[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Cover designs for printed copies of LibreOffice user guides

Hi Jean, all

moving this message to the design list where I think it belongs.

Please follow up there!

just one short point from my side:

I'd propose to use the Motif on the book covers.

Best regards

Bernhard

Jean Hollis Weber schrieb:
> When I published the printed version of "Getting Started with
> LibreOffice" in great haste last year, I put together a cover design
> based on the TDF logo.[1] That same design was used for the more
> recently-published printed version of the Writer Guide.
>
> Today someone wrote to the Documentation list to say how awful the cover
> looks, particularly because of the black border. I agree. I'm not a
> graphic designer, and I didn't have the time to consult anyone else...
> but the time has now come to do so.
>
> One idea I've had (and others expressed a similar idea) was to use the
> colour of the component's icon for the cover border colour. I think that
> would be an improvement, but a more attractive overall design would be
> an even greater improvement. Other ideas are being expressed on the Docs
> list.
>
> So I turn to the Marketing team, and in particular the Art Team, for
> guidance and, I hope, a book cover design. I know that this will take
> some time, so the next book (Calc Guide) will use the original design,
> but with perhaps a different colour than black for the border.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> --Jean
> LibreOffice Documentation Team
>
> [1]
> http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/getting-started-with-libreoffice-33/14703788


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