[OS X TeX] Book Design Resources

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 27.11.2006 um 23:10 schrieb Franck Pastor:

>
> Le 27-nov.-06 à 15:28, Peter Dyballa a écrit :
>
>>
>> Am 27.11.2006 um 14:35 schrieb David Oliver:
>>
>>> Since the archive of packages is so vast, I invite users to  
>>> recommend packages they have found helpful for more flexible book  
>>> design than the LaTeX defaults.
>>
>> The KOMA classes provide one for writing books. It uses inherently  
>> geometry, so it does not fail as often as memoir.
>
> As far as I know, the KOMA-Script classes inherently use typearea  
> for page layouts, not geometry. However, geometry can perfectly be  
> used with them.

Yes, you're right: typearea is the user-friendly front-end, but  
behind the scenes it's geometry that does the hard work. Look into a  
LOG file!

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Greetings

   Pete


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