Reduce line spacing to generate fewer pages and reducing printing costs

[meetings03]

Is it possible to reduce the line spacing between the region name and first line of the first meeting listed for that region, the last line of the last meeting listed in a region and the next region, and the space between each meeting listing within a region by around 50%. We have over 2800 meetings in our TSML and when generating a pdf for our print version the current line spacing generates 148 pages for a 5.5 x 8.5 pdf for print. by reducing the line spacing, we could save around 25% or 35-40 pages. This would greatly reduce the printing costs for us and for anyone utilizing the pdf generator to make printed lists of any size. I have attached a pdf to help show as an example. Less Space Example.pdf

[joshreisner]

hi, i tried making these changes, but it doesnt seem like it saves much room, only about 10%

here's an example. i couldn't get your list to work locally so i used puget sound's. they have 730 meetings. halving those margins reduces the pages from 42 to 39.

• puget-sound.pdf
• puget-sound-condensed.pdf

by those numbers i'd estimate this saves you 12 pages. it doesn't look much worse than before, but lmk if this is still a desired change

[meetings03]

Josh, Any space savings will help a lot. It looks like if you reduce the space between the region name and the last meeting entry of each region, it will gain even more space. Maybe give that a try and see where we're at.

Thank You for being of service, Greg S. Area 03 Meeting List Coordinator

On 3/10/2023 9:20 AM, Josh Reisner wrote:

hi, i tried making these changes, but it doesnt seem like it saves much room, only about 10%

here's an example. i couldn't get your list to work locally so i used puget sound's. they have 730 meetings. halving those margins reduces the pages from 42 to 39.

* puget-sound.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10943907/puget-sound.pdf>
* puget-sound-condensed.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10943906/puget-sound-condensed.pdf>

by those numbers i'd estimate this saves you 12 pages. it doesn't look much worse than before, but lmk if this is still a desired change

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[meetings03]

Josh, As a followup, I've attached a pdf that I went ahead and did a manual estimated line space reduction for the whole page and it looks like it can save around 25%, +or-. Every little bit will help over the course of 140+ pages.

Thank You for being of service, Greg S. Area 03 Meeting List Coordinator

On 3/10/2023 9:20 AM, Josh Reisner wrote:

hi, i tried making these changes, but it doesnt seem like it saves much room, only about 10%

here's an example. i couldn't get your list to work locally so i used puget sound's. they have 730 meetings. halving those margins reduces the pages from 42 to 39.

* puget-sound.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10943907/puget-sound.pdf>
* puget-sound-condensed.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10943906/puget-sound-condensed.pdf>

by those numbers i'd estimate this saves you 12 pages. it doesn't look much worse than before, but lmk if this is still a desired change

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[joshreisner]

attachments over email dont get uploaded to github 😦 can you upload on the website?

[meetings03]

Here's the example pdf Less Space Condensed.pdf

[joshreisner]

ok, i've reduced the margins now. you're down to from 148 to 126

• before-148.pdf
• after-126.pdf

[meetings03]

I'm getting the 500 server error again when trying to generate a pdf?

Thank You for being of service, Greg S. Area 03 Meeting List Coordinator

On 3/10/2023 10:43 PM, Josh Reisner wrote:

ok, i've reduced the margins now. you're down to from 148 to 126

* before-148.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10947727/before-148.pdf>
* after-126.pdf
  <https://github.com/code4recovery/pdf/files/10947726/after-126.pdf>

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[joshreisner]

looks like it's working for other feeds but throwing a fast 500 on your feed. i'm not seeing anything in sentry (where it normally reports errors)

i'll try to look at it tonight to see if i can learn anything. if not i'll create a new issue