Software that makes placemats
Re: Software that makes placemats
At the request of AHB, extra parameter VoteRecorderNamesOrientation, with allowed values /Horizontal, /Vertical, or the default value of /Either. AHB prefers the value /Vertical.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Actually this is something I spent some time wondering about ages ago. I'm glad AHB had slightly more presence of mind than me. I just sat there and muddled on.jdaw1 wrote:At the request of AHB, extra parameter VoteRecorderNamesOrientation, with allowed values /Horizontal, /Vertical, or the default value of /Either. AHB prefers the value /Vertical.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Damn. This has caused me to notice something else that should be fixed. The Total on the bottom-left of the page should be rotated. E.g.:jdaw1 wrote:At the request of AHB, extra parameter VoteRecorderNamesOrientation, with allowed values /Horizontal, /Vertical, or the default value of /Either. AHB prefers the value /Vertical.
Re: Software that makes placemats
(Note to self whilst on Tapatalk. Auto-rotate that “Total” if: width of cell smaller than width of “Total”; and width of cell at least height of “Total”; and cell taller than wide.)
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(Note to self whilst on Tapatalk. Different conditions better. Auto-rotate that “Total” if: width of cell smaller than width of “Total”; width “Total” × height cell > height “Total” × width cell.)
Re: Software that makes placemats
(Note to self whilst on Tapatalk. Different condition better. Compute Max font size factor if unrotated = Min(1, width of cell ÷ width of “Total”, height of cell ÷ height of “Total”. Also compute Max font size factor if rotated = Min(1, width of cell ÷ height of “Total”, height of cell ÷ width of “Total”). Rotate if latter strictly bigger. If not rotated show at original height but perhaps horizontally squashed; if rotated show shrunk equally in both directions. Maybe, if rotated and shrunk at all, shrink by a factor of at least √½. Comment welcomed.
But in one case the scaling is in one direction, in the other in both. So maybe the former should be compared to the square of the latter. Comment welcomed.)
But in one case the scaling is in one direction, in the other in both. So maybe the former should be compared to the square of the latter. Comment welcomed.)
Re: Software that makes placemats
(Note to self whilst on Tapatalk. Definitely not squaring: measuring legibility not ink. E.g., would much rather have scaling in both directions by a factor of 0.7 than scaling in one by a factor of 0.5.)
Re: Software that makes placemats
A tasting is to be held on 23rd September 2014. Because The Bung Hole will be closed for refurbishment, the tasting is to be held at Davy’s at Woolgate.
In the default value of ExternalLinks there are four lines about The Bung Hole: one for its website, and one each for three map websites. These lines should be replaced with Woolgate equivalents, and for use and future re-use, a correct replacement follows.For testing purposes, those links in BBCode format:
Edit: also for the Crusting Pipe:And, for Davy’s at Woolgate, with an extra line:
In the default value of ExternalLinks there are four lines about The Bung Hole: one for its website, and one each for three map websites. These lines should be replaced with Woolgate equivalents, and for use and future re-use, a correct replacement follows.
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(http://www.davy.co.uk/woolgate/) [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Woolgate)]
(http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=532560&y=181440&z=106&pc=EC2V+5HA) (EC2V 5HA, streetmap.co.uk)
(https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.51652,-0.091&cbp=11,80,,0,0) (EC2V 5HA, maps.google.co.uk)
(http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=EC2V+5HA&cp=51.5162~-0.09084) (EC2V 5HA, bing.com)
Edit: also for the Crusting Pipe:
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(http://www.crustingpipe.co.uk/) (Crusting Pipe)
(http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530351&y=180907&z=106&pc=WC2E+8RD) (WC2E 8RD, streetmap.co.uk)
(http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=WC2E+8RD&cp=51.5121~-0.123) (WC2E 8RD, bing.com)
(https://plus.google.com/103198375868437142697/) (Crusting Pipe, plus.google.com)
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(http://www.davy.co.uk/woolgate/) [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Woolgate)]
(http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=532560&y=181440&z=106&pc=EC2V+5HA) (EC2V 5HA, streetmap.co.uk)
(http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=EC2V+5HA&cp=51.5162~-0.09084) (EC2V 5HA, bing.com)
(https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.51652,-0.091&cbp=11,80,,0,0) (EC2V 5HA, maps.google.co.uk)
(https://plus.google.com/115233829966484950403/) [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Woolgate, plus.google.com)]
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Re: Software that makes placemats
It would be good if /BackgroundTextsGlassesPaintCode were nearer the other /BackgroundTextsGlasses parameters. Just saying.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
I generally assumed that …Code parameters require more expertise than parameters holding strings. If you disagree with that, or with my attempt to put such parameters in the section for them, I’ll move it.djewesbury wrote:It would be good if /BackgroundTextsGlassesPaintCode were nearer the other /BackgroundTextsGlasses parameters. Just saying.
