LaTex
- TexLive Tex compiler software (has support for Xindy)
- pdflatex Compile into pdf files
- xindy Index compilation
- biber Bibliography registers
On windows you'll need some sort of bash terminal too (GIT bash is fine)
For low quality images I found a browser version of the xbr smooth scaling algorithm, worked wonders. I used this one Also, I used the app Camscanner to get a perfect white background on drawn images. Worked perfectly.
Install TexLive (full or atleast with xindy)
The zip-file contains bat files for running the installation from command line. The executable may have the problems described in the troubleshooting part of https://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html, but it should be possible to follow the instructions to fix them.
There is a known issue with the texindy.pl and xindy.pl script files using incorrect paths on windows. I do not know of the correct fix, but it can be temporarily worked around by adding the absolute installation path of xindy/modules directory to the $cmd_dir variable in the Perl scripts.
After a while of trying to get xindy to work on windows I have concluded that it is highly recommended to use linux for this project.
Install the TexLive and xindy applications.
apt-get install texlive-full
apt-get install xindy
or short:
apt-get install texlive-full xindy
You need to have a 'tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy' file with 'utf-8 encoding' inside the xindy installation.
This file should exist by default on Windows installations, but on Linux you might have to create it by yourself.
This is easiest done by copying the 'tex/inputenc/latin.xdy' to a temp directory where you have write rights. Then executing the command to change from latin1 (iso-8859-1) to utf-8 encoding:
iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 latin.xdy > utf8.xdy
And copying the newly created file 'utf8.xdy' to 'tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy'
Emerald font needs to be installed to be able to compile the project. At least on Windows this font is not installed by default in the TexLive distribution.
Follow these instructions to get it working on your LaTex distribution.
https://www.tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html
Unzip the files found in root/emerald_font_package and read the README provided with the files.
I noticed the intructions in the README are outdated. You should first copy the tex and fonts folders to texmf-local (if using TeXLive), then edit or create texmf-local/web2c/updmap.cfg with the line Map emerald.map
Then run mktexlsr,
then run updmap-sys.
In order to send the book to be printed, you need to compile sangbok.tex, ideally using clean_build.sh (but if that doesn't work I found a workaround, likely only necessary on Windows, found in the folder compilation workaround 2021). Then you need to compile sangbok_print_wrapper.tex, which takes sangbok.pdf and places it into a larger page format, which has (when pages are A6) a 15mm empty border on all sides. This is necessary for the printing process. After you have the file sangbok_print_wrapper.pdf, you need to use some software (I used Acrobat, note: not Acrobat reader, but the full software) to add trim markings 4mm from the edges. Pdf should be in format PDFX1a, for correct color interpretation. More instructional images can be found in the folder Instructions for printing. Hardcover design sent to printer is the file cover_withoutbleed.pdf in the folder Hardcover design 2021, which also contains the inkscape file and source vector graphics files, in case the design needs to be re-done.
The specifications of the order can be found in Instructions for printing.
In 2021 I used Inkscape to create the book's cover design.
I also made an additional TeX file called sangbok_print_wrapper, which works as a "frame" into which sangbok.pdf is placed. The wrapper is sized 130mm x 178mm (A6 plus 15mm on each side), with 15mm margins on all sides. This way sangbok.pdf can be designed how it should look when printed, and then placed into the correctly sized frame onto which trim marks are then added (using ex. Acrobat) with a 15mm border.