Software Rec for Large Print

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

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.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack
Software Developer                           |  Student of Physics & Maths
UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk)  |  Lancaster University