Re: [libreoffice-design] [VI] Cover design for printed LibreOffice user guides

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 16:32 -0400, drew wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 04:03 -0400, drew wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 12:19 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> > > Hi Jean, all,
> > >
> > > Jean Hollis Weber schrieb:
> > > > On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 08:14 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 16:35 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> > > > > > [...]
>
> > A very simple start:
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:GettingStartedGuideFrontCoverSimple.png
> >
> > Note I dropped in a sub-title, in this case for Chapter 1. I did not use
> > a very high compression setting on the PNG file, as this is for an
> > example.
> >
> > Jean had asked for a GIMP compatible file and the wiki will not
> > accept .xcf files, so wrapped that in a zip file, here:
> >
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:GettingStartedGuideFrontCoverSimple.zip
> >
> > As I say - it is quite simple.
>
> Staying with the KISS principle:
>
> Took the simple file, above, as the base, then adorning with graphical
> element for the specific guide.
>
> With the graphic would go where the sub-title is in the example.
>
> Sound reasonable?
>
> Alright - I see 4 guides that need covers.
>
> Getting Started
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Lib0GettingStartedGuideSimple.png
>
> Writer
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Lib0WriterGuideSimple.png
>
> Calc
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Lib0CalcGuideSimple.png
>
> Math
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Lib0MathGuideSimple.png
>
> Did not push the source files for the moment, but they are separate
> files also.
>
> Thanks it for now,


Thanks, Drew! Great start. BTW, Impress and Draw guides are coming
soon. ;-)

Comments:
(1) I like the icon-like symbols below the name of the guide, although
the one for Writer seems a bit lurid with the blue against the green
background. 
(2) I would prefer the name of the guide to be a lot larger, though
perhaps that's not necessary with the symbols. Will be interested to
hear others' reactions.
(3) I don't envision using these as title pages on individual published
chapters, but only on covers of compiled books. However, a lower-res
(and thus much smaller file size) version might work for chapters.
Something for the docs team to think about!

If I can find time, I'll play around with the xcf and see if I can come
up with a variation.

--Jean


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