Documentation > PageDNA Style Building
Table of Contents
- PageDNA Style Building
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Getting Started
- 3. How to Report Style-related Problems to PageDNA
- 4. Gather Specifications
- 5. Create Style File, New User Interface
- Intro
- Style Editor Gold in Transition
- Accessing Style Editor Gold
- Use "EGG" to Import Your Template
- Editing Styles using Style Editor Gold
- Define Page Size
- Define Fonts
- Define Leading
- Font Consolidation
- Uploading Fonts
- Small Caps
- Define Blocks
- Using Columns in Blocks
- Using Tabs in Blocks
- Alter Phones (if necessary)
- Upload EPS logos or Preview logos, if necessary
- 6. Create Style File, Old User Interface
- Intro
- Using Style Editor Gold
- Use "EGG" to Import Your Template
- Editing Styles using Style Editor Gold
- Define Page Size
- Define Fonts
- Define Leading
- Font Consolidation
- Uploading Fonts
- Small Caps
- Define Blocks
- Using Columns in Blocks
- Using Columns combined with Bullets for a simple list
- How to Indent only the First Line of a Paragraph.
- How to set LINEWRAP for both hard and soft returns.
- Using Tabs in Blocks
- Alter Words (if necessary)
- Upload combine image, if necessary
- Upload EPS sub-logos, if necessary
- Configure custom typesetting rules, sub logos, etc.
- 7. Creating Two-Sided Items
- 8. Dealing with Items Having a 'Bleed'
- 9. Typography Exceptions, New User Interface
- Overview
- Simple Logic Examples
- Vertical Constraint
- Horizontal Constraint
- Layout and Testing Options
- Forced Case
- Basic email wrapping at '@' symbol in Visual Style Editor
- How to Split a Variable on Any Value
- Slicing a Variable into any Length
- Blank Phone Labels
- Check Phones are Numeric
- Check Phone Labels are Upper-cased
- Check Phone Labels end with Colon
- Check Phones are Complete
- Controlling Phones with a Checkbox
- International Phones
- Setting Left Justified Phone Labels and Right Justified Numbers
- Exclude certain characters as valid input
- Remove Website if Not Selected
- Conditional Font Change
- Forced Justification / TRACKFILL
- Changing Master (combine) Image by Division
- Changing EPS Logo by User Selection
- Working with Photos and Logos - VSE
- Dynamic Block Positioning
- Dealing with Sublogos
- Controlling Colors Dynamically
- Controlling Fonts Dynamically
- Controlling Fonts Dynamically - Advanced
- Dealing with Wingdings and Zapf Dingbats (NONISOFONT)
- Dealing With Barcodes
- Counting total number of lines used to see if another will fit.
- How to check if users select from more than one group.
- 10. Typography Exceptions, Old User Interface
- Overview
- Simple Logic Examples
- Vertical Constraint
- Horizontal Constraint
- Layout and Testing Options
- Forced Case
- Basic email wrapping at '@' symbol in Style Editor Gold
- Blank Phone Labels
- Check Phones are Numeric
- Check Phone Labels are Upper-cased
- Here is a way to check that any field is numeric.
- Check Phone Labels end with Colon
- Check Phones are Complete
- Controlling Phones with a Checkbox
- International Phones
- Exclude certain characters as valid input
- Remove Website if Not Selected
- Forced Justification / TRACKFILL
- Changing Master (combine) Image by Division
- Changing EPS Logo by User Selection
- Checking a variable for starting or ending patterns.
