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[Bruno Bernardino <bruno.bernardino@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Thorsten,

I'm sorry I didn't really justify my choices, but I didn't feel I had to. We
were asked personal opinion, I gave mine.

I believe all the results were chosen because they were good, now it's a
matter of choosing what most pleases everyone, so it's personal preference
of the masses coming into play here, imo.

On the first one, I don't like the lettering at all, it doesn't fit with the
rest of the manual, and I feel there's some "Lucid Lynx" missing on it.

On my second choice, I feel the cover is too much "Lucid Lynx" and not
enough "Ubuntu", if you know what I mean.

The US Letter or A4 decision is thought of to be on a language-based
definition (we talked about this on last week's meeting).

Bests,
Bruno Bernardino


On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:22, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 10:08 +0000, Bruno Bernardino wrote:
>
> > I personally prefer KolorGuild's fifth
> > (
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Artwork?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=ubuntumanual_theclick_byKolorGuild.png) and Vish's second (
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Artwork?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Cover-lower.png)
> >
> > Can't really choose between those two... they're equally good, simply
> > different approaches.
>
> This is exactly what should be avoided. Personal preference, "I like
> this" vs "but I like that" and no good way to decide between different
> approaches, if the outcomes are all deemed "good".
>
> So again, you want "professional" results? Set goals. Define audience,
> context, tone and message. Decide on the name, sub-title and all other
> text. Chose a font or fonts for the inside to have a base for the title
> page font(s) decision (use the same or something that corresponds well).
>
> Has there even been a decision on whether to go with US Letter and/or
> DIN A 4? This has quite an impact on layout, as the formats do have a
> quite noticeably different feel.
>
> Only once all that is place it is time to talk about actual graphic
> design.
>
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms
>
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