posterGuides: Calculate coordinates for guides on a poster

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posterGuidesR Documentation

Calculate coordinates for guides on a poster

Description

Given the size (width) of a poster, the size of the inner and outer margins and the number of columns, this function returns the location of guides.

All arguments except 'ncolumns' should be in the same unit.

Usage

posterGuides(size = 279.4, outermargins = 10, innermargins = 5, ncolumns = 3)

Arguments

size

The size (usually width) of the poster

outermargins

The width of the outer margins

innermargins

The width of the margins in between columns

ncolumns

The number of columns that should appear on the poster

Value

a vector of coordinates for guides

Examples

# the default values use the width of a landscape 'letter' in mm
# with outer margins of 10 mm, and inner margins of 5 mm
# and 3 columns
posterGuides()

thartbm/handlocs documentation built on Feb. 18, 2025, 10:53 p.m.