Edit: FTR, this request is presumably based on the placemats for The Scottish Independence Referendum, 18th Sept 2014.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
generally I'd agree. But this is about the basic display of the background element. Having chosen the font I want to be able to fill it without too much searching.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Hmm. Maybe.
I discourage filling: it makes it harder to see colour on glasses page, and harder to write on the TN page.
I discourage filling: it makes it harder to see colour on glasses page, and harder to write on the TN page.
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Your discouragement is noted.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
As is your request, which is done.djewesbury wrote:Your discouragement is noted.
(Requests are rare, and my disagreement slight — the customer is right.)
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Can I be added to the list for TN stars please. Sideways would be useful.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
One row, five columns?djewesbury wrote:Can I be added to the list for TN stars please. Sideways would be useful.
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Please
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Done.jdaw1 wrote:One row, five columns?djewesbury wrote:Can I be added to the list for TN stars please. Sideways would be useful.
If needed, ask other placemat makers to update the placemats for tastings that you are attending.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Thank you. Very kind.jdaw1 wrote:Done.jdaw1 wrote:One row, five columns?djewesbury wrote:Can I be added to the list for TN stars please. Sideways would be useful.
If needed, ask other placemat makers to update the placemats for tastings that you are attending.
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Re: Software that makes placemats
There is to be a Ramos-Pinto Vertical on Tuesday 21st October 2014. Current placemats, being fourteen glasses on A3 with 18pt margins.
Self-evidently, it is possible to jiggle the circles to make space such that they could be a mite bigger. The following comment has been added to the PostScript file.That link to Packomania, 1-by-0.7, 14 circles.
Edit on 3rd Nov 2014: since solved in Mathematica, the actual gain in radius being 0.732029pt ≈ 0.258mm. So indeed not worth it.
Self-evidently, it is possible to jiggle the circles to make space such that they could be a mite bigger. The following comment has been added to the PostScript file.
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% Notes. A3, with 18pt margins, is 1-by-0.697984132.
% Packomania has results for 1-by-0.7, and on that size its best radius is 0.1081619.
% http://hydra.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/packing/crc_700/d3.html http://hydra.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/packing/crc_700/pdf/d3.pdf
% Same layout as used on RP, but on 1-by-0.7, has radius of ( 127 - 10 * Sqrt(67) ) / 420 ~= 0.1074916.
% Mathematica: Solve[{6 R + 4 R Cos[Theta] == 1, 2 R + 8 R Sin[Theta] == 7/10}, {R, Theta}]
% So Packomania better by a factor of ~= 1.006235837.
% If same ratio at this nearly-0.7 page with radius currently 124.172pt, worth an extra 0.77pt ~= 0.273mm of radius.
% So about that close to the optimum.
% Judgement call: not worth Packomania's asymmetry to gain that small radius.
Edit on 3rd Nov 2014: since solved in Mathematica, the actual gain in radius being 0.732029pt ≈ 0.258mm. So indeed not worth it.
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For quotation elsewhere: See the post in the thread entitled “Software that makes placemats” containing values to use in ExternalLinks.
