[lug] LaTeX, margins, font size

[D. Stimits]

Tkil wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Tkil" == tkil  <tkil at scrye.com> writes:
> 
> | finally, "doing it manually" works out to using "\setlength" to
> | modify the values of the lengths used to calculate margins.  the
> | weirdness here is that all the lengths are calcluated off a 1.0in
> | top and left margin, so the math is a bit goofy.  (this is one
> | reason why i prefer the geometry package!)  so, something like this
> | should set 1.0in margins all the way around a letter paper:
> |
> |    % set left margin, relative to the 1.0in offset.
> |    \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0}
> |    \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0}
> |
> |    % letters don't have headers, so...
> |    \setlength{\topmargin}{0}
> |    \setlength{\headheight}{0}
> |    \setlength{\headsep}{0}
> |
> |    % nor trailers
> |    \setlength{\footskip}{0}
> |
> |    % and, finally, the size of the text box; it's for 8.5 x 11.0
> |    % paper, with an inch off each side:
> |    \setlength{\textwidth}{6.5in}
> |    \setlength{\textheight}{9.0in}
> 
> bad me.  "0" by itself is not a valid length -- we always have to
> provide a unit.  so, use this snippit instead:

I will give these a try. On this particular letter, I was in a hurry,
and ended up rewording a sentence to have one less word...this allowed
the entire next page to be removed.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
>     % set left margin, relative to the 1.0in offset.
>     \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.0in}
>     \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.0in}
> 
>     % letters don't have headers, so...
>     \setlength{\topmargin}{0.0in}
>     \setlength{\headheight}{0.0in}
>     \setlength{\headsep}{0.0in}
> 
>     % nor trailers
>     \setlength{\footskip}{0.0in}
> 
>     % and, finally, the size of the text box; it's for 8.5 x 11.0
>     % paper, with an inch off each side:
>     \setlength{\textwidth}{6.5in}
>     \setlength{\textheight}{9.0in}
> 
> t.
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