> Van: Constructed Languages List
> Onderwerp: Language Creation: The International Language Construction
> Bulletin (working title :)) )
>
> For the format of the Journal, I hear and agree on the idea of having
something
> with hyperlinks. I also think in this case layout is important,which means
PDF
> is the only format possible allowing both things. There's just one
problem: I
> have no idea how to make hyperlinks for a PDF file with the tools I have
now (I
> have now a very good PDF converter, but I still have to explore its
> possibilities, especially when the original file is a PS file).
Well, let's see: My fully functional Acrobat Distiller has an option called
"Automatically create weblinks" which scans through the document text and
creates links wherever humanly possible. So just send the file to me, and I
see what I can do. As long as you put the links in a recognizable
link-format (starts with "http://" or "mailto:"), it should work.
> For the publication itself, unless people want a paper version of it (I
can
> make that, no problem, but you'll have to participate in the shipping
> costs :)) ), it will be sent by e-mail to people who request it, or put on
a
> certain URL for people who cannot receive attachments a little big :) .
I'll
> work on a webpage, but I can't make sure that it will be ready for the
first issue.
If you send me the PS file, I can probably decrease the size of the
resulting PDF file using Acrobat Distiller, with no apparent loss of
quality. I could even a low-res and a hi-res version, I you would like it
(one for printing and one for on-screen viewing).
> As for the format of the submissions, I can now accept the following
formats,
> in decreasing order of desireability: LaTeX, RTF, Word, WP and HTML (for
the
> last two, the converters I have are highly experimental and not sustained
> anymore by their author :(( ). It may not be a very big list, but normally
all
> good wordprocessors can save in RTF can't they? :))
They should. I think this list is quite reasonable, especially since Word is
pretty much a standard among the common public.
> As for images, any format will do. My copy of Paint Shop Pro does a
marvellous job in
> converting from plenty of different formats. But I insist to receive the
images
> separated from the article file too, even when it's a Word file. It's just
in case the
> converters make a mess out of the images in the article files themselves
:)) .
Wise remark! I always insist on getting unformatted text. So no columns, no
page headers etc. no incorporated images, tables etc (the can be provided
seperately, off course).
> As for the layout of the journal itself, the first issue will be
> simple: two-columns, two-sided. I will need the experience of making the
> journal to enhance its looks. Of course, I can handle colours without a
problem, but the text
> should stay in black with a white background (if only for ease of reading
:)) ).
You should include page headings that indicate the article. In my
experience, this usually makes the different between a bad magazine and a
(potentially) good magazine. Every single page of a journal or magazine
should be formatted in such a way, that you can recognize immediately which
journal it comes from and where it should go in the journal.
Maarten