[Sca-cooks] PDF files

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> >  Usually, though, it's simpler to try to obtain the file in non-.pdf
> >format from the original source.
>
> What I said. Basically, it's something I like knowing is possible,
> but not something I'd want to do regularly.
>
> A. (does this make me a graphics geek?)

Adamantius explained exactly what I dislike about pdf files- you can't do
anything to them but read them.

There's not a lot I want to do to them either, but in the ones I referred
to, a couple of those files have fonts that are difficult to read, and I'd
like to change them over to, for example, my ptreferred font. A couple more
have a typo or misspekking in places I know bloody well I'm going to be
going back to and rereading, nd they'll be irritating me every time I see
them. Several, since most of them have good information on blacksmithing,
have parts I'd like to be able to conveniently quote, whether for
documentation, or for explaining something to students or non-metalworkers.
Only way I can do that is to specificly print the appropriate pages (which
also means I have to specificly print the attribution on yet another page or
type it all out- and that can be a bit of a pain.

I don't usually worry too much for smaller pdf files, but these are pretty
large (1-2 Mb) and very dense with very interesting information and
pictures. I suppose I could do as Adamantius has done, and manipulate them
as I might any other graphic file, but it's a real pain in the tuchus.

You might, btw, Stefan, want to add some information about these files to
the Florilegium. What they are, is a series of pamphlets which were
published last century on various topics by the Brits and made available by
their " Countryside Agency". They include serious information on such topics
as Blacksmithing, Metalwork for engineers, thatching a roof, saddlery, wheel
making, and furniture design. While, for example, the furniture  pamphlet
consists of a series of pictures of mostly more modern (18th century or
later) designs, with little attribution as to when/wheres, it does have a
couple of pictures of 16th century furniture. The one on engineering metals
is something I suggested to Adamantius, to give him ideas of what I'm
talking about when I discuss metalwork with him, and is an excellent
reference for different metals and alloys, their common uses, temperatures,
characteristics, composition, etc (A, it's the section on steel that I most
wanted you to read.

The one on thatching describes in detail a technique for roofing that goes
back well into out period, with some beautiful examples of modern thatched
roofs. In short, the entire batch of information is serious stuff, and
FREE...

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....