On Jan 11, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Sven Siegmund <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need help with xetexing a document on a custom paper format.
>
> As far as I understand the page layout, this minimal example should
> suffice to typeset on my custom format paper. However, while the
> resulting pagesize of the pdf is just as I specified, the text is not
> adjusted to its smaller size. It looks like typesetting on A4 and then
> cutting the pdf to my desired format. The compiler does not even
> complain abou overfull hbox. What am I doing wrong in this minimal
> example?
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{xltxtra}
>
> \setlength\paperwidth{155mm}
> \setlength\paperheight{240mm}
> \setlength\pdfpagewidth{\paperwidth}
> \setlength\pdfpageheight{\paperheight}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> The resulting text will not fit on the page. Yet, when compiling,
> pdflatex or xelatex do not complain about overfull hbox.
>
> \end{document}
>
> best regards,
>
> S.
I think you will have better luck with this:
%
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage[papersize={155mm,240mm}]{geometry}
...
%
Stephen Moye
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