Dammit Tom, That it is *too* good advice.
Ok, I'll slunk off and actually get back to work:) Nice take though. Chance is good but this thesis is very much deterministic. I guess it's from the endless books I've been neck-deep in for so long - some of them are beautiful to look at - I'd like some of that please. I guess then the answer is 'go and pay a pro then'. Ok, thanks Apologies for the noise, Julian On 11 October 2016 at 16:43, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > The official place for people to put templates they would like to share > is; > http://templates.libreoffice.org/ > > As for fonts i am sure there are many crazy and fairly sane fonts out > there. Are you planning to have your thesis printed professionally? If so > it might be worth asking the printing company for their ideas. If you want > to go all out then it might be worth paying for a font or hunting around > for an interesting free one but all that sounds like a distraction from the > main task. Libertine may seem boring to you, but that's probably because > you have been using it for so long. One positive with still using it is > that it "brands" it as being yours, and from a specific time in your life. > Other people will probably still see it as fresh and new and distinctly > you. > > I tend to find flipping a coin helps me realise what i really want to do > at such moments (or i can always go with what the coin landed on). Are you > just delaying completion or/and trying to be too perfectionist about it? > It's a lot of work and taken a lot of time to get to this point - are you > just doing what most of us would do and delaying moving on? There is a > mantra in Open Source, "Release early and release often" because the > important thing is to get the work "out there" for people to see, use and > draw from for their own work. By finally letting go and getting it out > there it enables people to give feedback and suggest 'improvements' (which > may or may not be as carefully considered as they think) to help (which may > or may not actually really help). > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > On 11 October 2016 at 14:56, Julian Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello again, >> >> Hope this isn't seen as too cheeky... >> >> Does anyone have any templates they'd be willing to share as examples of >> decent contemporary layout (for my particular usage, it's a thesis)? >> >> Mines just, well, boring tbh (not far off the LO standard layout, which, >> though fine, is just that - somewhat dull and functional. >> >> I don't mean something crazy and snazzy, just a proper solid contemporary >> layout by someone who's into graphic design, typography and such stuff, >> with a keen eye. >> >> Or, does anyone have any links to, or pointers for, a good place to look >> that not only provides examples but clear instructions on spacings, >> heights, etc.? >> >> Font-wise, I've been making use of Linux Libertine for many years but even >> that seems a bit staid these days (if ethically sound:). >> >> S'cuse the ennui, >> >> Julian >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns >> ubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
