On Fri, 1 May 2009 16:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > > >> When you select a document class it provides all the typographic > >> styles you need ... unless there's something specific and > >> non-standard. The layout of an article is different from that of a > >> report, and both are different from that of a book. > >> > >> Rich > > > > When Rich wrote > > > >> DO NOT use the facilities of your document class for your > >> frontmatter -- instead use custom styles and ERT (inserted LaTeX > >> code) to fine-tune your front matter exactly how you want it. > > > > he was speaking of the front matter only -- the title page and so > > on. The main body of the work uses the standard features and styles > > of the given document class. > > Bruce, > > I will accept authorship of the first quote because I wrote it. > However, I did not write the second quote. Don't know who did. When I > wrote my book for Springer-Verlag I used their svmono class for the > whole thing. I did need to start the frontmatter at page 4 so they > could insert the usual short title and other publishing stuff. Steve Litt wrote it, but I agree with him on frontmatter, at least the first four pages: Half title page (recto), second page (verso, blank or containing printing history), full title page (recto), and copyright page (verso - containing copyright stuff, ISBN/CIP information and usually printed in a smaller type). Alan > > Rich > > -- > Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity > Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | > Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 > Fax: 503-667-8863 >
