Re: Second version of the booklet

On 01/21/2011 10:09 AM, Felix Michel wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> i finished a second version of the booklet. Here a list of the changes:
>
> - Development part included
> - less empty space in the sidebars (text from Nikolaos included)
> - speacial page for KDE teams (green boxes)
> - hyperlinks everywhere
> - bold application names (only for the first appearance)
> - link list is a special page too (but not really special!)
>
> What needs attention:
>
> - workspaces part
> - link list
> - typos
>
> I suggest that people tell me where they find typos (page number) and then i
> correct them. To copy paste from the google docs is not really a good workflow
> for me, because then i will create new typos in my opinion.
>
> @Pau Garcia i Quiles
> i dont know how to include the fonts. It is only on Mac OS, right? Could you
> send me a screenshot?
>
> I am glad that the oxygen meeting was fruitful and i am looking forward to
> receiving the screenshots and the cover. Thanks very much for your effort!
>
> Cheers
>
> Felix
>
> Ps: same location as usual: www.tradukt.ch/kde_booklet_ver2.pdf
>
>
>> The IRC meeting on graphics&  imagery for the KDE promo booklet
>> happened yesterday. Eugene Trounev is working on graphics to
>> complement the booklet. Nuno Pinheiro agreed to do screenshots to
>> replace the clunky ones that are now shown in the booklet. (There's
>> much more to getting good screenshots that it would seem to the
>> uninitiated.)
>>
>> Several people from the #oxygen channel jumped in on the discussion.
>> What an amazing "place" KDE is!
>>
>> Requests for screenshots go here (thanks to PovAddict):
>>
>> http://titanpad.com/IrTOYeySKX
>>
>> There's a short time frame for getting this done. Lydia is shooting
>> for FOSDEM, which starts on Feb 5. It would be helpful to start
>> talking with printers soon, even though there will still be additional
>> graphics. I don't know where editing and review stand; it seems like
>> there's been a lot done with the booklet.
>>
>> A PDF of the booklet is here:
>> www.tradukt.ch/kde_booklet.pdf
>>
>> Felix and Damien are leading the charge to get the booklet done and
>> have it reflect KDE greatness.
>>
>> Thanks all
>> Carl
>
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The booklet is great. Thank you for the excellent work.

If it is possible, I believe the writing will be better if fewer words 
are broken (hyphenated). Perhaps a slight adjustment of font size can do 
the job along with turning off any automatic hyphenation in the 
production software. Page 17 "pho-to" looks particularly odd.

There are a couple of hyphenations which are very difficult. They both 
break a word at the end of a page or section, forcing a long gap to the 
second part of the broken word. See pages:

Page 4: "Per-sonal" breaks above illustration (manual line break could fix)
Page 14: "Ac-tivity" breaks at end of page (manual line break could fix).
Page 21: "Ac-tivity" breaks at end of page
Page 35: "de-fence sector" breaks at end of page above a tip/note in 
color background.

Try to avoid starting new sentences with just one or two words at the 
end of a page.
Page 7: Break line so "If molecules" starts on next page.
Page 8: "Try mi-niature" has both hyphen and sentence break issue.

Page 23: Break line so "We have" starts on next page.


Typos:

Page 3:  "and family online ?" (remove gap between online and question 
mark.)

Page 5: "addressbooks" into two words

Page 21: Remove one of two periods at end of first Tips paragraph.
Page 27: Period needed at end of "talk to us in person."
Page 27: Let address be all one one line.


Wording change recommendation:
Page 19: The KDE Workspaces give you easy access to your favorite 
widgets. A widget is a small applet or mini application.


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