On 2011-04-28 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> When using center, the quote is centered, but the text > >> comes after the quote. > > > > A feasible solution. It is eye-catching and easy to read. > > And there are many ways to make it fancy: > http://layersmagazine.com/indesign-paragraph-rules.html I never doubted that pull quotes can't be fancy ;) > >> It would be nice if the text would flow around both > >> sides of the quote, > > > > Do you really think so? How would it look like? A three > > column layout: text left, pull quote, text right and the > > text continues in full-width? > > http://www.elijournals.com/images/articleFigures/0302/msw0321a.gif I intentionally didn't suggest a layout like this. 1st it has a horrible spacing and 2nd it's very hard to read. > > This would mark up the text surrounding the pull quote as > > somehow different than the one preceding and following the > > pull quote and thus confuse the reader. > > I don’t think so because it’s common in magazines but TeX > isn’t the best tool for this. Mostly in magazines the layout comes first and the readability second, that's why magazines can't be a measure for a readable layout. Best example is variable inter-character spacing. > > • > http://www.wyssdesign.com/Wyss_Design_Images/Bookprojects/Wyss_Design_Success_Spread1.jpg > • http://www.twopeaspublishing.com/assets/sample_pullquote.jpg These both pull quotes are not centred. > • http://homeforprofits.com/wp-content/uploads/wikipedia-pullquote.png > • > http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-2897250-31035/Picture+32.png This looks fine, it's common this way. But it only works in a two-column layout. I assumed we're talking about one column layouts. Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