- Applying Uniform Font Redcution across Multiple Blocks
- Working with Photos and Logos - SEG
- Dynamic Block Positioning
- Dealing with Sublogos
- Controlling Colors Dynamically
- Controlling Fonts Dynamically
- Dealing with Wingdings and Zapf Dingbats (NONISOFONT)
- Dealing With Barcodes
- 11. Using Programming Logic in Styles
- 12. Creating a Variable Logo linked to a Location / Address
- 13. Style Building Tips and Tricks, Visual Style Editor
- Overview
- Click for Larger Proofs
- Commenting-out Lines in a Style
- Stacking Image Layers
- Adding a Watermark
- Using DBG (Debugging Styles)
- Creating Drop Shadows for Images and Text
- Creating Great Proofs
- Remove "Jaggies" or halos around type
- "Zoom Blocks"
- PDF Preview Links
- Adding Proof labels for SosBackItems
- Using Quotation Marks
- "Using Percentage (%) Symbol"
- Self Adjusting Phones and Titles
- How to Use Images as Phone Labels
- How to Use Bullets in PhoneWords
- How to Use Images Inline with Text
- How to Auto Populate the Current Date
- How to Rotate Files for Delivery
- Set Type on a Path (radial or "circular" text)
- Special Variables: Item Tag, Product Code, Order Date and Token
- 14. Style Building Tips and Tricks, Style Editor Gold
- Overview
- Click for Larger Proofs
- Commenting-out Lines in a Style
- Stacking Image Layers
- Adding a Watermark
- Using DBG (Debugging Styles)
- Creating Drop Shadows for Images and Text
- Creating Great Proofs
- Remove "Jaggies" or halos around type
- "Zoom Blocks"
- PDF Preview Links
- Adding Proof labels for SosBackItems
- Using Quotation Marks
- "Using Percentage (%) Symbol"
- Self Adjusting Phones and Titles
- How to Use Images as Phone Labels
- How to Use Bullets in PhoneWords
- How to Use Images Inline with Text
- How to Auto Populate the Current Date
- How to Rotate Files for Delivery
- Set Type on a Path (radial or "circular" text)
- Special Variables: Item Tag, Product Code, Order Date and Token
- 15. Color Separation Tips
- 16. User-controlled type control using inline tagging
- 17. Tips for Editing an Existing Style
- 18. Testing Procedure for Variable Items
- 19. Zoom Blocks
- 20. Style Command Reference Guide
- Intro
- ANGLE
- ANGLEBLOCK
- ANGLEWORD
- BORDER
- BULLETWRAP
- CAPWORD
- CASE
- CHAIN
- CODE128
- CODE39
- COL
- COND
- CUSTOMCOLOR
- DATAMATRIX
- DWIMBLOCK
- DWIMLINES
- EAN13
- EPSWORD
- FONT
- GLYPH
- HCENTER
- IF
- IFSET
- JOIN3
- LINELINE
- LINES
- LINEWRAP
- MIXEDFONT
- MMFONT
- NEWLINE
- NONISOFONT
- NOWRAP
- NUMFORMAT
- NUPBLOCK
- PHONEWORD
- PROCESSCOLOR
- QRCODE
- RECTANGLE
- REGISTRATIONCOLOR
- REVERSEWORD
- RUN
- SCFONT
- SHIFT
- SIDEBYSIDE
- SPACED
- SPACER
- STACK
- TAB
- TABLE
- UPCA
- VCENTER
- VLINEWORD
- VSPACER
- WORD
- WORDJOIN
- WORDSETFONT
- WRAP
- WRAPHERE
- WRAPON
- 21. SEG and VSE Reference
- 22. EGG Reference
- 23. QR Codes
- A. Interpreting Python Error Messages
- B. Form Field Name Reference
- C. Uploading Fonts
- D. Custom Kerning
- E. What is a variable?
- F. Frequently Asked Questions
List of Figures
- 4.1. Horizontal Justification, and Horizontal Alignment
- 5.1. Create a new style
- 5.2. Create a new blank style
- 5.3. Re-process an already uploaded EPS file
- 5.4. Select style window
- 5.5. Style Editor Gold Opening Screen for unconverted style.
- 5.6. Preview tab
- 5.7. Variables tab
- 5.8. Fonts tab
- 5.9. Colors tab
- 5.10. Phones tab
- 5.11. Blocks tab
- 5.12. Save button indicator – unsaved changes
- 5.13. Save button indicator – no changes
- 5.14. Manage styles window
- 5.15. Page window button
- 5.16. Page_window_prefs
- 5.17. Leading_2
- 5.18. Leading_1
- 5.19. Block edit window
- 5.20. Photo Block Edit Window
- 6.1. Style Editor Gold
- 6.2. Leading_2b
- 6.3. Leading_1b
- 8.1. Set bleed in EPS Egg upload screen
- 9.1. Tabbed Leader Using a Date
- 9.2. Tabbed Leader Label
- 9.3. Tabbed Leader Using Phones
- 9.4. Change Logo by User Selection
- 9.5. File Upload To Style Button Field
- 9.6. File Upload Button Field
- 9.7. Add Photo Block
- 9.8. Samples
- 9.9. Style shown with empty Photo Block added
- 9.10. Editing Photo Block attributes
- 9.11. Aspect ratio examples
- 9.12. Preserve Aspect Ratio results
- 9.13. Preserve Aspect Ratio results
- 9.14. Crop + Preserve Aspect Ratio Results
- 9.15. Crop + Preserve Aspect Ratio Results - wide photo
