From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:06:30 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Generated. X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/92433b45dfc4c0df34207c727c29e0a1a8a0f02f?ds=inline Generated. --- diff --git a/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html b/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..526ea3cec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html @@ -0,0 +1,400 @@ + + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen: In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! + + + + + + +
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In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book!
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19th August 2015
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Today, finally, my first printed draft edition of the Norwegian +translation of Free Culture I have been working on for the last few +years arrived in the mail. I had to fake a cover to get the interior +printed, and the exterior of the book look awful, but that is +irrelevant at this point. I asked for a printed pocket book version +to get an idea about the font sizes and paper format as well as how +good the figures and images look in print, but also to test what the +pocket book version would look like. After receiving the 500 page +pocket book, it became obvious to me that that pocket book size is too +small for this book. I believe the book is too thick, and several +tables and figures do not look good in the size they get with that +small page sizes. I believe I will go with the 5.5x8.5 inch size +instead. A surprise discovery from the paper version was how bad the +URLs look in print. They are very hard to read in the colophon page. +The URLs are red in the PDF, but light gray on paper. I need to +change the color of links somehow to look better. But there is a +printed book in my hand, and it feels great. :)

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Now I only need to fix the cover, wrap up the postscript with the +store behind the book, and collect the last corrections from the proof +readers before the book is ready for proper printing. Cover artists +willing to work for free and create a Creative Commons licensed vector +file looking similar to the original is most welcome, as my skills as +a graphics designer are mostly missing.

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