[pdftex] Positioning graphic in header line.

John Culleton john at wexfordpress.com
Wed Feb 6 00:39:25 CET 2008


On Monday 04 February 2008 07:29:12 pm John Culleton wrote:
> I have a graphic representation that is a bit higher than the normal
> typeface. I want to position this graphic in the verso page header line. I
> am having trouble establishing the same baseline on recto and verso pages.
> Here is what I have so far:
> ....
> \pdfvorigin 1.500in
> ....
> \headline={%
> \iftitlepage \hfil\global\titlepagefalse \else
> \global\footline{}
> \gentleheadline \fi
> }
> ................
> \pdfximage{lean.png}
> \def\gentleheadline{%
> \ifodd\pageno
>  \sl\authorname\hfil\bf\folio\rm
>     \else
>    \raise 1.7in\hbox{\bf\folio}\hfil\raise 1.7in\hbox{\pdfrefximage 1}\rm
>     \fi
> }
> For some reason the more I raise the two components the lower they show on
> the page.
>
> Parts of this code are obviously lifted from "A Gentle Introduction to
> TeX."
>
> The actual vertical dimension of the graphic is .3 inches.  I just want the
> headlines, left and right to have the same baselines.

Following up on my own post, are there parameters I can add to a \pdfrefximage 
statement that will relocate the image up or down with reference to the 
current baseline? I use pdftex. 

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