The parameter ExternalLinks is to hold external links relevant to the tasting, traditionally including a link to the venue and to maps. Below are some components of ExternalLinks that could be re-used. Since first being posted other venues have been added to this post, and more could be, especially if requested. (In August 2015 the parameters of ExternalLinks were extended and re-arranged: what follows is in the new pattern.)
The Royal Air Force ClubClickable: • The Royal Air Force Club; • W1J 7PY, streetmap.co.uk; • W1J 7PY, maps.google.co.uk; • W1J 7PY, bing.com.
Simpson’s-in-the-StrandClickable: • Simpson’s-in-the-Strand; • WC2R 0EW, streetmap.co.uk; • WC2R 0EW, maps.google.co.uk; • WC2R 0EW, bing.com.
Boot and FloggerClickable: • Boot & Flogger; • SE1 1TA, streetmap.co.uk; • SE1 1TA, maps.google.co.uk; • SE1 1TA, bing.com.
Davy’s at WoolgateClickable: • Davy’s at Woolgate; • EC2V 5HA, streetmap.co.uk; • EC2V 5HA, bing.com; • EC2V 5HA, maps.google.co.uk; • Davy’s at Woolgate, plus.google.com.
The Bung HoleClickable: • The Bung Hole; • WC1V 6DT, streetmap.co.uk; • WC1V 6DT, maps.google.co.uk; • WC1V 6DT, bing.com.
Crusting PipeClickable: • Crusting Pipe; • WC2E 8RD, streetmap.co.uk; • WC2E 8RD, bing.com; • Crusting Pipe, plus.google.com.
Crown PassageClickable: • Davy’s at St James’s; • SW1Y 6QY, streetmap.co.uk; • SW1Y 6QY, bing.com; • EC2V 5HA, maps.google.co.uk; • Davy’s at St James’s, plus.google.com.
Plantation PlaceClickable: • Davy’s at Plantation Place; • EC3R 7BD, streetmap.co.uk; • EC3R 7BD, maps.google.co.uk; • EC3R 7BD, bing.com.
Otto’s at 182 Gray’s Inn RoadClickable: • Otto’s; • WC1X 8EW, streetmap.co.uk; • WC1X 8EW, maps.google.co.uk; • WC1X 8EW, bing.com.
Kasino Hotel, LeverkusenClickable: • Kasino Hotel, Leverkusen; • Kasino Hotel, maps.google.com; • WorldOfPort.de.
The parameter ExternalLinks is to hold external links relevant to the tasting, traditionally including a link to the venue and to maps. Below are some components of ExternalLinks that could be re-used. Since first being posted other venues have been added to this post, and more could be, especially if requested. (In August 2015 the parameters of ExternalLinks were extended and re-arranged: what follows is in the new pattern.)
The Royal Air Force Club
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false (The Royal Air Force Club) (https://www.rafclub.org.uk/)
true (W1J 7PY, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=528568&y=179998&z=106&pc=W1J+7PY)
true (W1J 7PY, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5043,-0.1487&cbp=11,330,,0,0)
true (W1J 7PY, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=W1J+7PY&cp=51.5043~-0.1487)
Simpson’s-in-the-Strand
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false [(Simpson) /quoteright (s-in-the-Strand)] (http://www.simpsonsinthestrand.co.uk/)
true (WC2R 0EW, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530511&y=180743&z=106&pc=WC2R+0EW)
true (WC2R 0EW, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5107,-0.1207&cbp=11,150,,0,0)
true (WC2R 0EW, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=WC2R+0EW&cp=51.5107~-0.1207)
Boot and Flogger
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false (Boot & Flogger) (http://www.davy.co.uk/bootandflogger/)
true (SE1 1TA, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=532409&y=180083&z=106&pc=SE1+1TA)
true (SE1 1TA, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.50428,-0.0935&cbp=11,260,,0,0)
true (SE1 1TA, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=SE1+1TA&cp=51.50428~-0.0935)
Davy’s at Woolgate
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false [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Woolgate)] (http://www.davy.co.uk/woolgate/)
true (EC2V 5HA, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=532560&y=181440&z=106&pc=EC2V+5HA)
true (EC2V 5HA, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=EC2V+5HA&cp=51.5162~-0.09084)
true (EC2V 5HA, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.51652,-0.091&cbp=11,80,,0,0)
true [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Woolgate, plus.google.com)] (https://plus.google.com/115233829966484950403/)
