Revision as of 20:49, 27 June 2008

• Exclude pieces we don't think belong
• Edit all the damn pieces for spelling/grammar/content.
• Write any stuff that needs to be written for a more coherent theme
• Layout process

1. formulate potent concept/strategy statement
2. layout roughs of typical pages
3. layout roughs w/fonts
4. layout w/fonts and images
5. table of contents, copyright page, credits
6. front and back cover designs
7. comprehensive draft printed and examined by as many people as possible
8. upload to lulu
9. joyous noises

• profit?

anything I'm missing? (Yes, it's been fixed.)

Cramulus' Notes 6/27

Here's Cramulus' proposed process 1.0:

• Netaungrot picks a font for the book.
• We start with a blank page, with each piece layed out to fit on 1 or 2 pages.
• We add 0-2 pieces of art, and 0-3 pieces of marginalia per page
• We cut it up and modify it. Zarathud starts out making minor rearrangements at the beginning, then really fine cutups towards the end. 000 or Netaungrot adds little St. Zarathud to do his dirty work.
• We do this for every freaking piece, or until we get bored.

We can mechanize production a bit if we adopt a process for editing these pages.

I propose:

• We work on one spread at a time.
• I'll set the words on the page. And maybe propose graphics.
• 000 or Netaungrot will cut it up, arrange the words, & add graphics. Add a little Zarathud.
• Netaungrot (or whoever's up for it) will add layout, style, etc.
• Cram will collect the final PDFs. Mark that page DONE on the wiki.

Questions fill an answer if you've got one, or the start of a discussion. Sign posts with four tilde's. Cramulus 20:34, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

1. What file format should we work in? Should I release pages in .doc, .pdf, .jpg?

• File formats for the work in progress I assume? Please save images as TIFs or PNGs, not JPG. JPGs are compressed and lose data every time you save them. For pure text, DOC format is fine. Netaungrot 20:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

1. Syn said he'd be interested in helping too. Do we need additional help? Or is that too many cooks?

• I'd be very pleased to work with Syn, and I think he'd bring many ideas and skills to the table. Netaungrot 20:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

1. What is the default font we will be using for the body text?

• This is undecided so far. If you're trying to coordinate your DIY style pieces with the rest of the stuff, don't worry about it, go with whatever pleases you and we'll figure out the rest later. Netaungrot 20:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)