The Sacred Chao Te Ching

[LMNO]

Is there any chance of getting a printed bound copy of this at some point?

Yes.

[Captain Utopia]

Great!  It looks fantastic by the way, and I'm really enjoying digging through the latest pdf.

[Cramulus]

when we're absolutely sure we don't want to change it any more, we'll be releasing it on lulu.  We still need to clean up the cover a little, and Murphy's Law of Publishing states that we're about to notice about 12530971057 things we want to change.


I'm going to look into making some limited edition scrolls for wall hanging, too. 

[LMNO]

I'm going to look into making some limited edition scrolls for wall hanging, too. 

If you do, I will owe you PLENTY.

[Cramulus]

Laying out the text on 11 x 17 pages .... http://www.scribd.com/doc/48442309/The-Chao-te-Ching-Scrolls


it works out to 10 tabloid-size pages. Quite a bit of space!

I found this how-to about making wall-scrolls. http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6711648_make-anime-wall-scroll.html - They suggest printing to iron-on transfer paper (can you get that in 11 x 17?) and then ironing it onto fabric, and then hanging the fabric using dowels. Sounds like fun, actually, but probably more trouble than it's worth unless you intend to devote a whole wall to 'em. I don't have room in my house for something like that. 


Makes me wonder... if you had to condense the text down to 3 tabloid-size pages, which chapters would go on it?

[LMNO]

I was thinking more that you could keep it rolled up if you wanted, like the Torah.

[Cramulus]

ahhh .. I didn't think of it that way! good idea. What do you think the best way to attach the pages would be? needle & thread?

[LMNO]

It sounds like this is fabric related, and therefore should be referred to the Principality of Suu for further consultation.

[Requia ☣]

A scroll set of this stuff would be freaking awesome if it could be done for a reasonable price.

Hmm, you could possibly just sell the transfers if those would survive shipping.

[LMNO]

Considering the Wiki is opensource, and the whole thing is CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, I have no problem with offering increasingly more expensive versions of this.

You can get it free, or you can pay for decent packaging.  Your call.

[Cramulus]

I'd love to hear any design notes you design-spags have on design.

[Cramulus]

pdf updated... http://www.scribd.com/doc/34652650/Chao-te-Ching


edits:

increased font size on the cover

increased font size for the body

I cleaned up my preface for humor and brevity.

Fixed a small number of typos

Removed the word "Chapter" from each page



still left to-do:

finalize the cover. The image prints darker than the background.

[LMNO]

Flip it, then.  Red background, black font.

[hooplala]

It looks really amazing guys!

[Cuddlefish]

Guys, this is fucking great. Fucking. Great. LMNO's intro is perfect. Crams intro I didn't like at first, but when I got to the end, I was all like: "ah, ok."

An aside, I really should start paying better attention. I would have loved to have been a part of this, even a small one. Regardless, great work everyone!