[ubuntu-art] Some help needed from the Documentation Team
Pascal Klein
4pascal at tpg.com.au
Fri May 5 16:47:41 BST 2006
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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