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<DIV>Hi Axel,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again, will try this this weekend.</DIV>
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<DIV>No, Babylonians in the early days read top to bottom, and then the columns go from right to left. That's how it is on the Hammurapi code, and why I have all those turn boxes. One is supposed to rotate the paper in order to read 'properly'.</DIV>
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<DIV>Eventually, though, because of the 'portrait' orientation of a tablet in the hand, this becomes left to right with rows from top to bottom, just like we [western Europeans] do. And most scholars read it that way too. That's how I was taught. I'm just odd enough to want my students to do it the 'right' way ;)</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW you didn't offer a suggestion on how to bring the boxes closer together, perhaps by omission (hoping :)</DIV>
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<DIV>K<BR><BR>>>> Axel Kielhorn <a.kielhorn@web.de> 30/10/2009 10:59 am >>><BR><BR>Am 29.10.2009 um 21:35 schrieb Karljurgen Feuerherm:<BR><BR>> Hello all,<BR>><BR>> Thanks to everyone for the various suggestions.<BR>><BR>> I'm not totally decided on this point, but you can see from the <BR>> attached that the framebox expands depending on the size of the <BR>> characters; I might like to make it either constant.<BR><BR>You can add a \strut or a \rule{0pt}{as large as you need it}<BR><BR>> It occurs to me that in some cases, the cuneiform within a box <BR>> might span multiple lines. Is there a feature to put the box around <BR>> the item/paragraph rather than around a selection of characters?<BR>> I've copied a section of the code I used below.<BR><BR>You need to put the text inside a \parbox.<BR><BR>Something like:<BR><BR>\item[\begin{turn}{90}{27}\end{turn}] \fbox{\strut\parbox{2.5in} <BR>{\LARGE{<text goes here>}}}<BR><BR>BTW, do the Babylonians read from right to left?<BR><BR>Axel<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>