Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Printed copies of LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started

On 05/05/2012, at 4:29, Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+libreoffice@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi *,
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just received a printed copy of the LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started
> > book from Lulu.com. Wow, the cover looks good on the real book! :-D
> > http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/libreoffice-34-getting-started/12820113
> >
> > Interior's not bad, either. For the printed copies, I reduced the page
> > size to 6x9, which seems to work well although the text font is almost
> > too small and the interior (binding edge) margin is a bit too narrow.
>
> A sans-serif font is used for the body text. Is that intentional?
>
> I find serif fonts much easier to read on paper. (I love the look of
> Gentium - unfortunately it doesn't look as well on screen as it does
> on paper..)
>
> ciao
> Christian
> PS: only subscribed to the marketing list


Sans serif was chosen for the PDF version, which is primarily intended for onscreen reading. The 
printed books use the same PDF because this is the most efficient way to produce them. Changing the 
font for the printed version causes other, unwanted changes such as page breaks and means another 
round of QA on the books.

Jean
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