Howdy, Just uploaded another png file from a second pass on layout of a print wrap cover, choose Writer this time. This time ripped all of the text out of the svg file, except the Logo text, and moved it to the ODG file. Used a single font for all text; Liberation Sans Narrow Two text colors (except the logo, of course) LibreOffice Blue_0 and White. Exported the Logo out separately, after a scale without losing the proper ratio and added that back in inside the ODG file also. So, there is still a bit of distortion on the background graphic but none at all for any of the text rendering. Worked a bit harder of making the spine background matchup with the back cover, and adding a bit of adornment. Exported it out as a full 13.25 x what ever it was ;-), 300 dpi print ready file - which you can find here https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/tNZYEN2tCNmZrSW
I'm thinking there is time to do one more before the next team meeting, so if anyone wants to propose something different (fonts or font effects, ???) I'm open to giving it a try. Otherwise this is probably it between now and then. Drew On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Drew Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry for two posts. > > One thing worth mentioning - if we go with adding text to the graphics > background in LibreOffice instead of the graphics editor the advantage > for the PDF release is that the cover text is available to screen > readers - it is not when the text is buried in the graphics > background, and the ability to add non-distorted text on the printer > ready cover. > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:50 PM Drew Jensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Howdy Jean, > > > > Excellent. > > > > So with that in mind I took a second pass on the covers, with the Base > > Guide pages for an example. > > For this pass I left the A4 front cover page unchanged. > > For the A4 back cover page I stripped all the text out of the SVG > > file, flipped the logo and wave graphic at the footer to form a mirror > > image layout of the front cover. > > This makes the two logos form what looks a bit like a label spanning the > > spine. > > Added a shaded background graphic to the middle portion of the spine, > > and a solid color block to carry the wave at the footer across the > > spine. > > So the graphics background is scaled to fit the new page size. In the > > ODG file added the text back to the back cover and adjusted font size > > and line spacing so all the text fits without encroaching into the > > ISBN block. > > Here is how that came out (just a rough draft) > > https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/Jrjnq4eeSFPo3zW > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have put in NextCloud (Contributor Resources > Cover7 folder) a > > > template (ODG) for 6x9-inch books printed at Lulu. Link below. This > > > template shows the bleed and trim areas for the covers. (The width of > > > the spine varies, of course, with the number of pages in the book.) > > > > > > Ideally, in addition to producing covers for the PDF version of the > > > books, someone would produce front and back covers set to the correct > > > size for the print edition, with the correct proportions and the extra > > > margin for bleed and trim. I (or whoever) can then drop those into the > > > wrap-cover template and add the book name on the spine. I've been > > > doing this in a sloppy manner (by distorting the A4 cover) for 15 > > > years, and will continue to do so if necessary. > > > > > > https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/HTtTreGR4XN8Y4d > > > > > > Jean > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > > Problems? > > > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
