Landscape Orientation for Issue #4

[chrome307]

I just read the latest issue 31 Aug 07 and found it difficult to follow in landscape and therefore did not enjoy the content as much.

It maybe that being in Europe that I'm used to reading material being in portrait.

[ncappel1]

i like the landscape format better!

[chrome307]

I just thought that the issue looked 'sparse' in places and therefore this was an attempt at trying to fill in the empty spaces.

The content was good just a query about the orientation of the pages that's all.

[saxonjf]

I liked the landscape format immensely, and wouldn't mind it staying as such.

One suggestion for those who print it out, and then put it in a binder, as I do: print the even pages upside down on the other side of the pages, that way you are not turning the binding upside down every time.you go to a new page.

Good issue, though.

[Lozz]

I would tend to agree with chrome. I found the landscape format immensely frustrating & see very little need for its use. I can see the practical thought behind it as now you can view whole pages at a time, however the reality is that it simply feels unnatural & awkward.

[catfacts]

I print out Full Circle and read it during study hall. At first I was quite annoyed at the landscape but while I was reading it I found it was much easier to read. I really like it and hope you keep it up. BTW my art teacher also complimented it on really good design. And if people really want two designs I would make a portrait oriented version but it might come out later then the other one, I have a busy schedule.

[onlineapps]

What about both versions? I like the new format for reading as a PDF, but for printing it might be better as it was before. IDK, I never print anymore.

[catfacts]

I must say that I put it all in a binder and it is actually easier to read like this.

[meborc]

i read it online... and having a crappy laptop with 1024x768 resolution, the landscape version is so much better than portrait... if it was portrait, i would constantly need to scroll down and up again to read the next coloumn... so pls... keep it as it is :)

[johann_p]

The landscape format is about the only thing I do NOT like about Full Circle Magazine.

[catfacts]

This isnt meant to be taken the wrong way but ronnie is really busy, Im sure he would send someone the scribus file and they could make it a portrait version that we could put up.

[ronniet]

I've learned the hard way that you can not please all of the people all of the time.

When we first released Full Circle in portrait mode all I got was emails saying: 'portrait sucks, we want landscape, like Tux magazine had!' So I made it landscape. So now I get emails saying 'we want portrait mode!'

Damned if I do, damned if I dont.

Full Circle will remain as landscape for the time being...

[ncappel1]

haha, poor Ronnie, is there anyway that we can meet the demand in the middle and start printing at a 45-degree angle, as in halfway between landscape and portrait?

[saxonjf]

Ronnie, don't listen to the complainers.

Don't worry about Tux Mag. It looks dead anyway. Keep up your great work, and do it the way you think best. I've yet to read an issue I didn't like.

Thanks for Full Circle, its great!

[catfacts]

haha, poor Ronnie, is there anyway that we can meet the demand in the middle and start printing at a 45-degree angle, as in halfway between landscape and portrait?
that made my day, I'd have to get a new printer and paper but it would revolutionize the industry :P

[mrmonday]

haha, poor Ronnie, is there anyway that we can meet the demand in the middle and start printing at a 45-degree angle, as in halfway between landscape and portrait?

+1 for that :D The perfect compromise :D

[ronniet]

haha, poor Ronnie, is there anyway that we can meet the demand in the middle and start printing at a 45-degree angle, as in halfway between landscape and portrait?

but do we rotate it 45 degrees to the left? Or to the right? :KS

[mrmonday]

but do we rotate it 45 degrees to the left? Or to the right? :KS

Back to square one now D:

[ronniet]

Back to square one now D:

Welcome to my world... :KS

[catfacts]

No 90 degrees perpendicular to the paper and defy physics :lolflag:

[mrmonday]

No 90 degrees perpendicular to the paper and defy physics :lolflag:

Now we get the problem ronnie mentioned again... 90 degrees in which direction... and once you've done that, where are we gonna get a 3d pdf creator/viewer? Not to mention a 3D printer for those who like to print out the mag.

And then of course there is the small matter of defying physics...

:D

[ncappel1]

No 90 degrees perpendicular to the paper and defy physics :lolflag:

:shock: you just blew my mind....

[catfacts]

This is now a 3 page thread, and ncappel1 I live in a special world where anything is possible, feel free to visit. :P