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Title: Quatre/Quarts: multi track Print Party 
Date: 2008-04-13 23:57
Author: OSP
Category: Live
Tags: Print Party, Recipe
Slug: quatre-quarts-multi-track-print-party
Status: published

![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/thumbs/public-appearance/quatre-quarts/small/498-p1010310.JPG){.float}![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/thumbs/public-appearance/quatre-quarts/small/494-p1010335.JPG){.float}![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/thumbs/public-appearance/quatre-quarts/small/500-img_3235.JPG){.float}![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/thumbs/public-appearance/quatre-quarts/small/492-p1010356.JPG){.float}

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more images here:
<http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/?level=album&id=13>  
and here:  
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/...](http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/sets/72157604530267258/)

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**Track 1: Narrate**

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/narrate-300x225.jpg "narrate"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-419 width="300"
height="225"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/narrate.jpg)  
Pierre guided us through his assorted collection of stories about
engineered fonts.  
→ [Images  
](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/image/?level=album&id=10)  
**Track 2: Bake**

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/ingredients-300x225.jpg "ingredients"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-421 width="300"
height="225"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/ingredients.jpg)  
With the help of Yi, Femke prepared a Quatre Quarts and explained what
chemical processes where going on while mixing and baking.  
→ [Recipe](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/recipes/Quatre%20Quarts.htm)
(improved formula)  
→ [What Happens When You Bake a
Cake?](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/whathappenswhenyoubakeacake.txt)

**Track 3: Design**

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/numbers-300x64.jpg "numbers"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-426 width="300"
height="64"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/numbers.jpg)

Harrisson designed 9 numbers in Inkscape and FontForge, based on 4
different elements: a square, a circle, a triangle and a rectangle. Than
he laid out a 16 page booklet in Scribus, and added the Quatre Quart
recipe.  
→ [Download
PDF](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/qq.pdf)  
→ [Download
Font](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/qq.ttf)

**Track 4: Print**

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/book-300x225.jpg "book"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-418 width="300"
height="225"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/book.jpg)

The finished booklet after commandline imposition + printing.  
→ [19 easy steps to print a
booklet](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=90) (version française:
voir 'comments')

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/lrg-485-p1010402-300x225.jpg "lrg-485-p1010402"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-428 width="300"
height="225"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/lrg-485-p1010402.jpg)

[![](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/eat-300x225.jpg "eat"){.alignnone
.size-medium .wp-image-427 width="300"
height="225"}](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/eat.jpg)

→ [Ingredient list](http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/?p=413)

Many thanks to the ERG tutors who helped us gather materials (cake tins,
whisks, printers, mixing bowls, extension chords...)!