--- /dev/null
+all: poster.pdf poster-upperhalf.pdf poster-lowerhalf.pdf
+
+%.pdf: %.svg
+ inkscape -A $@ $<
+
+# those serve more as reminders to what doesn't work, for neither actually produces the expected result
+
+%-upperhalf.pdf: %.svg
+ inkscape --export-area=`inkscape -S $< |grep upperhalf | tr ',' ':' |cut -d: -f2-` -A $@ $<
+
+%-lowerhalf.pdf: %.svg
+ inkscape -i lowerhalf -A $@ $<