I believe that the definitions for portrait and landscape orientation
for Tabloid/Ledger paper are flipped.
In the following MWE using Hans' clue to using \scaling directive, I am
having to specify landscape in order for the page to be set in portrait.
This observation is confirmed when I retrieve the document properties
using evince under Bodhi Linux and under Ubuntu 12.04 (<ALT><ENTER>
brings up the document properties). With this MWE, the properties under
both systems is shown as "Tabloid, Portrait (11.00 x 17.00 inches)"
Have I got this right?
MWE:
\setuppapersize[tabloid,landscape][tabloid,landscape]
\setuplayout[
backspace=0.5in,
width=10in,
topspace=1.0in,
header=0in,
footer=0in,
height=16.5in]
\setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop]
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[schola]
\setupbodyfont[rm,16pt]
\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]
\starttext
%\showlayout[in,pt]
\setupMPinstance
[metafun]
[extensions=yes,
initializations=yes]
\startuseMPgraphic{Example}
u:=1cm;
pickup pencircle scaled 1pt;
draw (5u,0u) {dir 90}..(0u,5u) {dir 180};
draw (0u,5u) .. (-1.5u,10.5u) {dir 90} .. (0u,16u);
draw (0u,16u) {dir 0} .. (5u,21u) {dir 90};
draw (5u,21u) -- (39u,21u);
draw (39u,21u) {dir 270} .. (42u,18u) {dir 0};
draw (42u,18u) .. (43.5u,10.5u) {dir 270} .. (42u,3u);
draw (42u,3u) {dir 180} .. (39u,0u) {dir 270};
draw (39u,0u) -- (35u,0u);
draw (35u,0u) .. (22u,3u) {dir 180} .. (9u,0u);
draw (9u,0u) -- (5u,0u);
label(btex A POOL etex, (22u,10.5u));
\stopuseMPgraphic
\startalignment[middle]
\definedfont[Serif at 16pt]\setupinterlinespace
{\tfb\sc An Example Plumbing Schematic}
\blank[big]
{\tfb \tt [DRAFT---To Be Verified]}
\blank[2*big]
\stopalignment
\scale[width=10in]{\useMPgraphic{Example}}
\stoptext
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