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+=====================================================================
+
+Readme file for the class Octavo v. 1.1.  
+
+=====================================================================
+
+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, in casu, bookbinding.
+
+The octavo class differs from the book class by implementing 
+many of the proposals and insights of especially Jan Tschichold 
+and Hugh Williamson.
+
+In particular, the class implements classical formats (foolscap,
+crown, post, largepost, demy, medium, royal, superroyal and imperial), 
+a harmonious definition of margins (following the studies by 
+Tschichold and Rosarivo), and attempts to maintain a uniform grid 
+of printed lines across the entire text. The main page style is 
+modified to a more discrete form (following 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.
+
+Install the octavo class, written in doctex format, by running the
+octavo.ins file through LaTeX and moving the class and class option
+files to a directory where LaTeX can find them. The documentation,
+and documented code, is generated by running octavo.dtx through
+LaTeX (and MakeIndex)
+
+If problems or difficulties crop up or if you wish to make suggestions,
+you can contact me either through UseNet's comp.text.tex, or by sending
+me an e-mail at
+
+     s.revets@tiscali.be
+
+Stefan A. Revets
+10 October 2003
+