On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 07:17 -0500, John Culleton wrote: > On Saturday 28 November 2009 08:58:16 Gerard Cunningham > wrote: > > This isn't strictly a Scribus issue, but I thought I'd ask for ideas > > anyway. > > > > I've produced a guidebook, basically an A5 publication > containing ext > > and descriptions, whih allows visitors to retrace an early > medieval > > pilgrimage spot. > > > > Anyway, the spec has changed, and I've now been asked to > create a > > trilingual version (English, Irish and Scots Gallic). The suggested > > revision is that I cram three columns into each page, which > frankly > > won't work. As an alternative, I suggested either (a) doing the > three > > languages sequentially, or (b) preserving the current English > pages and > > adding facing pages, and on the facing pages putting the > translations in > > two columns. > > > > So my question is, has anyone here ever done similar, and do > you have > > any templates/proofs I could look at for inspiration. > It is of course possible to lay out the the book with a wide page.
I assume widebook means landscape rather than portrait orientation? > I have a nice book on my shelf "The Artist's Guide to Gimp > Effects" that has dimensions of roughly 10 x 8 inches. That would mean doubling up in size from A5 to A4, if my vaguely remembered imperial measures are accurate. Unfortunately, that's not something I can do. A5 it is, and A5 it must remain. Any larger, and it won't fit conveniently in a trekker's pocket. > And my e- > book below is in two columns on a 11 x 8.5 in page layout. The > uses larger than normal type (14 pt) since it is intended for > on line reading as well as printing out. At the moment the type is 12pt Arial, since I got usability complaints whenever I went smaller. (I'm not wedded to Arial, but I am limited for now to freely licensed fonts) -- Gerard Cunningham Journalist Kildare town, Co Kildare
