[wplug] posters with linux?

[rl_jeffries]

Yep, dead
rlj

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[mailto:wplug-bounces+rl_jeffries=comcast.net at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Darius Cardren
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:40 PM
To: Hua Yu; General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] posters with linux?

ummm that link is dead...


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:32:41 -0400, Hua Yu <hyu2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > gpg --recv-keys --keyserver search.keyserver.net 6128880D
> >
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