I will not be joining today's meeting, but since my name still appears in some of the proposed template's comments I will make some observations:
* Is there really any important reason to make major changes to the existing 6.x template, or is this just change for the sake of change? * I agree with Steve's comments below. In my view the mix of sans serif and serif fonts used give the template a somewhat messy jumbled appearance and adds nothing to the readability. * Why are the guides (the software?) going to be given the title of "Community Edition"? Did I miss the announcement about the commercial or some other edition? * My view is that unless there is some technical usability improvement that can be made to the existing 6.x template, the 7.x template should only include a few cosmetic changes in line with the software's PR version number change. My 2¢ worth. Regards Dave On 04/06/2020 11:25, Steve Fanning wrote: > Hi Olivier, > > Some personal thoughts on your proposed LO7 template, in advance of the > team meeting to be held later. > > I think that switching the Text Body paragraph style from a sans serif > font to a serif font is an important decision which shouldn’t be made > without proper consideration of its impact. We certainly shouldn’t > commit to that change just because it distinguishes LO7 from LO6. Will > users of the guides find them more or less readable and attractive after > the font change?If the team decide to use the serif font for the Text > Body style, would it be better to use the same font family for the > character styles? This would avoid mixing sans serif and serif > characters in a single sentence.On the first page of the template, I > preferred the chapter number, chapter title and chapter subtitle lines > to be left justified, as in the LO6 template. > Regards, > > Steve > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Olivier Hallot" <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> > To: "LibreOffice Documentation" <documentation@global.libreoffice.org> > Sent: 02/06/2020 20:51:20 > Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposal for 7.x guide template > >> Hi Team >> >> I have created a template candidate for our next 7.0 Guide books >> available in the cloud at >> >> https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/minfbKWnn6XQkXq >> >> This is work in progress and comment are welcome. I deliberately changed >> some styles... >> >> * Changed text body font to serif >> * Deleted unused custom styles in template file >> * rebuilt the heading style hierarchy where headings inherit from >> Heading paragraph style >> * New logo/banner on top of chapter >> * Page margins inner/outer values to allow binding. >> * New Tip/Note/Warning icons/background (from Help) >> * No new style, no style rename >> * Suggestion for Heading colors based on Module colors >> * Reworked number & bullet list position settings. >> >> Glad to discuss items here or in the Team meeting this Thursday June >> 4th, 18:00 UTC >> >> Kind regards >> -- >> Olivier Hallot >> LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator >> Comunidade LibreOffice >> Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 >> http://tdf.io/joinus -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
