On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote: > On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > > create a poster. > > > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, > > should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about > > background decorations or watermarks? > > > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use > > a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? > > > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they > > could share? > > Mateo, > > Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching > the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus. But the best > solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster. The more > complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it > becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).
I have created my graphics with Inkscape. By what I see, it might make sense to continue using Inkscape for the full poster. I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the beamer/LyX combination gives you-- together with my references properly formatted with bibtex. Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a screen layout. > > No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating > the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the > plotting stage. That way you don't put things in that are too small to be > viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed. My posters are plotted > using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster > is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it. Many > other printer and plotter drivers can do the same. > > If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- > but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.