- 9.16. File Upload To Style Button Field
- 9.17. File Upload Button Preflight Photo Controls
- 9.18. Photo block with Crop enabled
- 9.19. Tall photo with cropping
- 9.20. Wide photo with cropping
- 9.21. Photo block with bleed
- 9.22. File Upload Popup
- 9.23. File_upload_options
- 9.24. Generic Gold File Options
- 9.25. Cropping Tool
- 9.26. Cropping Fnished
- 9.27. Desired Behavior of Example Style
- 9.28. Activate the Sublogo Form
- 9.29. Locate Sublogo Form in Menu
- 9.30. Configure Sublogo Form
- 9.31. Upload EPS to /con directory
- 9.32. Create "Generic_Gold" drop-down input for colors
- 9.33. Create "Generic_Gold" drop-down input for font
- 9.34. Font options
- 9.35. List options
- 9.36. Dingbat Used as a Separator in a Phone Number
- 9.37. Barcode Using a Scalefactor
- 9.38. Barcode with Size Restricitons
- 10.1. Tabbed Leader Using Phones
- 10.2. Tabbed Leader Using Phones
- 10.3. Tabbed Leader Using Phones
- 10.4. Style shown with Photo Block added
- 10.5. Aspect ratio examples
- 10.6. Preserve Aspect Ratio results
- 10.7. Preserve Aspect Ratio results
- 10.8. Crop + Preserve Aspect Ratio Results
- 10.9. Crop + Preserve Aspect Ratio Results - wide photo
- 10.10. File Upload To Style Button Field
- 10.11. File Upload Button Field Preflight Photo Controls
- 10.12. Photo block with Crop enabled
- 10.13. Tall photo with cropping
- 10.14. Wide photo with cropping
- 10.15. Desired Behavior of Example Style
- 10.16. Activate the Sublogo Form
- 10.17. Locate Sublogo Form in Menu
- 10.18. Configure Sublogo Form
- 10.19. Upload EPS to /con directory
- 10.20. Create "Generic_Gold" drop-down input for colors
- 10.21. Create "Generic_Gold" drop-down input for font
- 10.22. Dingbat Used as a Separator in a Phone Number
- 10.23. Barcode Using a Scalefactor
- 10.24. Barcode with Size Restricitons
- 11.1. Phones Tab
- 12.1. Upload to the con Directory
- 12.2. Extra Field Names
- 12.3. Personal Page Dropdown
- 12.4. Extra Field Info
- 12.5. Address List Show All
- 12.6. Photo Block Example
- 12.7. No Logo preview in VSE
- 13.1. Zoom1 Preview for Larger Proofs
- 13.2. Zoom1 Preview for Larger Proofs
- 13.3. Preview block layer setting
- 13.4. Watermark Sample
- 13.5. Adding a photo block
- 13.6. Add photo block options
- 13.7. Phonedrop_with_images
- 13.8. Inline_image
- 13.9. Text on a Path in Upper Half
- 13.10. Text on a Path - Top and Bottom Halves
- 13.11. Text with Arcs Not Joined Inside and Outside
- 13.12. Text with Arcs Joined Inside and Outside
- 14.1. Watermark Sample
- 14.2. Phonedrop_with_images2
- 14.3. Inline_image
- 14.4. Text on a Path in Upper Half
- 14.5. Text on a Path - Top and Bottom Halves
- 14.6. Text with Arcs Not Joined Inside and Outside
- 14.7. Text with Arcs Joined Inside and Outside
- 18.1. Preview Window for Testing Styles
- 19.1. Sample Proof Using Zoom Block
- 19.2. Dims Explanation
- 19.3. Adding New Zoom Block
- 19.4. Editing Preview HTML
- 20.1. ANGLE alignment example
- 20.2. BULLETWRAP in action
- 20.3. Sample Table Output
- 20.4. Bullet Table Output
- 20.5. Phoneword Table Output
- 20.6. Sample Phone Table Output
- 20.7. Sample Hours Table Output
- 20.8. Sample Header Table Output
- 20.9. Sample Linewrap Table Output
- 21.1. Select style window
- 21.2. Blocks tab
- 21.3. Code view tab
- 21.4. Preview form
- 21.5. Html preview form
- 21.6. Normal preview form
- 21.7. Variables form
- 21.8. Fonts form
- 21.9. Mixedfont form
- 21.10. Wordset field
- 21.11. Scfont form
- 21.12. Colors form
- 21.13. Phones form
- 21.14. Alignment and block position
- 21.15. Block edit window
- 21.16. Photo Block Edit Window
- 21.17. Block settings window
- 21.18. Block list window
- 21.19. Block list window in Merge mode
- 21.20. Block list window vertical align mode
- 21.21. Block list window block locking
- 21.22. Page window button
- 21.23. Page window
- 21.24. Other form
- 21.25. Enable block logic
- 22.1. EGG example of a simple business card. Most text is recognized.
- 23.1. Item Form Showing Both File Upload and QR Link Fields
- 23.2. Image Block for QR Code
- 23.3. 50 Character QR Code
- 23.4. 100 Character QR Code
- 23.5. 150 Character QR Code
- 23.6. meCard
- C.1. Opentypefonts1
- C.2. Opentypefonts2b
- C.3. Opentypefonts3b 1
- C.4. Opentypefonts4b 1
- C.5. Opentypefonts5 1
- E.1. Variable_collection
- E.2. Variable form editor