From: Darcy O'N. <ds...@sk...> - 2004-03-22 17:36:56
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Here's the information I can fill in on this topic: >Hi all, > >- But of course we > shouldn't be dogmatic about this. If Darcy can produce great-looking > PDFs with Ventura we would be daft to use our own, which at the > moment look poor *and* are broken. > > The Ventura approach is just an added approach to producing documents in the best available formats. Once the system works and PDF's can be created properly with Open Source software then they can co-exist without any issues. The benefit of a desktop publishing application is only that it provides better page layout and graphic handling and a more 'professional' look.. > In the meantime, if Darcy uses any intermediate files, import > definition files, style maps or so (I have no idea how this works!), > > Ventura produces a style sheet which can be exported to CSS which will maintain the format, or as in this case I use different font's that are not 'open' but if someone wanted to change the fonts in the CSS file it would be a simple procedure. As for the Ventura XML Import function, it basically maps an XML tag to the Ventura style sheet. This is a text file so keeping it in CVS is no problem. For those who would like to view the XML map it can be found here: http://firebird.methyl.ca/fb-xml-map.vmf >- About style and logos: if this thing works out, the "Darcy docs" > will be an important part of the Firebird face as others see it. > Use of another logo, especially if it features prominently on the > cover page of the docs, should therefore be widely discussed within > the community (project members, project admins, webmaster, FFmembers > list...). This is not something that should be decided by a handful > of people in firebird-docs. > > As this part of the doc project develops this will be increasingly important. As we all know a 'strong image' is important but the key is to be consistently different than the other projects. > Maybe it's better to concentrate on the technical aspects for now > (see other post) and keep the current logo on the cover. We can > always talk about new logos later. And of course anybody can develop > new logos if he wants to, not just Darcy. But to make it the new > official Firebird logo is another thing. > > Right now I think working out the technical details is the best direction. From what I'm seeing right now it shouldn't be a problem. The 'style' of the future Firebird docs is something we will all need to discuss but it would be easier if I could just make a change, publish the doc correctly and then collect opinions. Repeat until finished and 80% of the group is happy. > Look at http://www.firebirdsql.org/ff/foundation/ if you want to > know more. > I'm looking into this and in all likelihood will be joining shortly. Darcy O'Neil |