On 2025-02-24 04:19, Thomas Meyer wrote:
Hello Hraban,
thanks for your tip. Hopefully I'll find time to have a look at it after that busy weekend.
Regards Thomas
Am 22.02.25 um 19:11 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
Am 22.02.25 um 18:36 schrieb Thomas Meyer:
Thank you Wolfgang,
I guess I'm thinking too complicated. Ultimately, this should result in a type area according to the golden ratio. (textheight = 660 pt = 1.618 * textwidth or something similar, depending on the font size or interlinespace)
To simplify your code, you can replace many of these measures with units, e.g. th, tw; see also lowlevel-registers.pdf
Perhaps this can help. It works for me. It lays out his page 155 (1st edition paperback) bottom page, which has a 1.7 ratio type area on a 1.5 ratio page.
\doifmodeelse{frame}{\def\Paper{letter}}{\def\Paper{octavo}} \definepapersize [octavo] [width=6in,% 152.4mm, 433.62pt, 432bp height=9in]% 228.6mm, 650..43pt, 648bp \setuppapersize[octavo][\Paper] \setuplayout [ %Bringhurst example on p155 % % P = 1.5 (h=9", w=6") (648bp × 432bp) (54pc × 36pc) % T = 1.7 (d=6.8", m=4") (491.44pt × 289.08pt) (489.6bp × 288bp) (40.8pc × 24pc) % (exclusive of running heads and folios) % s = t = w/9 = 0.667" backspace and top margin % e = 2s = 1.333" foredge % ( f = h - t - d = 9" - 0.667" - 6.8" = 1.533" % but must allow for footer/footerdistance in that ) % 36 lines @ 13.5pt = 486pt, 36 lines @ 13.45bp = 484.2bp % % Bringhurst calculations for 24pica width char/line % libertinus alphabet width 10pt: 122pt 66 % libertinus alphabet width 10.5pt: 128pt 63 % libertinus alphabet width 11pt: 134pt 61 % libertinus alphabet width 12pt: 146pt 56 % backspace = leftedge+leftedgedistance+leftmarginwidth+leftmargindistance % cutspace = right... % s = w/9 = leftmarginwidth+leftmargindistance = 0.667" = 48bp % t = s = topspace + header+headerdistance % header+headerdistance = 27bp % topspace = 48bp - 27bp = 21bp % e = 2×s = rightmarginwidth+rightmargindistance = 1.333" = 96bp vz=2, location=middle, backspace=pw / 9, cutspace=\backspace * 2, width=\backspace * 6, height=(\backspace * 6 * 1.7) + (4 * \lineheight), topspace=\backspace - 2 * \lineheight, headerdistance=\lineheight, header=\lineheight, footerdistance=\lineheight, footer=\lineheight, leftmargindistance=8bp, rightmargindistance=8bp, leftmargin=\backspace - \leftmargindistance, rightmargin=\cutspace - \rightmargindistance, ] -- Rik