[XeTeX] book size options --- help

[Nicolas Vaughan]

Hi William,
Thanks for your help. I works fine. I still have to understand what it
all does, though!
Best wishes,
Nicolas



On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:47 AM, William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com> wrote:
> Please note the following creates a .pdf which will cause Acrobat 8
> Professional to complain of problems in the .pdf if metric measurements are
> mixed in. Not sure if the problem is in Acrobat, xdvipdfmx, xetex or memoir.
>
>
> On May 26, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Nicolas Vaughan wrote:
>
>> What does the
>>  \AtBeginShipout{\special{pdf: put @thispage <</TrimBox [9.0 9.0
>> 621.0 801.0]>>}}
>> line do?
>>
>> I think I get the same result in the output PDF.
>
>
> It sets the .pdf to have 9 pts of bleed working w/ the other settings in the
> example file.
>
> If you're setting crop marks you'll probably want to have the trim box set
> up to match the crop marks. Adobe Acrobat Professional has an option to show
> boxes --- xetex can also place a .pdf according to box information.
>
> For your specifications, something like:
>
> \documentclass[showtrims,10pt]{memoir}
>
> \usepackage[xetex]{color}
> \usepackage{fixltx2e}
> \usepackage[xetex]{graphicx}
> \usepackage{xltxtra}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \usepackage{xunicode}
> \usepackage{ifthen}
>
> %170mm x 240mm. I must have these margins: top: 25mm, bottom: 30mm;
> %outside: 25mm; inside: 25mm.
>
> \setstocksize{752.315bp}{553.89bp}
> %\stockheight \stockwidth
> %\settrimmedsize{240mm}{170mm}{*}
> \settrimmedsize{680.304bp}{481.882bp}{*}
> %converted to BP 'cause using mm made Acrobat 8 report an error
> %\paperheight \paperwidth
> \settrims{36bp}{36bp}
> %\trimtop \trimedge
> %\setxlvchars[]
> %\settypeblocksize{17\onelineskip}{.75\xlvchars}{*}
> \settypeblocksize{524.41bp}{340.158bp}{*}
> %top form, first argument is preferred version ---
> %figure out your typesize leading and set the proper number of lines
> %\textheight \textwidth
> \setlrmargins{70.865bp}{*}{1}
> %\spinemargin \foremargin
> \setulmargins{70.865bp}{*}{1.2}%25mm * 1.2 == 30mm
> %\uppermargin \lowermargin
> \setheadfoot{1\onelineskip}{1\onelineskip}
> %\headheight \footskip
> \setheaderspaces{0bp}{*}{*}
> %\headdrop \headsep
> \setmarginnotes{1\onelineskip}{.125\xlvchars}{1\onelineskip}
> %\marginparsep \marginparwidth \marginparpush
>
> \checkandfixthelayout
>
> \quarkmarks
>
> \usepackage{atbegshi}
> \AtBeginShipout{\special{pdf: put @thispage <</TrimBox [36.0 36.0 517.9
> 716.3]>>}}
> \special{pdf: put @thispage <</TrimBox [36.0 36.0 517.9 716.3]>>}
>
> \begin{document}
> Test\clearpage Test
> \end{document}
>
> Should work as a rough start. You'll need to adjust where your folios &c.
> fall. If anyone asks, tell them you did your layout using Quark and they
> won't complain about the .pdfs when it's time to print ;)
>
> Please try converting all units to mm and removing any rounding errors / odd
> decimals and see how that works out --- FWIW I had a strange error in the
> .pdf when I introduced some values in mm and opened it in Acrobat 8, hence
> my use of only (PostScript) Big Points --- if using all mm doesn't fix it,
> please file a bug report w/ Peter Wilson, Jonathan Kew and Jin-Hwan Cho.
>
> William
>
> --
> William Adams
> senior graphic designer
> Fry Communications
> Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
>
>