Tom, BOTH links refer to drafts of the BACK cover, one in German and one in English.
Jean On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > The 1st link look more like something you would find inside, perhaps just > before the Preface? ... or perhaps on the back-cover? I agree with Jean that > it is tooo much info for the front cover. > > For the 2nd link i preferred the 2nd set but didn't like the greyed-out icons > at the bottom. They would look better in colour. I think it was an > interesting idea to try out but i don't think it quite worked. The 1st set > in that 2nd link might be better if the icons were in 2 or 3 columns in the > space under the heading of the guide. At the moment they seem to be crowding > in on the heading and distract attention away from the guides' heading. > > All looked like a lot of good work and interesting ideas. Far beyond my > skills but criticising is easier than doing. I hope you are on the design > team so they can benefit from your ideas and work too! > > Many regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Sat, 16/6/12, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Cover design for documentation - > Back side > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 16 June, 2012, 12:01 > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 7:16 PM, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> reworking on an old subject: >> I started to make a back of our documentation following our front design. >> I did this for the German versions [1] and now I do it for the international >> versions [2]. >> >> There are some first items: >> - of course: my English and Google's translation ;-). So the text needs to >> be controlled and changed (especially "About LibreOffice"). >> - the content of "About LibreOffice" should be as high as the module bar as >> you can see on my German proposals. >> >> [1] >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:K-j/Drafts/Design/Front-Guide#R.C3.BCckseite_unserer_Handb.C3.BCcher >> >> [2] >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:K-j/Drafts/Design/Front-Guide#Back_of_international_documentation >> >> BCCing Drew Jensen, working for the fronts, because I don't know if he reads >> this ml. >> >> -- >> Grüße >> k-j >> > > Sorry to have taken so very long to get back to this topic. I've now > downloaded your samples, which I quite like but for two things: > 1) To me they look a bit cluttered or "busy". > 2) Of more practical importance, no space has been left at the bottom > for an ISBN. So they are good for the free PDFs but will need some > modification for the printed books. > > I will try to find some time soon to make a proposal for some modifications. > > I also note your request for modification of the English. That part > should be easy for me, at least. :-) > > --Jean > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
