Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:

  
  This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
  class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
  environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
  front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
  copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's
  how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see
  it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
  one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
 
 I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
 a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
 PDFpages.
 
 To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
 use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
 correct.
 
 \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Tried your good idea Rob: 
Created a front page 
and used Insert-File-External Material
Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)

It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
something wrong.

Could you please give me a hint what that might be.

As always - Thanks in advance,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to
amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms . . .
--- MARY OLIVER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 March 2011 17:37:43 Charlie wrote:
 On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
 
 Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:
   This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
   class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
   environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
   front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
   copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's
   how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see
   it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
   one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
  
  I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
  a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
  PDFpages.
  
  To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
  use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
  correct.
  
  \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}
 
 Tried your good idea Rob:
 Created a front page
 and used Insert-File-External Material
 Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
 first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)
 
 It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
 something wrong.
 
 Could you please give me a hint what that might be.
 
 As always - Thanks in advance,
 Charlie

Hi Charlie, 

My bad. I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
this with something like the following:

\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
\enlargethispage{1.50in}
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to center the PDF 
just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little different than mine.

I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right, or maybe 
another style -- I don't remember.

HTH

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
 this with something like the following:
 
 \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
 \enlargethispage{1.50in}
 ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
 
 You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
 center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
 different than mine.
 
 I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
 or maybe another style -- I don't remember.
 
 HTH
 
 SteveT

Thanks Steve,

My apologies for attributing your good work to someone else.

I actually have your pages bookmarked and they have been most helpful
in all manner of ways.

Thank you for your great work and sharing, it is much appreciated, here
certainly and I imagine in a lot more places than you know.

Be well,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler-quieter, warmer. -- DAG
HAMMARSKJOD

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 I solved 
 this with something like the following:
 
 \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
 \enlargethispage{1.50in}
 ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
 
 You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
 center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
 different than mine.
 
 I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
 or maybe another style -- I don't remember.

Further to this Steve,

I couldn't for the life of me get the thing working as you describe. I
tried the above commands in the preamble, in the LaTeX options when the
file was inserted, as ERT and none worked in article (KOMA-Script)
Tried every combination I could think of, but no joy. All manner of
error messages.

So I went back to book (KOMA-Script) Insert-Graphics and into the
directory where the .pdf document was located. Then inserted the .pdf
front page as a graphic, and without any further ado it came onto the
front page. That was it.

I was surprised that the .pdf was shown as a graphic, but that was an
advantage, not a problem.

Painless as it turned out, and simpler than trying to insert it as a
file.

Thanks again for your help.
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

I must confess that I don't have the faintest idea what my purpose is
or what's going on, and I never have. I became comfortable with that
mystery a long time ago-that I would never know how any of these things
fit together in any explicit way. -- GARY SNYDER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:

  
  This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
  class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
  environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
  front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
  copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's
  how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see
  it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
  one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
 
 I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
 a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
 PDFpages.
 
 To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
 use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
 correct.
 
 \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Tried your good idea Rob: 
Created a front page 
and used Insert-File-External Material
Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)

It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
something wrong.

Could you please give me a hint what that might be.

As always - Thanks in advance,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to
amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms . . .
--- MARY OLIVER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 March 2011 17:37:43 Charlie wrote:
 On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
 
 Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:
   This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
   class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
   environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
   front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
   copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's
   how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see
   it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
   one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
  
  I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
  a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
  PDFpages.
  
  To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
  use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
  correct.
  
  \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}
 
 Tried your good idea Rob:
 Created a front page
 and used Insert-File-External Material
 Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
 first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)
 
 It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
 something wrong.
 
 Could you please give me a hint what that might be.
 
 As always - Thanks in advance,
 Charlie

Hi Charlie, 

My bad. I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
this with something like the following:

\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
\enlargethispage{1.50in}
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to center the PDF 
just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little different than mine.

I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right, or maybe 
another style -- I don't remember.

HTH

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
 this with something like the following:
 
 \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
 \enlargethispage{1.50in}
 ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
 
 You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
 center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
 different than mine.
 
 I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
 or maybe another style -- I don't remember.
 
 HTH
 
 SteveT

Thanks Steve,

My apologies for attributing your good work to someone else.

I actually have your pages bookmarked and they have been most helpful
in all manner of ways.

Thank you for your great work and sharing, it is much appreciated, here
certainly and I imagine in a lot more places than you know.

Be well,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler-quieter, warmer. -- DAG
HAMMARSKJOD

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 I solved 
 this with something like the following:
 
 \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
 \enlargethispage{1.50in}
 ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
 
 You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
 center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
 different than mine.
 
