Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

I have put in NextCloud (Contributor Resources > Cover7 folder) a
template (ODG) for 6x9-inch books printed at Lulu. Link below. This
template shows the bleed and trim areas for the covers. (The width of
the spine varies, of course, with the number of pages in the book.)

Ideally, in addition to producing covers for the PDF version of the
books, someone would produce front and back covers set to the correct
size for the print edition, with the correct proportions and the extra
margin for bleed and trim. I (or whoever) can then drop those into the
wrap-cover template and add the book name on the spine. I've been
doing this in a sloppy manner (by distorting the A4 cover) for 15
years, and will continue to do so if necessary.

https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/HTtTreGR4XN8Y4d

Jean

Howdy Jean,

Excellent.

So with that in mind I took a second pass on the covers, with the Base
Guide pages for an example.
For this pass I left the A4 front cover page unchanged.
For the A4 back cover page I stripped all the text out of the SVG
file, flipped the logo and wave graphic at the footer to form a mirror
image layout of the front cover.
This makes the two logos form what looks a bit like a label spanning the spine.
Added a shaded background graphic to the middle portion of the spine,
and a solid color block to carry the wave at the footer across the
spine.
So the graphics background is scaled to fit the new page size. In the
ODG file added the text back to the back cover and adjusted font size
and line spacing so all the text fits without encroaching into the
ISBN block.
Here is how that came out (just a rough draft)
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/Jrjnq4eeSFPo3zW

Sorry for two posts.

One thing worth mentioning - if we go with adding text to the graphics
background in LibreOffice instead of the graphics editor the advantage
for the PDF release is that the cover text is available to screen
readers - it is not when the text is buried in the graphics
background, and the ability to add non-distorted text on the printer
ready cover.

Howdy,

Just uploaded another png file from a second pass on layout of a print
wrap cover, choose Writer this time.
This time ripped all of the text out of the svg file, except the Logo
text, and moved it to the ODG file.
Used a single font for all text; Liberation Sans Narrow
Two text colors (except the logo, of course) LibreOffice Blue_0 and White.
Exported the Logo out separately, after a scale without losing the
proper ratio and added that back in inside the ODG file also.
So, there is still a bit of distortion on the background graphic but
none at all for any of the text rendering.
Worked a bit harder of making the spine background matchup with the
back cover, and adding a bit of adornment.
Exported it out as a full 13.25 x what ever it was ;-), 300 dpi print
ready file - which you can find here
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/tNZYEN2tCNmZrSW

I'm thinking there is time to do one more before the next team
meeting, so if anyone wants to propose something different (fonts or
font effects, ???) I'm open to giving it a try. Otherwise this is
probably it between now and then.

Drew

I know - I said last time, last time...but almost forgot to make the
A4 sized, for PDF, pages match the new look
Also, the idea of a QR code - so I updated both the wrap around print
cover with a QR code and the A4 also
The odg files for both the wrap (print) and A4 (pdf) are up in the
cover7 folder or just to look at them a pdf here
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/FtJW3Ce8DQ4REL7
and that is it, for real, for this :wink: till after the next meeting.

The contrast between text and background on the back cover is not very
good, and I think the QR code is overwhelmingly larger than necessary.
Otherwise, coming along nicely.
Jean

Hi Drew

Perhaps the background can be a bit lighter to enhance the blue font of
the back cover.

The logo on the spine should be rotated 90 degrees.

Can the QR code go to the blue bottom? The bottom looks "empty".

I think there should be more space between the sentence "Word processing
with style" and the main drawing. If the translated sentence is longer,
it will overlap the drawing.

Great stride you did!
Olivier

Hello Drew,

I know - I said last time, last time...but almost forgot to make the
A4 sized, for PDF, pages match the new look
Also, the idea of a QR code - so I updated both the wrap around print
cover with a QR code and the A4 also
The odg files for both the wrap (print) and A4 (pdf) are up in the
cover7 folder or just to look at them a pdf here
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/FtJW3Ce8DQ4REL7
and that is it, for real, for this :wink: till after the next meeting.

very nice!

Just a comment about the facetype: as the LibreOffice logo font is Vegur (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Fonts), this font could be used for the title and subtitle, as well as for the version number.
Well, just a suggestion.

Best,

Hello Everybody

I have been following the discussion on front and back cover for LO 7.0 and would like to comment.
I on the side of Jean about there being too many fonts being used for LO documents.
I have never heard of Vegur and would like to see the Liberation fonts used throughout the documents.
My reasoning is simple.
Too many fonts make a document look very amateurish.
You also have to think of translation. Some of these fonts that are not in popular use do not have all the characters available for all the languages. At the moment I have had no problem with the Liberation font set. I do have to use the Polish language occasionally.

There should be on font family used - Liberation.

Regards
Peter Schofield

Hi eter,

I have been following the discussion on front and back cover for LO 7.0 and would like to comment.
I on the side of Jean about there being too many fonts being used for LO documents.
I have never heard of Vegur and would like to see the Liberation fonts used throughout the documents.
My reasoning is simple.
Too many fonts make a document look very amateurish.
You also have to think of translation. Some of these fonts that are not in popular use do not have all the characters available for all the languages. At the moment I have had no problem with the Liberation font set. I do have to use the Polish language occasionally.

I'm afraid I didn't make myself clear enough: I was only talking about the front cover, nothing else. The Liberation fonts are fine for body text and I'm using them frequently.

All the best,

Howdy,

OK - good feedback from everyone. quick status update - Saturday night
the desktop I work on decided to die - troubleshooting done and parts
on order for delivery tomorrow. On borrowed laptop with Windows for
the time being. Will be on the call this week but might not have much
new by then.