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CU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kendrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tux Paint" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: [Tuxpaint-dev] Tux Paint tri-fold booklet! > > I've created a tri-fold handout for Tux Paint > (that is, it's a US Letter sheet, printed in Landscape (11" x 8.5"), > which gets folded into thirds to make a little booklet). > > I made it in OpenOffice.org, and then did a "Print to File" and selected PDF. > Unfortunately, that seemed to make PostScript, so I ran "ps2pdf" on the files > to get PDFs. They work well in some viewers, but not in others. >:^( > > To describe it briefly: > > Cover: > ------ > > Free Software For Kids! > TUX > PAINT > > [ brief description ] > > [ large Tux penguin ] > > > > Unfold once, on the right you see: > ---------------------------------- > > [ Screenshot of brush-drawn picture ] > > Virtual crayons for your computer > (with none of the mess) > > [ Screenshot of picture made with stamps ] > > Stickers and stamps, as well > > > Unfold all the way; full sheet broken into three columns: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Left Column: > ------------ > > Fun! Easy! Free! > > [ Some paragraphs saying it's easy to use ] > > [ Paragraphs saying it's free; brief description of Open Source ] > > [ Summary paragraph saying, in plain english, it's FREE! Copy it! ] > > > Middle Column: > -------------- > > Features > > Easy to use > [ bulleted list of examples ] > > Kid-Oriented > [ examples ] > > Basic Drawing Tools > [ examples ] > > Rubber Stamps > [ some categories of stamps available ] > > Special Effects > [ examples ] > > > Right Column: > ------------- > > Supported Platforms > > If you have a computer, chances are you can run Tux Paint on it! > > [ Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, Linux/BSD/Solaris ] > > Language Support > > [ list of all 26 languages it supports right now ] > > > Finally, > > Back, Center column (back of booklet when folded up): > ------------------------------------------------------ > > We think Tux Paint is great... but don't take _our_ word for it! > > [ quotes from: > Linux Magazine review > Logiciels Libres pour l'Education > MacMerc > Stormonth Elem. School > Vassalboro Comm. School (David Trask :^) ) > ArtWorks Visual Art School, New Jersey ] > > [ Lots of "X is a trademark of Y", in tiny grey font ;^) ] > > > > Whew! > > > After creating the initial one, I also created a Spanish version, > with help from Google.com's Language Tools and AltaVista's Babelfish. > > I am SURE it could do with some clean-up!!! (Please post corrections and > suggestions!) > > > > PDFs of the english and spanish versions are on my FTP site in a new > directory called "ads": > > ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/nbs/unix/x/tuxpaint/ads/ > > > (WOW! Konqueror downloaded them and made little thumbnails for me in it's > FTP component!!!) > > > > I'm considering putting the OpenOffice.org files into CVS, but I'm not > sure it's "SWX" format is suitable for diff/patching. :^( > (I know it's XML inside, but it's all tar/gzipped up, or something) > > Regardless, I'll probably put them up on FTP at some point. > > > (I'd like to have these available for anyone who wants to hand them out > at LinuxWorld, for example. OFSET, maybe? ;^) ) > > > -bill! > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got kids? Get Tux Paint! > http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ http://newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev > _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