 I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
 or maybe another style -- I don't remember.

Further to this Steve,

I couldn't for the life of me get the thing working as you describe. I
tried the above commands in the preamble, in the LaTeX options when the
file was inserted, as ERT and none worked in article (KOMA-Script)
Tried every combination I could think of, but no joy. All manner of
error messages.

So I went back to book (KOMA-Script) Insert-Graphics and into the
directory where the .pdf document was located. Then inserted the .pdf
front page as a graphic, and without any further ado it came onto the
front page. That was it.

I was surprised that the .pdf was shown as a graphic, but that was an
advantage, not a problem.

Painless as it turned out, and simpler than trying to insert it as a
file.

Thanks again for your help.
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

I must confess that I don't have the faintest idea what my purpose is
or what's going on, and I never have. I became comfortable with that
mystery a long time ago-that I would never know how any of these things
fit together in any explicit way. -- GARY SNYDER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
Rob Oakes  wrote:

> > 
> > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
> > class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
> > environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
> > front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
> > copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's
> > how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see
> > it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
> > one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> 
> I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
> a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
> PDFpages.
> 
> To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
> use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
> correct.
> 
> \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Tried your good idea Rob: 
Created a front page 
and used Insert->File->External Material
Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)

It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
something wrong.

Could you please give me a hint what that might be.

As always - Thanks in advance,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to
amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms . . .
--- MARY OLIVER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 March 2011 17:37:43 Charlie wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
> 
> Rob Oakes  wrote:
> > > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
> > > class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
> > > environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
> > > front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
> > > copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's
> > > how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see
> > > it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
> > > one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> > 
> > I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
> > a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
> > PDFpages.
> > 
> > To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
> > use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
> > correct.
> > 
> > \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}
> 
> Tried your good idea Rob:
> Created a front page
> and used Insert->File->External Material
> Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
> first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)
> 
> It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
> something wrong.
> 
> Could you please give me a hint what that might be.
> 
> As always - Thanks in advance,
> Charlie

Hi Charlie, 

My bad. I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
this with something like the following:

\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
\enlargethispage{1.50in}
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to center the PDF 
just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little different than mine.

I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right, or maybe 
another style -- I don't remember.

HTH

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt  wrote:

> I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
> this with something like the following:
> 
> \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
> \enlargethispage{1.50in}
> ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
> 
> You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
> center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
> different than mine.
> 
> I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
> or maybe another style -- I don't remember.
> 
> HTH
> 
> SteveT

Thanks Steve,

My apologies for attributing your good work to someone else.

I actually have your pages bookmarked and they have been most helpful
in all manner of ways.

Thank you for your great work and sharing, it is much appreciated, here
certainly and I imagine in a lot more places than you know.

Be well,
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler-quieter, warmer. -- DAG
HAMMARSKJOD

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt  wrote:

> I solved 
> this with something like the following:
> 
> \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
> \enlargethispage{1.50in}
> ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
> 
> You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
> center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
> different than mine.
> 
> I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
> or maybe another style -- I don't remember.

Further to this Steve,

I couldn't for the life of me get the thing working as you describe. I
tried the above commands in the preamble, in the LaTeX options when the
file was inserted, as ERT and none worked in article (KOMA-Script)
Tried every combination I could think of, but no joy. All manner of
error messages.

So I went back to book (KOMA-Script) Insert->Graphics and into the
directory where the .pdf document was located. Then inserted the .pdf
front page as a graphic, and without any further ado it came onto the
front page. That was it.

I was surprised that the .pdf was shown as a graphic, but that was an
advantage, not a problem.

Painless as it turned out, and simpler than trying to insert it as a
file.

Thanks again for your help.
Charlie
-- 
http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/
-
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

I must confess that I don't have the faintest idea what my purpose is
or what's going on, and I never have. I became comfortable with that
mystery a long time ago-that I would never know how any of these things
fit together in any explicit way. -- GARY SNYDER

***

Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

-

Re: Title placement and font size

[Marcelo Acuña]

 How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
 article and
 its font size? 
 
 I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
 title to start at
 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

 For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
 I don't know if handle title of article.
 
Marcelo

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 14:36:00 Marcelo Acuña wrote:
  How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
  article and
  its font size?
  
  I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
  title to start at
  3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font.
 
  For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
  I don't know if handle title of article.
 
 Marcelo

This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's 
how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see it, every 
element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
for fingerpainting.

