Am 03.06.2017 um 03:05 schrieb Joel Kulesza:
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
<mailto:rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>> wrote:
As time permits I'll look at the available LaTeX packages. I use
LaTeX/LyX
for almost all my writing and the modern CV and resume package
looks highly
professional and is impressive, so I assume business card
templates will
also be of this quality.
Rich,
Some additional considerations...
While I really like LaTeX / LyX for documentation, I'm reluctant to
use it for things that require specific visual layout like business
cards or posters. With LyX's WYSIWYM philosophy and LaTeX's "focus on
content, not layout" approach, this somewhat goes against the precise
graphical design for such media. Such documents are also either
infrequent (in the case of business cards) or one-time (in the case of
posters) editing tasks. So having reproducible formatting may not be
as important. You might also find yourself tweaking esoteric LaTeX
settings / ERT to get things just right, while a simple nudge in a
graphical design tool would do. However, for something "simple" like
a business card, maybe doing everything in TikZ would work.
I don't mean to discourage, but just want to suggest that while LaTeX
/ LyX might get to a satisfactory result, it may not be the right
and/or most efficient toolset for the job.
- Joel
P.S. If you'd like to see how I setup a business card sheet in
Inkscape, let me know and I'll forward along my .svg and .pdf files.
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/4693/is-there-a-good-document-template-for-making-business-cards
Wolfgang
