Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
Helge Hafting writes:
They actually took a lyx file? Interesting!
The problem is that there are numerous illustrations. I would prefer to
give them just the PDF, but then I have to get involved in placing the
images, etc. My original "deal" (and preference) is that the image
plates are printed separately and tipped together into the middle of
the book before binding, but I don't know yet if they are willing/able
to do this.
Or, what about this (if it has to be): I lay out the illustrations in
LyX with captions, etc. and use a low-res version of each image. The
press (if they generate their own PDF) then modifies the
pathname/filenames for the images as needed so that the final images
(which need to be prepped by them, I think) are then substituted?
Also consider using blank figures (of correct size) if they plan on
printing illustrations with a different press/technology.
Then they can print the pdf as-is, and proceed to print
figures into the blank captioned areas. With low-res figures, they
have to remove the low-res stuff first.
Thanks for the other tips; I'm now in direct contact with a developer at
the press and he seems very eager to make this work (thank God -- I
don't think very many art history books are typeset with LaTeX or LyX).
This is cool. A few publishers take pdf (if you're capable of laying
everything out perfectly yourself), a few take latex, this is the first
time I
hear about one taking a lyx file. This way, they can make corrections
themselves if need be. I had to clear up a few hundred misplaced
commas, other spelling issues as well as layout when making my pdf, having
the publisher work on the lyx file is much more efficient. But they have
to be willing to learn something new.
Helge Hafting
