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  1. James D
    Member

    I have just finished a 450 page edition of a Latin manuscript (700 pages in MS). I used LaTeX with the ledmac package for critical editions, but am now looking for a professional book designer who works with LaTeX to put a professional touch on three years of work. I have searched the Internet for lists and adds; and found none. Any suggestions?

    Recently stumbled onto this forum, and was very happy to find LaTeX and the Humanities treated so well. Looking forward to a long stay.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Kevin Klement
    Key Master

    Welcome, James.

    Congrats on finishing your edition.

    What sorts of professional touches are you looking for? Do you mean with regard to the binding and cover, etc., or adding illustrations, or do you mean something more like working with the LaTeX source itself to make it prettier with fonts and styles, etc.?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Seamus Bradley
    Member

    Editions of TUGboat contain ads for professional LaTeX typesetters. I don't know if the online editions contain the ads though. I can't get at my paper copies, but in the new year, when I get home, I can list some of those ads for you...

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. James D
    Member

    To start with (1) I want to make it look "prettier" with a good combination of fonts for headings, body text, the critical apparatus and my notes; (2) the layout for lists needs improvement; (3) typesetting for the Table of Content and registers; (4) inserting graphics; and (5) to work with a non-LaTeX designer to implement his ideas.

    "What sorts of professional touches are you looking for? Do you mean with regard to the binding and cover, etc., or adding illustrations, or do you mean something more like working with the LaTeX source itself to make it prettier with fonts and styles, etc.?"

    Posted 11 months ago #

  5. James D
    Member

    A practical question, There is a ugly line between the body of my text and my footnotes. It extends from the left margin to about mid-page. How can I center the line and vary its length and thickness?

    I am using LaTeX with the LedMac package for critical editions -- not sure if LedMac influences the line in question.

    Posted 11 months ago #

  6. Kevin Klement
    Key Master

    Hi James.

    The footnote separator is defined by a command called \footnoterule. The exact definition would depend on your document class. You can redefine it to do anything you want. E.g., to make it 4 inches wide and 1 point thick, you could do something like:

    \renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\noindent\rule{4in}{1pt}\\[0ex]}

    (Change the last number to influence the spacing between it and the notes.)

    I doubt LedMac changes anything.

    Posted 11 months ago #

  7. James D
    Member

    Thanks Kevin, it worked. Ledmac had no influence. Your advice has also put me on the right track in the Ledmac manual, were the author has some suggestions about dealing with footnoterule for multiple note registers. The problem is that I have three potential registers for different classes of notes. If a certain page has no note, then the register will not appear. If only the second register has a note, only it will appear, and so on. Thanks again.

    Posted 10 months ago #

  8. Seamus Bradley
    Member

    The footnote rule should not take up any vertical space, so it might be best following the advice here instead.

    (OK, so a hundredth of an inch or whatever isn't exactly going to mess up your page, but if you can do it right...)

    Posted 10 months ago #

  9. James D
    Member

    Thanks. I see I should have drafted my question with greater care. Status: I am using the ledmac package for critical editions. The document has three potential footnote registers: A, B, and C. Thanks to Kevin and Seamus I now have an elegant footnote rule (footnote separator) whenever register A appears. If there are no footnotes in a register, that register will not appear. Thus, if A has no footnotes on page 8, then only registers B and C will appear. Problem: The footnote rule for registers B and C are still the ugly ones I started with. Question: How can I reformat the footnote rules (separators) for registers B and C? Jim

    Posted 10 months ago #

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