Software that makes placemats

[Glenn E.]

Eye = Visual
Nose = Nariz
Mouth = Boca

I was having a debate with Julian about these. My feeling was that you wouldn't translate directly but would instead go:
o aspeto
o cheiro
o sabor

What would you expect to see if you were looking at wine reviews in a copy of, say, Revista dos Vinhos?

I debated between gosto and sabor. Essentially, taste vs flavor. I think either works.

I also went back and forth between pontuação and nota for score, but since Miguel says the former then that's the correct answer. In my head they're slightly different but equivalent... basically something like "points" vs "grade".

For Decant Time, I think the software is looking for a hora da decantação rather than duração da decantação. I.e. "what time was it decanted" and not "how long has it been in the decanter."

[Alex Bridgeman]

Eye = Visual
Nose = Nariz
Mouth = Boca

I was having a debate with Julian about these. My feeling was that you wouldn't translate directly but would instead go:
o aspeto
o cheiro
o sabor

What would you expect to see if you were looking at wine reviews in a copy of, say, Revista dos Vinhos?

In wine terms we use "nariz" and "boca" (nose and mouth) in Portuguese all the time. "Nariz fresco" = fresh nose. Quite common.

Perfect, thank you. I continue to learn!

[MigSU]

Eye = Visual
Nose = Nariz
Mouth = Boca

I was having a debate with Julian about these. My feeling was that you wouldn't translate directly but would instead go:
o aspeto
o cheiro
o sabor

What would you expect to see if you were looking at wine reviews in a copy of, say, Revista dos Vinhos?

I debated between gosto and sabor. Essentially, taste vs flavor. I think either works.

I also went back and forth between pontuação and nota for score, but since Miguel says the former then that's the correct answer. In my head they're slightly different but equivalent... basically something like "points" vs "grade".

For Decant Time, I think the software is looking for a hora da decantação rather than duração da decantação. I.e. "what time was it decanted" and not "how long has it been in the decanter."

I also hesitated between pontuação and nota
Honestly I'd be comfortable with either, depending on what actually goes into it. If it's a numerical score I think pontuação would be better; if it's more of a qualitative, ordinal, or a different type of score (like letters A through F, things like that), then maybe "nota" would be more appropriate.

Re: decanting time, yes, I hesitated because I was unsure of what it actually meant. If it's "time of the day the wine was put into the decanter", then "Hora da decantação" should be fine; otherwise, "Duração da decantação" would be the correct choice for "amount of time in the decanter".

[jdaw1]

Great work gentlemen: thank you.

• Monkey has been translated as Macaco (gender unknown, usually male).
• Total as Total.
• Reveal, in the sense of unblinding a wine as Divulgar.

Please, missing:
• /AccountsTopText (The Accounts) def
• /EmptyPageString (Fewer pages than before, so this page now omitted.) def
• /LicensingAgreementTextPlacemats (This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.) def

Current state of play (featuring PostScript accenting such as /eacute, /ccedilla, /atilde and /oacute):

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/VoteRecorderTopTexts
[
	[
		(Vinho da Noite?)
	]
	VoteRecorderIncludeGuessing {[
		[(Qual ) /eacute (?)]
	]} if
] def

/VoteRecorderMonkeyName (Macaco) def
/VoteRecorderInstruction {VoteRecorderShowTotalRow VoteRecorderSheetNum GetEU {()} {[(Registar os pontos, n) /atilde (o a posi) /ccedilla /atilde (o.)]} ifelse} bind def
/VoteRecorderTotalRowTitle [(T) {-0.09 Kern} (otal)] def
/VoteRecorderColTitlesEarly [  [ ]  VoteRecorderIncludeGuessing {[ (Divulgar) [(T) {-0.06 Kern} (otal)] ]} if  ] def
/VoteRecorderColTitlesAfter [  [ [(T) {-0.06 Kern} (otal)] ]   VoteRecorderIncludeGuessing {[ ]} if  ] def

/TastingNotesColumnHeadings [  (Horas)  (Visual)  (Nariz)  (Boca)  [(Pontua) /ccedilla /atilde (o)]  ] def
/TastingNotesPageNumCompoundString [(P) /aacute (gina ) {TNSheetNum 1 add 5 string cvs}] def

/DecantingNotesTopText [(Notas sobre a decanta) /ccedilla /atilde (o)] def
/DecantingNotesColumnHeadingTimes [(Hora da decanta) /ccedilla /atilde (o)] def
/DecantingNotesColumnHeadingNotes [(Condi) /ccedilla /atilde (o da rolha, marcas, etc)] def

/AccountsTopText (The Accounts) def
/AccountsColumnGroupHeadings [
	[/emdash ( Ofertas ) /emdash]
	[/emdash ( Parte dos custos ) /emdash]
	[/emdash ( Contas finais ) /emdash]
] def
/AccountsSubColumnHeadings [
	[  (Pago)   (Vinhos)  ]
	[  (Vinhos)   (Comida, etc)  ]
	[  (Deve)   (Tem a receber)     [(P) {-0.02 Kern} (ago?)]  ]
] def

/CorkDisplayTopText (As Rolhas) def

/DecanterLabelsTopText [
	(Etiquetas para decanter: cortar; colar em cart) /otilde (es de neg) /oacute (cios; )
	(deixar secar; fazer buracos; pendurar em decanters limpos; )
	(encher os decanters; esperar; servir; beber; aproveitar. )
	(Beber tamb) /eacute (m muita ) /aacute (gua.)
] def

/EmptyPageString (Fewer pages than before, so this page now omitted.) def

/LicensingAgreementTextPlacemats (This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.) def

Observe the [(Hora da decanta) /ccedilla /atilde (o)].

[jdaw1]

Issue 172 asks whether the default value for DecantingNotesNumCopies should be a plain 0.

[Mike J. W.]

I have to say that this placemat software and the Placemat Wizard are great. It took me a little bit to figure out how to manipulate the data and change fonts, backgrounds, order of the glasses etc., but if you spend enough time reading Julian's notes and going through the code you can create your own. Great stuff, Julian and Mike! And thank you both. Below (if I can attach it correctly, lol) is a sample of a placemat I created for out next local tasting.

[jdaw1]

Thank you for allowing a critique of this design.

This is a Ferreira vertical (to which, regrettably, I had not been invited). So all the Ports are Ferreira. What differs is the vintage. So the thing about each that should be said most clearly, the thing that should be shouted rather than whispered, is the vintage. Thus:
/Titles [ (60) (63) (70) (77) (80) (83) (85) (87) (91) (94) (95) (??) ] def

The “Ferreira” could be present as a much smaller Overtitle. This would also remove the redundancy between “Fr” and “Ferreira”, and would somewhat de-clutter.

Separately, in the Titles I am not fond of oblique nor italic. But YMMV.

Examples, made from 2026 to 2007, most but not all of which I like, within which images link to PDF:

[Mike J. W.]

Thank you for your comments, Julian. You make some fair points and I agree the placemats are a little cluttered (and somewhat redundant), but I was going for pizzazz my first time out. I also wanted to test things out seeing as I've never played with code before. I think going forward my placemats will probably be less busy and I'll certainly keep your points in mind. Less can be more sometimes; and, it's a hell of a lot easier to adjust the code with less changes.

One thing I did find was that I had a heck of a time getting a lot of the fonts that Windows 10 claims to support, but apparently doesn't. I'll keep playing with them going forward to see what else works.

You're more than welcome to jet over to NJ for the tasting on the 19th if your calendar is open that day.