On 17.09.2008 17:18:41 sebb wrote: > On 17/09/2008, Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had the flu and was quite busy otherwise lately, but finally I have a > > first version of the ASF brochure which I'd like some feedback on (and > > pointers to any typos I may have made). I've had to come up with some > > text on my own to fit everything in the cramped space. Since I'm not > > natively English speaking, there's a good chance that there's some > > suboptimal text in places. Other text I have copied from our website. > > I'm open for any comments. The goal is to have it ready by the end of > > the week so there's still a chance to print a few sheets for OpenExpo > > next week. > > > > Looks generally very good. Lots of useful information in a concise form.
Thanks for taking a look, Sebastian! > A minor nit: > > "There are four sponsorship levels, defined > by donation and in-return benefits of sponsorship." > > doesn't read well IMO - it's not immediately obvious what "in-return" means. Hmm, this is from our website. I'm not sure how best to rephrase this. I guess I need help here. http://apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html > === > > I found the hyphenation some- > what dis- > tracting. > > Would it be possible to see if the layout will still work if > hyphenation is disabled? > > Or at least restricted to instances where at least 4 or so characters > remain in each part of the word? Good idea. I've set it to 4 characters. Looks better now without introducing too many bigger spaces. > > I ended up doing this in XSL with FOP. Sadly, Scribus only got in my way > > but FOP was very cooperative. ;-) > > > > PDF: http://people.apache.org/~jeremias/asf/asf-brochure-en-up.pdf > > XML Source: http://people.apache.org/~jeremias/asf/asf-brochure-en.xml > > > > BTW, does anybody who is planning to come to OpenExpo on Wednesday have > > access to a decent color laser that he/she could print the brochures on > > once the thing is ready? I assume we probably don't need more than 30-40 > > pieces (although I can always be wrong about that). > > > > On 02.09.2008 08:49:31 berndf wrote: > > <snip/> > > > > > > I'm open for additional ideas on the design. Another thing I'm thinking > > > > about doing is a A4-sized brochure (3-fold) with some basic information > > > > about the ASF: basic values, conferences, sponsoring information, maybe > > > > a project list... I want to do it at least in English but a German > > > > version would also be a good idea since the majority of visitor will be > > > > german-speaking. Bernd, if you want to take a stab at this, you're > > > > welcome. I thought about doing this in Scribus. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, great idea. I could do the translation to German, no problem. > > > > > > Bernd > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
