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[Ryan Macnish <nisshh.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

I already have some information on this front, the awesome latex guy (who
was godbyk in the UDS session) who maintains the latex stuff for the desktop
manual, has told me that he is happy to do the book design for us too, and
the desktop manual team (which im a part of) has been discussing using the
new purple/orange colors for the natty release.

I think its a great idea and it would mean that we can cut down the amount
of work done on the book design if we collaborate with the desktop manual
team.

Ryan Macnish

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Kyle Nitzsche
<kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> One issue that did not come up during the session is how to create a book
> (a pdf) that is fully consistent with and an excellent example of the new
> Ubuntu design/branding stuff: http://design.canonical.com/
>
> Specifically, I wonder whether there is:
>  * an existing book layout/design
>  * perhaps even a specific build system with all the right bits in the
> right places to convert tex (current source format) into a pdf with latex
> that implements that design.
>
> I have just talked to Ivanka Majic (http://design.canonical.com/theteam/)
> about this and there does not yet appear to be anything in place here (to be
> confirmed). I will pursue this further. It is thus possible that this book
> can be THE first example of an Ubuntu book with the new design and can
> therefore be used as a prototype and template for any other such projects
> that come along.
>
> Cheers,
> Kyle
>
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