On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 21:12 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > 2006/5/3, Pascal Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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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