Sorry, I made a typo error. The title of the book I am reading is "Goodbye Gutenberg" by Valerie Kirschenbaum. A book I recommend for any person interested in book design, typography, history, reading, fonts, etc. Ciro
--- "Ciro A. Soto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am reading a beautifully designed book called > 'Boodbye Gutenberg", and it gave me inspiration to > change the design of my self-published novel. > However, > I wonder if with my limited knowledge in Contet I > can > make it happen. Here it is: > > Version 1: The text is standard, justified both > sides. > > When the reader opens the book I want him/her to see > a > background light-gray picture centered in the spine > of > the book from the top of the page to the bottom. > (The > picture is a guitar with the strings along the > spine), > I would like half of the guitar in the left page, > and > half in the other page. In other words, > there would be a bleeding picture to the right of > the > left page, and a bleeding picture to the left of the > right page. The text would be black, and the guitar > would be seen as background. I know it is difficult > to > follow my explanation, but I hope you understand. > > Version 2: The text is wrapped around the figure, > that > is, each line in the left page is left justified, > but > ends at the border of the picture. And each line in > the right page is right justified, but begins at the > border of the picture. > > I am hoping to get the version 1. The other version > is like an exercise for me, to see how it would be > done. > > I have tried with layers for the background picture, > and it works, but I don't know how to tell Context > to > use alternative pictures, one for the left pages, > another for the right pages. My apologies for the > length ... > > thank you > > ciro > > > > > > ===== > ================== > Ciro A. Soto > Author of > "The Guitar Maker. > An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." Pub. > Date: Dec. 2005. > > "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them > has a solution." > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
