Re: [Bug-gnupress] To Do List

[Lisa M. Opus Goldstein]

Simon Law <address@hidden> wrote:
> OK.  Here's my revised To Do List.
> 
> 1)  Figure out if spaces between list items is an issue.  It looks great
>     to me right now, and I can't see how we can get any smaller without
>     ruining the aesthetics of the typesetting.


If these can be made smaller than the current manual defaults, it can
save *much* paper when printing. Another area much space is wasted is
between different headings, sub-headings, sub-subheadings, etc. 

A second source of wasted space is the representation of C code. It is
overly-wide between lines. They don't need as much space because
everything is usually so indented, there is little time for the eye to
become confused.


 
> 2)  See if we want to typeset the typewritter text in a slightly smaller
>     font.  This may be better, since we want to fit 80 characters per line.
> 
> 3)  The first paragraph in any section should have @noindent in front of
>     it for proper typesetting.  This is not fun, but must be done.
> 
> 4)  I want to use pdfTeX's features to make the typesetting look better.
>     For reference, Google for "pseudo-hz" and "character protrusion".
> 
> 5)  Someone needs to proofread the text to make sure it is proper
>     Engrish.
>
> 6)  We generate galley proofs and make sure page breaks happen at sane
>     places.  We fix widows and orphans.
> 
> 7)  We do pre-press stuff.  I have no idea what this involves.  Do we
>     send out camera-ready proofs with crop-marks and the like?


Actually, now a days pre-press preperation is pretty simple. Just give
the printer a PDF and a postscript version and they are perfectly
content.  They don't physically shoot film from hardcopy anymore.



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