On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Clint wrote: > I've got a job that I need to do in-house to save some money. The output > needs to be a 16"x20" print (that I hope to get done at Kinko's since I > don't have a printer in that large of a format) with a black background > and white letters in a basic font that Fedora comes with. The problem > is: I'm out of my element for this task. > > I tried OpenOffice, but the largest size is 96pt, and just is way too small. > > I tried Gimp, but the largest font size there was 72pt, and thus too > small. My Grokking the Gimp text didn't have any advice (that I could find). > > That makes me believe I'm not thinking about the problem correctly, and > need some advice! > > This box is a fully-loaded FC1 machine with yum config'd, but I don't > know what software to even start searching for, and need some idea of > what tool/software I really should be considering. The resulting > printout is going in a nice frame for a string quartet. I like the look > of what I did in Gimp, but it just isn't big enough. > > I sure could use some advice here. Is there a software package that is > available via yum (or otherwise) that fits the bill for creating a large > -- really large -- document/font size? Am I doing something wrong in > Gimp and it can do the job? Work on something smaller with the same aspect ratio (say, 4"x5"), and then scale it up at a later stage? This is how I do A0 printouts, simply design A4 and scale in the printer drivers. -- Sam Barnett-Cormack Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University
