[1092] in APO Printshop
Re: APO Spring Reg Day cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Thu Feb 2 01:22:15 2006
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:22:02 -0500 (EST)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: Grant Jordan <gjordan@MIT.EDU>
cc: benazeer@alum.MIT.EDU, mitchb@MIT.EDU, vtarasov@MIT.EDU,
apo-printshop-journeyman@MIT.EDU, apo-printshop-operators@MIT.EDU,
apo-printshop-wants-qualifying@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <43E1945F.3010307@mit.edu>
[ I stopped the Cc:es to the officers, except Vlad who showed interest
in the shop tonight.
-len
]
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:10:55 -0500
From: Grant Jordan <gjordan@MIT.EDU>
Yeah, I'm actually the guy that made it harder for everyone by using
the double border. I thought it looked awesome... but it's clearly
made it much harder for future press ops to lock up that block.
I also thought it separated the two different sections of the card
well; since the two blocks are regarding completely different
subjects.
As I recall, it took me a ridiculous amount of time to set that
double border. I'm not sure how other people are doing it, but I
basically figured out the inner height of the double border then
built my inner type block separately, eventually bringing into the
main block.
In short:
Sorry for making everyone's lives tougher when I set that thing two
years ago.
:-/
-Grant
All:
Does anyone know who first set this job, 5 or more terms ago?
Grant:
The top double ruled block hasn't given us too much trouble. In fact
the double mitred rules are easier to deal with then the non-mitred butt
end single rules. It's now set with corner quads on the inside--which
makes it even easier to deal with. I don't remember if you set it that
way, or if it was changed later.
The bottom block changes more. It could benefit from corner quads on
both the inside and outside. I have now found and donated enough of the
corner quads to the shop, that we could do that.
The problems come from getting the line lengths equal in both blocks and
the lines above, between, and below them. And in using leds that are
just long enough--both horizontal and vertical.
That is, having three full width blocks of type, separated by two
ruled boxes just makes locking up this design hard.
Thanks.
yiLFS -len
