[wplug] posters with linux?

[Hua Yu]

I use LaTeX to make posters, following this link

http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~pjh/posters/poster_howto.html

It's fairly straightforward. They also have a tool to
resize a .ps file to any desired size.

Hua

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:54:25 -0400, Doug Green <diego96 at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> I need to produce posters that illustrate my work for scientific
> meetings. These posters are usually about 48" x 36" (or greater),
> output with a large-format printer. In the past I have used MS
> Powerpoint, resized a "slide" to meet my specs, and incorporated text
> boxes and illustrations as needed. It's a sloppy process since
> powerpoint really wasn't made for poster creation. Text is sub-optimal,
> figures are frequently not aligned, and images are always poor. I then
> used a package for LaTeX, which gave beautiful text, but required way
> WAY too much effort. It's also not optimal for a number of other
> reasons... for example, you're limited to standard page sizes (such as
> a0poster), it's a lot of work to make a new template, and there a big
> limitations on making certain tables within column formatted posters.
> 
> I found this package called "Scribus" (see: http://www.scribus.org.uk/
> ) which claims to be an open source DTP (desktop publishing) app for
> Linux. Has anyone used this, or have any info about it? Could this be a
> solution to oversize printing needs??
> 
> I'm sure that I'm not alone in needing "poster making" software. What
> have other people done?
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
> 
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