This project is a generator of grids for medieval calligraphy in
\ConTeXt{=tex}/LMTX and
\MetaPost{=tex}.
.
├── doc
│ └── context
│ └── third
│ └── pauta
│ ├── env-pauta.tex
│ ├── pauta-example.pdf
│ ├── pauta-example.tex
│ ├── pauta.pdf
│ └── pauta.tex
├── tex
│ └── context
│ └── third
│ └── pauta
│ ├── t-pauta.mkxl
│ └── t-pauta.pdf
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── VERSION
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/conradolandia/pauta.git, or download as zip. - If cloning:
- Copy the
docandtexfolders to your\ConTeXt{=tex} tree and rebuild your database withcontext --generate. You can find more details about the process on the\ConTeXt{=tex} wiki. Alternatively, call context with the--pathflag, and provide it with the path of this folder, i.e:context --path=/home/user/pauta. Alternatively still, simply placet-pauta.mkxlon the same directory as the file importing it.
- Copy the
- Invoke the
\Pautamacro as many times as you want pages. Each invocation can have a different configuration. Each invocation will create one single page. - The data about the hand1 is autogenerated by the module and set into the top or the bottom, following the user configuration.
- Warning: This module takes over the top and bottom typesetting
areas2, and does not reset them properly yet. So if your document
includes other content on those areas you will need to reset again
to your liking by manually invoking
\setuptoptexts/\setupbottomtexts. This will be hopefully improved in the future.
Review and run the lua script build.lua. You will need pandoc and a
recent LMTX distribution to compile the documentation, but all the
documentation you will have is already in this file and the comments in
all the other files, so check them out. If you don't have a standalone
lua interpreter, you can run it with luametatex like so:
luametatex --luaonly build.luabuild.lua lives in its own
repository. You can also
use to build your own projects.
All parameters are optional. Defaults are as follows:
\Pauta[
hand=, % Hand name. If not defined, will not show info on the left side of the top / bottom
handInfo=, % Some extra info for the hand. If not defined, will not show info on the right side of the top / bottom
infoPosition=bottom, % Where to show the extra info (top | bottom)
infoLeft={\setup{pauta:content:leftmark}}, % If defined, will override autogenerated hand info on the left side of the bottom / top
infoRight={\setup{pauta:content:rightmark}}, % If defined, will override autogenerated hand info on the right side of the bottom / top
displayNibs=false, % Show nib-width marks (true | false)
displayAngleMarks=false, % Display dotted guides for the nib angle (true | false)
nibWidth=3mm, % Pen nib width (must include units, or it will default to big points)
nibAngle=35, % Nib working angle in degrees
ascenders=3, % Number of ascender lines (in nib widths)
xHeight=4, % Number of x-height lines (in nib widths)
descenders=3, % Number of descending lines (in nib widths)
adjustment=0, % Sometimes it's necessary to adjust the height, because it can be longer than TextHeight. Still not sure why it happens but it happpens... a value of 1 or 2 should solve it.
mainColor={s=.4}, % Main color (lines that separate sections)
secondaryColor={s=.6}, % Secondary color (lines separated by a nib width)
tertiaryColor={s=.8}, % Tertiary color (nib width marks on the left margin and dotted angle lines)
]\usemodule[pauta]
\startdocument
\Pauta[
hand={Carolingian},
handInfo={Tours school, VIII\high{th} century},
infoPosition=top,
displayNibs=true,
displayAngleMarks=true,
nibWidth=3mm,
ascenders=2,
xHeight=3,
descenders=2,
adjustment=0,
mainColor={s=.6},
secondaryColor={s=.8},
tertiaryColor={s=.8},
]
\stopdocument\usemodule[pauta]
\startdocument
\Pauta[
hand={Carolingian},
handInfo={Tours school, VIII\high{th} century},
infoPosition=top,
displayNibs=true,
displayAngleMarks=true,
nibWidth=3mm,
ascenders=2,
xHeight=3,
descenders=2,
adjustment=0,
mainColor={s=.5},
secondaryColor={s=.6},
tertiaryColor={s=.7},
]
% Overriding the top / bottom info:
\Pauta[
infoLeft={An excercise in Visigothic script},
infoRight={from an Spanish manuscript, VII\high{th} century},
infoPosition=bottom,
displayNibs=true,
displayAngleMarks=false,
nibWidth=2mm,
ascenders=4,
xHeight=3,
descenders=4,
adjustment=1,
mainColor={s=.3},
secondaryColor={s=.4},
tertiaryColor={s=.5},
]
\stopdocument