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

Thanks, Bernhard, for moving this request to the proper list. 

What is the Motif you mention? I am not familiar with this term.

--Jean

On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 00:37 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> 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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