Thank you Dave I shall be combining your suggestions with those from Kurt Jurgens and hopefully we can get new covers in Draw. I will also be using Liberation fonts so that everything about the covers is an LO product.
Regards PeterS > On 19 Jan 2015, at 00:11, Dave Barton [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > PeeWee wrote: > > > Hello > > > > The link below is an SVG file of the Math Guide front cover opened in Draw. > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/urcyejp28cii9dx/Front_V42_opened_in_LO.odg?dl=0 > > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/urcyejp28cii9dx/Front_V42_opened_in_LO.odg?dl=0> > > > > As you can see, it is a bit of a disaster and the conclusion is to me that > > Draw cannot open an SVG file correctly. If there is a method of getting an > > SVG file into Draw and display correctly, then please tell me. Also, when > > you try to insert an SVG into a Draw document you get the message that the > > file cannot be loaded. > > > > If somebody could send me the individual graphics and which font type and > > sizes to use, I would like to create front and rear covers using Draw. > > Remember that the front and rear covers are full page and scaling should > > not > > be a problem. > > > > Exporting a graphic from Draw into SVG creates a graphic with layers and no > > groups. > > > > Regards > > > > PeterS > > It has always puzzled me why we use SVG to create our cover artwork. Not > that there is anything wrong with SVG per se, but one of our main > principles is to promote the use of ODF, so we should be prepared to > "eat our own dog food" and use Draw. > > With this in mind, I have created and uploaded "User Guide Covers (Short > Form).odg" to ODFAuthors: > http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/resources-for-contributers/proposal-for-guide-covers-in-draw-format/view > > <http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/resources-for-contributers/proposal-for-guide-covers-in-draw-format/view> > > This (Short Form ~800Kb) is an adaptation of my original file (~2.5Mb) > which included front & back covers + some other possibly useful bits & > pieces. The uploaded file contains 6 slides: > 1. A basic front cover. > 2. A possible Getting Started front cover. > 3. A possible Writer Guide cover. > 4. Large module icons in PNG format. (These are probably unnecessary, > since we already have PNG artwork for them, but mine are sized to > provide good resolution on an A4/Letter page.) > 5. Header & footer backgrounds with the RGB colors used in previous guides. > 6. A basic back cover, using the Getting Started guide as a template. > > Even though our design guidelines suggest using the "Vegur" font, I have > used "Liberation Sans" to be in keeping with the standard font used in > the guides. > > With the exception of the Header & footer backgrounds, in slide 5, the > slides are not fully converted to Draw objects. There are still some > parts in SVG and PNG. If there is sufficient interest in using Draw for > our user guides cover artwork, I am prepared to spend the time and > effort to convert/recreate all the slide components to Draw objects. > > The file made available under the Creative Commons > Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It is not a finished or > necessarily an accurate work, but is offered as a starting point for > anyone who chooses to adapt or make use of it. > > Dave > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden email] > <x-msg://8/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4136554&i=0> > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > <http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > <http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/cover-art-for-v4-4-user-guides-tp4135730p4136554.html > > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/cover-art-for-v4-4-user-guides-tp4135730p4136554.html> > To start a new topic under Documentation, email > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from Documentation, click here > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=1645240&code=cHNhdXRob3JAbGlicmVvZmZpY2Uub3JnfDE2NDUyNDB8LTE2Nzg0MzM3ODg=>. > NAML > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> ----- Peter Schofield [email protected] -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/cover-art-for-v4-4-user-guides-tp4135730p4136590.html Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe 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
