Seeing the PDF preview, it would make much more sense to have avialable in a US Legal format (8.5" x 14") than US Letter (8.5"x11"). No need to remove anything!
- James Mason 'bear454' On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2011 01:14:03 Karl Cheney wrote: >> All: >> >> When flat, the current brochure layout (see attached) is 15.88" x 9" (or >> 40.3cm x 22.9cm) and includes 4 panels. To convert this to an A4 size the >> dimensions drop to 11.69" x 8.27" (or 29.7cm x 21cm). A huge difference & >> would require a re-design to accommodate only 3 panels. An entire section >> would need to be removed. >> >> When I say "entire section" I'm specifically referring to one of the intro >> panels ("Something for Everyone" or "Welcome to openSUSE"). If one of >> these could be removed, then the inside ("What's Cool About openSUSE") >> could remain fairly intact--although, some editing would have to happen. >> >> Regarding the black & white version, we can do that. I don't think it'll >> look great, but it's doable & we'll make it look as good as b/w can look. >> Would this mean no pictures, no background color, nothing? Or would we >> have to make the pictures b/w & turn the background to a grayscale? >> >> Also, as has been said before, when localizing, the copy will have to be >> edited as most languages take up more space than English does. I'm >> attaching a document with the text as it currently is so you can see what >> we're dealing with. Until I know exactly how you want to proceed it's hard >> for me to tell you how many words to cut for localization. But, what I can >> tell you for certain is that one of the two intro panels will have to go >> to fit on an A4 sheet. >> >> If you'd like to discuss this on the phone, let me know & I'll set up a >> call. > > Let me ask the marketing team for opinions. What panel could we remove? Or is > it realistic to expect to be able to print on Letter format in Europe and > everywhere else? Because if that's not a huge deal, we don't have to cut > anything... > > When it comes to the text, I'll try and shorten it a bit in the coming days. > > Thanks! > > Jos > >> Thanks. >> >> - Karl > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
