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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice, looking good!

Some thinking out loud ideas:

I'm not so sure about the green.
What's the second edition for?
The author (The Ubuntu Manual Team) seems to be too close to the pattern

Wait until the end of this week before making any more changes, there is
going to be a big announcement soon from Canonical about Ubuntu branding and
they've said to not make any decisions till that announcement is made.


On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> PDF export:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Artwork?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=manual_cover_2010-02-22.pdf
>
> SVG from Launchpad:
>
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~t-w-/+junk/ubuntu_manual_cover/download/head:/manual_cover_thorwil-20100110123530-dpe99960rm9yr365-1/manual_cover.svg
>
> Will need some cleanup, at the very least.
>
> Aside from what is documented at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Artwork/
> I went with a mouse pointer instead of a computer or laptop icon, as
> it's simpler and a good match with "Getting Started". Credit has to be
> given to David Nel for the pointer and icons ideas, of course. While I
> like to think we would have arrived there systematically, things often
> look obvious only after being pointed out :)
>
> Please have a close look at the kerning of the title.
>
>
> Icons
> =====
>
> The globe shapes and the pseudo-text are from the Humanity icon theme.
>
> I opted for flat, rather minimalistic icons, because they should be like
> words, not like paintings. Also has the benefit of avoiding issues with
> export to PDF, as there is no blur, no transparency, no tricky fills.
>
> Vish: maybe you could improve on this, or propose alternative icons?
>
>
> Color
> =====
>
> The color choice is about not putting us on a desert planet, breaking
> out of the monochromatic tendencies in Ubuntu related design and having
> a building block for our own visual identity under the Ubuntu umbrella,
> but not trapped in it :)
>
>
> Pattern
> =======
>
> The pattern on the bottom reduces the otherwise perhaps a bit excessive
> whitespace, helps to not have the "The Ubuntu Manual Team" text appear
> lost and should ideally put further emphasis on the community aspect
> with a slightly tribal feel. I don't quite dare to speak of an african
> touch; I looked at many african patterns for inspiration, but this is
> defined by being a play on the Circle of Friends.
>
>
> Passage into the light
> ======================
>
> I don't intend to take care of creating a version with the
> passage-into-light concept. Wolter: are you up for this, provided this
> is deemed an acceptable base?
>
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms
>
> thorwil's design for free software:
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
>
>
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