![Image](http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/tn_circlesbehind.gif)
I prefer the bigger circles (radius 87.7 rather than 77.7); others don’t.
Does that mean that you would have been happy with an ordering like the following? (With obvious changing of which glasses on which sheets.)AHB wrote:continue from the same point when moving to the next sheet in the tasting notes.
Yes! This would have been much more comfortable for my aesthetics!jdaw1 wrote:Does that mean that you would have been happy with an ordering like the following?
Note to self: 0→1→0→½→½→1→1→½→0 gives the eight page types seen in the draft of the Taylor placemats for 22 March 2013, but in an order satisfying the ‘Bridgeman condition’.
Or 0→1→1→0→½→½→1→½→0.jdaw1 wrote:0→1→0→½→½→1→1→½→0
I agree with your first point (diagonals), and for the reason you give. Which suggests 0→1→0→½→1→1→½→½→0.PhilW wrote:Peronally I much prefer the diagonals over the verticals (and am not one of those previously expressing such view). I think probably because much of the page already contains grid-based elements, and the diagonal layout with circles adds good counterpoint. I also prefer the slightly larger circles which overlap the horizontal lines to the smaller ones which fit within; these are both purely aesthetic judgements.
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/Circlearrays [
1 1 6 9 mul {[ exch 2 string cvs ]} for
] def
/Titles [ Circlearrays {0 get} forall ] def
/Belowtitles [ Circlearrays length {()} repeat ] def
/Names [
[(JDA) {-0.08 Kern} (W)]
] def
/TastingNotesCirclesBehind true def
/TastingNotesCirclesBehindFadingFactor 0.35 def
/HeaderLeftText (TastingNotesCirclesBehind: a test) def
/HeaderCenterText [] def
/HeaderRightText [
(www) {-0.092 Kern} (.jdawiseman.com)
] def
/VoteRecorders false def
/NonDecanterLabelGlassesNumCopies 0 def
Addition to log page:The author of [url=http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/placemat.html#placematcopyright]the manual[/url] wrote:• Recent changes
December 2012
- +CopyrightStatementPlacemats, +LicensingAgreementTextPlacemats and +LicensingAgreementLinkPlacemats.
I do like this new defaultjdaw1 wrote:As illustrated in the following example, the default arrangement is now 0→1→0→½→1→1→½→½→0→0↻ (which includes all nine elements of {0, ½, 1} × {0, ½, 1}).
If there are more than nine TN sheets, the default pattern starts again at the beginning. Henceforth his should be considered a desideratum.
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/Circlearrays [ 1 1 6 9 mul {[ exch 2 string cvs ]} for ] def /Titles [ Circlearrays {0 get} forall ] def /Belowtitles [ Circlearrays length {()} repeat ] def /Names [ [(JDA) {-0.08 Kern} (W)] ] def /TastingNotesCirclesBehind true def /TastingNotesCirclesBehindFadingFactor 0.35 def /HeaderLeftText (TastingNotesCirclesBehind: a test) def /HeaderCenterText [] def /HeaderRightText [ (www) {-0.092 Kern} (.jdawiseman.com) ] def /VoteRecorders false def /NonDecanterLabelGlassesNumCopies 0 def
I like it so much I don't know how I managed to live without it.AHB wrote:I do like this new default
Excellentjdaw1 wrote:Roy Hersh has given the software a plug, on page 5 of issue 73 (December 2012) of his newsletter.
+1DRT wrote:Excellentjdaw1 wrote:Roy Hersh has given the software a plug, on page 5 of issue 73 (December 2012) of his newsletter.
New version has extra possible values for use in PermittedPackingStyles: /TopRow /MiddleRow /BottomRow.On [url=http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?p=83382#p83382]FTLoP[/url] Eric Menchen wrote:O.k., I'll throw this out there for Julian or an expert on this. I once made a sheet where there was one row across. I went to make a new sheet based on that, but I see the baseline has changed significantly, so I should probably use the new baseline ... How so I make an 11x17, landscape, with one row of six glasses across the top. I want there to be blank space below. Any pointers? (FYI, the 6 are 1955, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1992, and 2000 Taylor)
Later, on [url=http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?p=83873#p83873]FTLoP[/url] Eric Menchen wrote:Understood. But I was hacking, and my attempts to hack the new one weren't working so well, so I started with something I had already modified before. But the new version is really cool with the error report at the end when you render it.Julian D. A. Wiseman wrote:Please always start from the latest version. Things improve.
The used arrangement was /Gaia on US Ledger = 11″×17″ = /USL2.
Even later, on [url=http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?p=83889#p83889]FTLoP[/url] Eric Menchen wrote:My reason for using 11x17, and also for wanting to try to run the circles across the top was to accommodate a dinner plate. After we tasted the Port, I cooked up duck breasts served with a Port-cherry sauce. People could keep drinking what they had left with the dinner. With the Gaia arrangement it was necessary to move the glasses slightly, but you could still keep them arranged and know which was which.
jdaw1 wrote:You asked about the placemats. It is all completely free (not even freemium the version on the website is the same thing I use). Start at the manual, at www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/placemat.html.
A little scrolling down brings you to a green box entitled Making Your First Placemat: Advice for Beginners. That has all the instructions, and even a link to the program at www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/placemat.ps.
Don’t decide to start this one day before the tasting. You’ll be too busy. Please do have a play and experiment and test much further in advance.
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/GlassesOnSheetsMode /SpreadOverSheets def  % /SpreadOverSheets /Custom
/GlassesOnSheetsMaxPerSheet 6 def  % For all glasses on one sheet set to a big integer
/GlassesOnSheetsCustom [Â [ 0 1 2 3 ]Â [ 4 5 6 7 ]Â [ 8 9 10 11 ]Â ] def