[ubuntu-art] Some help needed from the Documentation Team

[Pascal Klein]

On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 21:12 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> 2006/5/3, Pascal Klein <4pascal at tpg.com.au>:
>         Hey Matt,
>         
>         Just an update. I had a go at this with some ideas I had
>         recently about
>         some splash screens for myself, and they seem to work just as
>         well, if
>         not better as a book cover.
>         
>         You can find the files on: 
>         
>         http://klepas.org/temp/ubuntu/ubuntu-doc-cover-front.png
>         http://klepas.org/temp/ubuntu/ubuntu-doc-cover-front.svgz
>         
>         This is just a draft. I've munted some of the colouration and
>         sizes so
>         if you guys like this I'd be happy to polish it. Finally I
>         also had some
>         other ideas of perhaps dropping in some faint technical
>         blueprints or 
>         something of the sort into the background. Would make it more
>         interesting personally as right now just having a logo, some
>         text and a
>         plain background can get somewhat boring...
> 
> The login screen inspiration is good. As you mention yourself, the
> cover appears a bit bare. 

What you've added looks great, but you've lost the radial gradient. Do
you think adding one would look better?

> I dislike the font - it is a minor gripe though - I'm more of a
> sans-serif guy :-) I tried experimenting with using the ubuntu-title
> font more on the cover, but it looked odd.

Sure.

> I made a few attempts myself - although I'm not proud of it, I'll put
> one them out for grabs anyway. Take it mostly as an idea-mockup. If
> there are any mathematicians among you guys, you'll surely notice my
> Springer-Verlag heritage :-D 
> 
> Idea:
> http://grillbar.org/tmp/ubuntu-doc-cover-front-mke-revision2.svgz

Looks great, as mentioned above. I like this idea and I think it should
be expanded. :)

> Cheers,
> Mikkel
> 
> 
> 

Regards,
Pascal
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