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no......YOU WILL have to type set it all. CHARGE ACCORDINGLY))))
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Only trick I use alot for laying out several lines of copy that are same size.
Lay ruler flat across surface on a angle divide the amount of copy line into a length of measured length example 5 copy lines into 35 inches that 's every 7 inches on a angle determines height & space between. This will give ya good idea even when determining height before ya do in PC.
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are you talking about the actual menu....or menu board? Like OP said....lot's of typing and lining things up. Don't know of an easy button.
Like Craig said...there may be a shortcut somewhere. I usually work up the first page, and copy it to the second page to keep text the same size and page lineup, then change the text.
If it's a menu board, you may be able to cut down on the descriptions of the items. Some menus want to tell every ingredient and how it was cooked...too much for a menu board, and I dislike miles of tiny text.
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If you are going to hand letter the menu board, then, I would do what Craig said.....With the yard stick flat on the board, slide it to the right, with its base on the 90 degree axis of the board, to a smaller angle, which you are creating by moving the yard stick to the right, while keeping the base of the yardstick on the bottom of the panel. This will allow you to find that size or height of the copy which will permit you to fit all the copy with its proper spacing, on the sign board. You will notice that as you create a smaller angle ( with the yard stick, when you move it to the right ), when you look at the marks on the yard stick ( one inch mark ), you will have changed the true size of one inch to a smaller size, which will allow you to fit all the copy, with the proper spacing.....All you would have to do is find that proper height of the letters, by using this method......... Then, chicken scratch your copy, on the board, with a grease pencil ( not a stabilo pencil )......You ask why?.....Because the grease pencil markings come off easier ( with mineral spirits ) than those left with the stabilo pencil.
If you are going to hand letter the copy, select a simple quick "casual" font that you can handle with a quill.
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