[scribus-dev] Scribus 1.4 brochure

["Christoph Schäfer"]

Hi guys,

As some of you already know, I'm slowly recovering from my accident and trying to get my old life back.

Having almost finished the English doc update for 1.4, I tried to do some work on the 1.4 brochure. I'll attach a draft of the cover, page 1 and the last page (which needs some additional content, of course). Note that I changed the font for continuous text from Linux Libertine to Ikarius ADF. Please tell me what you think. 

In addition, I need some help from volunteers. Here's what is needed:

Logos in a vector format or as bitmaps with sufficient resolution: GNU, CMake, Podofo, Freetype, Solaris, Nexenta, OS/2, Mac OS X, LittleCMS (at a higher resolution than the one in the attached PDF). Some projects may not have a logo/icon at all, though. I still can't spend enough time on a computer to search for useable files myself, so any help would be appreciated.

As may or may not be apparent from the sample pages, I changed the concept from "fact sheet" to "brochure," so what we need is screenshots, screenshots, screenshots. I can do most of them mself, but I think people who read the PDF should be able to see Scribus "in action" on other platforms than Linux. For that reason, I plan to create a few sample files, which will be collected for output to be sent to those who volunteer to create screenshots on Windows XP and 7, Mac OS X and eComStation. If anyone thinks he has a few minutes in a month or two, please let me know. My guesstimate is that I'll need about 10 screenshots per platform, although I probably won't use all of them. Thus, it won't take more than 30 minutes for volunteers.

As for the previous concept of "fact sheet", this will be served by a table at the end of the file (See the attached spreadsheet with tentative formatting for later import into Scribus; comments are appreciated.).

In other news, I can announce that we have a new volunteer to help with the translation of the updated docs to German. He's a professional translator and has already started working.


Cheers,

Christoph
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