Re: ConLang Journal

En réponse à Maarten van Beek <dungeonmaster@...>:

>
> I wouldn't mind off course. And if people want to submit in PDF, I can
> just
> add those pages in the right place in the journal. I myself would
> prefer
> submitting PDF files, so that I am sure the fonts I use are included,
> and my
> layout is not tampered with. I am extremely anal about layout...
>
Well, you'll have to accept that your layout will be edited to fit the whole
journal. I can't accept that each article has a layout of its own,
the "patchwork style" just doesn't fit. The style of the journal must be
unitary. After all, that's just normal, and all journals and magazines do the
same. If by layout you mean the position of tables and figures, I understand
and agree. This won't change. Same for the title of the article and its
position (but size will probably be edited). But for the main text, the size
and font will have to be the same for the whole document.

I'm thinking of writing a package for the journal layout, to have a unitary
layout which is a little more advanced that the basic LaTeX layout. I'll use
the package 'fancy' which controls the tops and bottoms of pages, and will
probably make a basic layout with two columns per page (which in my experience
is the best as for ease to read vs. use of the page). People don't have to
worry about the layout, I'll take care of that in the including of your
articles. That's why I insist on getting formats that I can translate into
LaTeX. After that, if you have special requirements on the layout that fit into
the limits I gave, feel free to add them with your submissions. I'll follow
them as much as possible.

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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