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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: octavo Author's name: Stefan Revets Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/octavo Summary description: Package for typesetting books following classical design and layout License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
The octavo class is a modification of the standard LaTeX book class. Its purpose is to typeset books following classical design and layout principles, with the express intention of encouraging the making of beautiful books by anyone with access to a good printer and with an inclination towards venerable crafts, e.g., bookbinding.
The octavo class differs from the book class by implementing many of the proposals and insights of especially Jan Tschichold and Hugh Williamson.
The documentation includes methods to organise and print out any text into signatures, which can then be gathered, folded and sewn into a book.
i have installed this new version 1.2, and it should by now be pretty well distributed.
interested users may view the catalogue entry:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/octavo.html
or browse the package directory on ctan:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/octavo/
thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team