Once I get into the mainmatter, I'm just the opposite -- no ERT, all 
environments and character styles, because consistence is the name of the game 
in the mainmatter.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Rob Oakes]

 
 This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
 for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
 to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
 image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's 
 how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see it, every 
 element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
 for fingerpainting.

I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a matching 
stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.

To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use 
\author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 15:05:03 Rob Oakes wrote:
  This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's
  features for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT
  (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the front matter -- the title,
  the author, the cover image, the copyright page, the dedication and
  acknowledgements, the here's how you use this book, the about the
  author, etc. The way I see it, every element of the frontmatter is a
  one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
 
 I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a
 matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.
 
 To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use
 \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.
 
 \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Pretty slick! I'm gonna do that from now on (diable maketitle, not necessarily 
build frontmatter in Scribus). The thing is, every eBook I sell is 
personalized with the customer's name, so it has to be built on the spot, and 
I'm not sure I want to have that dependent on Scribus as well as LyX/LaTeX.

Thanks for the great idea!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Marcelo Acuña]

 How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
 article and
 its font size? 
 
 I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
 title to start at
 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

 For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
 I don't know if handle title of article.
 
Marcelo

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 14:36:00 Marcelo Acuña wrote:
  How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
  article and
  its font size?
  
  I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
  title to start at
  3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font.
 
  For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
  I don't know if handle title of article.
 
 Marcelo

This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's 
how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see it, every 
element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
for fingerpainting.

Once I get into the mainmatter, I'm just the opposite -- no ERT, all 
environments and character styles, because consistence is the name of the game 
in the mainmatter.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Rob Oakes]

 
 This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
 for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
 to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
 image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the here's 
 how you use this book, the about the author, etc. The way I see it, every 
 element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
 for fingerpainting.

I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a matching 
stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.

To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use 
\author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 15:05:03 Rob Oakes wrote:
  This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's
  features for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT
  (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the front matter -- the title,
  the author, the cover image, the copyright page, the dedication and
  acknowledgements, the here's how you use this book, the about the
  author, etc. The way I see it, every element of the frontmatter is a
  one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
 
 I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a
 matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.
 
 To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use
 \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.
 
 \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Pretty slick! I'm gonna do that from now on (diable maketitle, not necessarily 
build frontmatter in Scribus). The thing is, every eBook I sell is 
personalized with the customer's name, so it has to be built on the spot, and 
I'm not sure I want to have that dependent on Scribus as well as LyX/LaTeX.

Thanks for the great idea!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Marcelo Acuña]

> How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
> article and
> its font size? 
> 
> I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
> title to start at
> 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

 For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
 I don't know if handle title of article.
 
Marcelo

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 14:36:00 Marcelo Acuña wrote:
> > How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
> > article and
> > its font size?
> > 
> > I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
> > title to start at
> > 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font.
> 
>  For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
>  I don't know if handle title of article.
> 
> Marcelo

This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's 
how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see it, every 
element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
for fingerpainting.

Once I get into the mainmatter, I'm just the opposite -- no ERT, all 
environments and character styles, because consistence is the name of the game 
in the mainmatter.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Rob Oakes]

> 
> This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
> for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
> to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
> image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's 
> how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see it, every 
> element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
> for fingerpainting.

I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a matching 
stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.

To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use 
\author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 15:05:03 Rob Oakes wrote:
> > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's
> > features for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT
> > (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the front matter -- the title,
> > the author, the cover image, the copyright page, the dedication and
> > acknowledgements, the "here's how you use this book", the "about the
> > author", etc. The way I see it, every element of the frontmatter is a
> > one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> 
> I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a
> matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.
> 
> To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use
> \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.
> 
> \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Pretty slick! I'm gonna do that from now on (diable maketitle, not necessarily 
build frontmatter in Scribus). The thing is, every eBook I sell is 
personalized with the customer's name, so it has to be built on the spot, and 
I'm not sure I want to have that dependent on Scribus as well as LyX/LaTeX.

Thanks for the great idea!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Title placement and font size

[Myriam Abramson]

How can I set the title placement on the first page of my article and
its font size? 

I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the title to start at
3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

TIA
-- 
   myriam

Title placement and font size

[Myriam Abramson]

How can I set the title placement on the first page of my article and
its font size? 

I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the title to start at
3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

TIA
-- 
   myriam

Title placement and font size

[Myriam Abramson]

How can I set the title placement on the first page of my article and
its font size? 

I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the title to start at
3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

TIA
-- 
   myriam