On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, at 23:24, Peter Schaffter wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016, Gerard Lally wrote: > > Is it possible to lay out a page, as in the attached sample file, > > using *roff? I'm about to commit myself to learning troff and friends > > more thoroughly. Before I start I'd like to have a broad idea of its > > limitations. > > It's all doable with groff. The images would have to be converted > to PostScript or PDF, depending on the macro package and output > device used (i.e. -Tps [PostScript device, grops] or -Tpdf [PDF > device, gropdf]). Whatever fonts you're using could easily be > converted for groff (Type 1, TrueType, OpenType can all be > converted). > > I would not, however, use groff for this kind of layout. The effort > involved wouldn't be worth the candle. A good page layout program > is more suitable because it would allow quick, visual positioning of > the images and blocks of type. In groff, you'd have to specify > every horizontal and vertical page motion, which, unless you were > working from a fully marked-up mockup, would involve a lot of trial > and error, especially for text flowing around objects.
What if you have a mixed document, like a magazine article, where you might have pages of text interspersed with a page here and there of text and graphics? You would still want *roff for its typographical benefits, surely? Have you ever used *roff and a page layout program together to produce a single document like this?
