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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We stole our current stylesheet from the Ubuntu Manual project.  We
talked during the session of using their style guide too, assuming they
have one (they seem to be well organized).

They seem to be doing the exact sort of stuff we want to do, just a
different subject material/audience.  They even sell the book on lulu.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual
http://ubuntu-manual.org/

-mt

On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 14:04 -0400, Kyle Nitzsche 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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