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Page Layout Considerations
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Form Design
In this exercise, you will produce a complete form by sketching it out on a grid
in the same way the logo was designed. Again, this exercise uses character
scaling on an 8-1/2 x 11-inch (60 x 72 dpi) page. Refer to page 83, where
character scaling is discussed in detail.
Page Layout Considerations
At 6 lines per inch (lpi) and 10 characters per inch (cpi) printing, a standard 8-
1/2 x 11-inch sheet of paper has a print area of 66 lines (rows) and 85
characters (columns). The printable area will vary if you are not printing at 6
lpi and 10 cpi. Thus, the grid used to design an 8-1/2 x 11-inch form should
accommodate this 66 x 85 area.
Using the grids provided in Appendix B, sketch out the form layout and
identify the starting and ending values. These values will be used to input IGP
command parameters.
Planning the Form Layout
In this example, assume you work for the HandCraft Boat Company. Your
slogan is “Quality boats crafted by hand,” and the owner, Mr. Handcraft, has
asked you to design a simple form that his salespeople can use for special
orders. On the form, he wants a logo, the slogan, the customer's name,
spaces for other particulars of the order, and a bar code to distinguish the
sales region and boat division from other HandCraft enterprises. Begin this
task as described below.
1. First design the form on the Standard Grid provided in Appendix B. Figure
55 shows the locations of the various form components. Compensate for
expanded characters and plan for the logo.
2. Define the logo and then return to the form to add all the form
components. Modify the hand logo already on file as the HandCraft logo.
Use the Logo Grid in Appendix B, and refer to Figure 56 on page 242,
which shows the dot positions of the hand logo with a boat added to the
hand. When dot positions (or a range of dot positions) are
not
specified,
the boat image in the hand emerges.
3. Open a file named HNDCFT.FOM to contain all the form information. As
shown in the following example, use the Create Logo mode command,
name the logo HANDCRFT, specify the logo height (
VL
) and width (
HL
),
enter the dot positions used, and end the Logo command.
Enter Format
HNDCFT.FOM (System Format)
~LOGO;HANDCRFT;56;60 (cc)LOGO;
logoname;VL;HL
1;40-42
row#;dot;dot1-dot2;dot
2;38-42
3;36-42
4;35-42
5;33-41
6;31-40