Revision as of 22:44, 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.

• I'd prefer to do layout roughs before choosing the font, but if you really need it, I can come up with some suggestions. Why do you want to start with fonts? I was thinking we'd use one font for the body text, captions, bylines, and then one font for titles, headers and subheads. Netaungrot 20:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

• We start with a blank page, with each piece laid out to fit on 1 or 2 pages.

• Sticking with 2 pages maximum may be a bit tricky. Maybe not... Netaungrot 20:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

• Agreed. Some of this stuff is just not going to fit on 2-page spreads. Cramulus 22:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

• 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.

• I assure you I will not get bored of Zarathud shenanigans. Netaungrot 20:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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)

• Cool. I'll begin making 2-page, 4-page, or 6-page .docs. How many words do you think we should have per spread? Cramulus 22:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

2. 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)

3. 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)

Ideal File Specifications

SCANNING STUFF

• line art (including text) - 1200 dpi
• images with tones - 300 dpi

DIGITAL FILES

• line art (including text) 600 - 1200 ppi
• images with tones - 300 ppi
• all grayscale or B&W