Talk:Letter style
better make it an environment --Hraban 22:26, 27 Jul 2004 (CEST)
you are right, done --Numenor 18:03, 31 Dec 2004 (CET)
Enhancement Proposals
Sender KeyVals
Replace the ugly heap of sender macros with \setvalue like this:
% some setups, only for completeness \def\sendervalwidth{4cm} \def\senderkeywidth{2cm} \def\keystyle{\tfx\it} \def\valstyle{} % define setter (Sender) and getter (GetSenderLine) \def\Sender#1#2#3{\setvalue{SenderKey#1}{#2}\setvalue{SenderVal#1}{#3}} \def\GetSenderLine#1{\bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\getvalue{SenderKey#1}} {\getvalue{SenderKey#1}:}{}\eTD\bTD\getvalue{SenderVal#1}\eTD\eTR} % initialize values - not even needed %\dostepwiserecurse{1}{9}{1}{ % \Sender{\recurselevel}{}{} %} \startsetups sendertablesetup \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[x][1][width=\senderkeywidth, align=left, style={\keystyle\strut}] \setupTABLE[x][2][width=\sendervalwidth, align=right, style={\valstyle\strut}] \bTABLE \dostepwiserecurse{1}{9}{1}{ \expanded{\GetSenderLine{\recurselevel}} } \eTABLE \stopsetups
You use it in your letter like this:
\Sender{1}{Name}{Hraban} \Sender{2}{Address}{Anywhere} \Sender{3}{}{in Switzerland} \Sender{4}{Web}{www.fiee.net/texnique/}
(Thanks to Peter Rolf and Taco Hoekwater for their valuable help!)
Address and Logo Space
I (Hraban) wanted to use my "corporate design" and put the address directly under my logo:
% setups \def\firstpageheaderheight{95mm} \def\topspaceheight{12.5mm} \def\sendervalwidth{40mm} \def\senderkeywidth{20mm} \def\bleed{3mm} \def\logothirdwidth{\senderkeywidth} \def\logoheight{\senderkeywidth} % logo definition (simplified) \defineoverlay[logo][{% \framed[frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=Grau, width=\logothirdwidth, height=\dimexpr(\logoheight+\bleed)]{}% \framed[frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=HKS5, width=\logothirdwidth, height=\dimexpr(\logoheight+\bleed)]{}% \framed[frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=Grau, width=\logothirdwidth, height=\dimexpr(\logothirdwidth+\bleed)]{}% }] \definelayer[firstpagelayer][width=\makeupwidth, height=\firstpageheaderheight] \startsetups firstpageintrosetup % Logo field \setlayerframed[firstpagelayer] [y=-\dimexpr(\topspaceheight+\bleed), corner={right,top}, location={left,bottom}] [height=\dimexpr(\logoheight+\bleed), width=\dimexpr(\senderkeywidth+\sendervalwidth), %\overlaywidth, frame=off, offset=0mm, %align=left, background=logo ] {}%{\externalfigure[fiee-kopf-144][width=60mm]} % Sender line in letter window / Absenderzeile im Brieffenster \setlayerframed[firstpagelayer] [y=38mm, location={right,bottom}] [height=5mm, width=80mm, frame=off, bottomframe=off, offset=none, align={right,lohi}] {\tfxx\lettershortsender} % Addressee field / Empfängerfeld \setlayerframed[firstpagelayer] [y=41mm, location={right,bottom}] [height=36mm, width=80mm, frame=off, offset=none, align={right,top}] {\doiftextelse{\letterdisposal}{\vskip1.0ex\letterdisposal}{} \vskip1.5ex \letteraddressee} % Sender field / Absenderfeld \setlayerframed[firstpagelayer] [corner={right}, location={left,bottom}, y=\dimexpr(\senderkeywidth+\bleed-\topspaceheight)] [height=46mm, width=\dimexpr(\senderkeywidth+\sendervalwidth), frame=off, offset=none, align={left,top}] {\setups{sendertablesetup}} % Date field / Datumsfeld % perhaps one should use the \setvalue stuff for this again \setlayerframed[firstpagelayer] [corner={right},y=87mm,location={left,bottom}] [height=5mm,width=\dimexpr(\senderkeywidth+\sendervalwidth), align={left,top},frame=off,offset=none] {\bTABLE \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[x][1][width=\senderkeywidth, align=left] \setupTABLE[x][2][width=\sendervalwidth, align=right] \bTR \bTD {\keystyle\translate[en=date, de=Datum]:} \eTD \bTD \valstyle \doiftextelse{\letterplace} {\letterplace,\translate[en=, de=]\ }{} % default date is actual date in ISO format \doiftextelse{\letterdate}{\letterdate}{\currentdate[year,-,mm,-,dd]}% {\currentdate} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \stopsetups
Folding Marks
The folding marks used endash and emdash and didn't "bleed" over the margin (as they should if you want to offset print).
\def\bleed{3mm} \definecolor[Grey][s=.5] \definelayer[foldingmarkslayer][state=repeat] \startsetups foldingmarkslayersetup \setupblackrules[width=13mm, height=0.1mm, color=Grey] \setlayer[foldingmarkslayer][y=107mm, x=-\bleed, align={lohi,right}]{\blackrule} \setlayer[foldingmarkslayer][y=148.5mm, x=-\bleed, align={lohi,right}]{\blackrule[width=10mm]} \setlayer[foldingmarkslayer][y=202mm, x=-\bleed, align={lohi,right}]{\blackrule} \stopsetups