> tabloid paper( 560mm by 410mm) > >> I have a limited idea on this..... > > > > apparently, amogelang is not a professionell in this business. > > so we should tolerate deficiency of his request. > > > > i'm prepared to help you with your first steps, if that's what > > you want. > > > > i cannot promise, that my help is sufficient. > > however, i have produced very small papers about 8 times, so i > > surely could give you some valuable hints if you are a beginner. > > Yes, he certainly seems quite the beginner. > > amogelang, > > What is the size of this proposed newspaper (dimensions and number > of pages)? > Where do you plan to have it printed? Perhaps asking them questions > may help, to make sure they can handle the output from Scribus. Are > you doing all the content yourself, or just the layout? What is the > content -- text + images + ?? What is the language? (this could be > an issue) > > Greg
Also, Scribus has templates. I would start there. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
