LaTeX, Pocket Mod and microlite20
So, I absolutely love the pocketmod versions of microlite20 rules. But, I don’t like how the margins end up when you print them out and fold them, and I’d like to be able to make my own pocket mods without using their software.
I found this example of using postscript tools to make a pocket mod from a full size document. This is great if you’re converting something existing, but I used Lyx/LaTeX to create a pocket book of rules on tiny pages (one eighth the size of letter).
So, here’s my example of how to make a pocket mod:
pdf2ps microlite20.pdf microlite20.ps pstops -w8.5in -h11in 8:0L(1w,0.75h)+1R(0,1h)+2R(0,0.75h)+3R(0,0.5h)+4R(0,0.25h)+5L(1w,0)+6L(1w,0.25h)+7L(1w,0.5h) microlite20.ps microlite20_pocket.ps ps2pdf microlite20_pocket.ps
This will work for any document that’s already properly scaled. However there are some issues with margins.
- Page 1 left margin too small
- Page 2 right margin too small
- Page 3 right margin too small
- Page 4 good margins
- Page 5 slightly too small on right (alright though)
- Page 6 slightly too small on left (alright though)
- Page 7 good margins
- Page 8 good margins
These are probably artifacts of how I folded it. But I probably should just make the left/right margins 3 ems instead of only 2.