[Hidden-tech] ALL SET for ad layout question

[Val Nelson]

Thanks for the many responses. Everyone agrees. I'm all set. No more
responses needed.

 I brought the error to her attention.

Thanks
Val

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Adam Bauer <adam at dharmaboutique.com> wrote:

> unless i'm missing something, this one's just math:
> 1/2 of 8x10 is 4x10 or 8x5.
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> 4x5 is  1/4 of an 8x10 page, not a half.
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> me, if i was buying half a page in an 8x10 rag, i would not be happy with
> a quarter page. that's worth a note back to the organizer(s), before you
> waste time designing the wrong sized ad.
>
> sigh.
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> On Feb 15, 2013, at 3:06 AM, Val Nelson <val at valnelson.com> wrote:
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> Hi HT friends and especially graphic designers,
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> I am buying an ad in a conference program and they gave me specs that I
> find odd. I hate to bug the conference coordinator again because she say
> she is swamped. I'm wondering if I'm just naive about layout calculations,
> so perhaps someone else could shed some light.
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> They say that a half page is  4" w x 5" h. And a full page is 8w x 10h. By
> my calculations, half of an 8x10 page would actually be 8 x 5. What makes
> sense to you?
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