The Bung Hole
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false (The Bung Hole) (http://www.davy.co.uk/bunghole/)
true (WC1V 6DT, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530848&y=181628&z=106&pc=WC1V+6DT)
true (WC1V 6DT, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5182,-0.1154&cbp=11,15,,0,0)
true (WC1V 6DT, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=WC1V+6DT&cp=51.5182~-0.1154)
Crusting Pipe
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false (Crusting Pipe) (http://www.crustingpipe.co.uk/)
true (WC2E 8RD, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530351&y=180907&z=106&pc=WC2E+8RD)
true (WC2E 8RD, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=WC2E+8RD&cp=51.5121~-0.123)
true (Crusting Pipe, plus.google.com) (https://plus.google.com/103198375868437142697/)
Crown Passage
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false [(Davy) /quoteright (s at St James) /quoteright (s)] (http://www.davy.co.uk/stjames/)
true (SW1Y 6QY, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=529318&y=180218&z=106&pc=SW1Y+6QY)
true (SW1Y 6QY, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=SW1Y+6QY&cp=51.5058~-0.1381)
true (SW1Y 6QY, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5061,-0.1381&cbp=11,150,,0,0)
true [(Davy) /quoteright (s at St James) /quoteright (s, plus.google.com)] (https://plus.google.com/109580562186818760629/)
Plantation Place
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false [(Davy) /quoteright (s at Plantation Place)] (http://www.davy.co.uk/plantationplace/)
true (EC3R 7BD, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=533205&y=180840&z=106&pc=EC3R+7BD)
true (EC3R 7BD, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5108,-0.0815&cbp=11,260,,0,0)
true (EC3R 7BD, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=EC3R+7BD&cp=51.5108~-0.0815)
Otto’s at 182 Gray’s Inn Road
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false [(Otto) /quoteright (s)] (http://www.ottos-restaurant.com/)
true (WC1X 8EW, streetmap.co.uk) (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530931&y=182133&z=106&pc=WC1X+8EW)
true (WC1X 8EW, maps.google.co.uk) (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.5229,-0.11417&cbp=11,50,,0,0)
true (WC1X 8EW, bing.com) (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=WC1X+8EW&cp=51.5229~-0.11417)
Kasino Hotel, Leverkusen
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false (Kasino Hotel, Leverkusen) (https://www.bayer-gastronomie.de/)
true (Kasino Hotel, maps.google.com) (https://maps.google.com/maps?z=20&t=k&layer=c&cbll=51.014376,6.985116&cbp=11,190,,0,0)
true (WorldOfPort.de) (http://www.worldofport.de/)
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Re: Software that makes placemats
We are in Ox CAVE in Belfast (Tapatalk so link not easy) and sampling a number of wines by the half glass. (Please, stop muttering.)
I mentioned that we'd need a placemat. RAB casually tossed out an invention on the spot:
"If you had a little Perspex cover you could make a placemat on your iPad."
Anyone want to buy the rights?
I mentioned that we'd need a placemat. RAB casually tossed out an invention on the spot:
"If you had a little Perspex cover you could make a placemat on your iPad."
Anyone want to buy the rights?
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Re: Software that makes placemats
Drunks balancing full glasses on electronic devices: what could go wrong?djewesbury wrote:"If you had a little Perspex cover you could make a placemat on your iPad."
Anyone want to buy the rights?
Perhaps oxbelfast.com.djewesbury wrote:We are in Ox CAVE in Belfast (Tapatalk so link not easy)
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Software that makes placemats
Correction: half glasses.jdaw1 wrote:Drunks balancing full glasses on electronic devices: what could go wrong?djewesbury wrote:"If you had a little Perspex cover you could make a placemat on your iPad."
Anyone want to buy the rights?
I rest my case. (No, not on the iPad.)
Could it not be encased completely?
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