Blurb and an old flame. Part three
Some handy references for those willing to adventure into the LaTex land. To start with some motivations here is an advocacy article:
LaTeX isn't for everyone but it could be for you. For a first intro see
A (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. But the fastest way, if you want to experiment with it, is to install a version of "xelatex" on your computer, it is available for all most any operating system, and give it a try starting from the files mentioned in the
last related post.
But even if your more interested in using your wysig have a look here for some ideas in the design of the book:
tufte-latex, LaTex users will find it ready to use. Have a look at the pdfs available and mainly to the one that focuses on the book style.
In my first try, for blurb, I want to put the image slightly off centre. How to arbitrarily position an image into a page is a thing that is not present in Eric's
example. The task may be addressed via the package named, quite obviously, "photo" that lets you manage the picture as a "float" object, the package is available in every LaTex2e distribution. Anyway you may find it
here or
in the CTAN TeX/LaTex repository.
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