Re: book cover

2015-09-05 Thread Les
On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 11:10:00 +0200 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I tried text in Gimp, but export leads also to a large output. > Will try the Krita drawing program Wolfgang, Have you tried Scribus? I did a quick test with a random photo as the graphic and the word "Test" in 60pt characters for t

Re: book cover

2015-09-05 Thread bart deruyter
Wolfgang, the size of the export depends on the file type you use, the canvas size and the resolution. If you use png (which is the raster export file type of inkscape) the end result will be large indeed. Inkscape does not export to jpg. But if you open up your export from inkscape in gimp, resiz

Re: book cover

2015-09-05 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
I tried text in Gimp, but export leads also to a large output. Will try the Krita drawing program Wolfgang Am 05.09.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: I would like to come back to a question I had recently. I have a background picture sized 24 KiB and a text image produced with inkscape

Re: book cover

2015-09-05 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
I would like to come back to a question I had recently. I have a background picture sized 24 KiB and a text image produced with inkscape sized 9 KiB. The latter one should be on top of the former (text over picture). How can I achieve this without ending with a much too large final picture of o

Re: book cover

2015-08-29 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Thanks for the hint. Looks nice. However, the size of the covers in the examples you pointed to is also quite large. Wolfgang Am 28.08.2015 um 18:59 schrieb edu Gpl: Hi You can used bookcover package: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/bookcover Best regards ‏في الجمعة، ٢٨ أغسطس، ٢٠١٥, Wolfgang En

Re: book cover

2015-08-28 Thread edu Gpl
Hi You can used bookcover package: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/bookcover Best regards ‏في الجمعة، ٢٨ أغسطس، ٢٠١٥, Wolfgang Engelmann كتب: > Hello, > I have created a book cover using inkscape, an imported image (jpg) and > text. > The size is 62 KiB for the former and 72 for the latter. If I e

Re: book cover

2015-08-28 Thread David
Am 28.08.2015 um 11:15 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: > Hello, > I have created a book cover using inkscape, an imported image (jpg) and > text. > The size is 62 KiB for the former and 72 for the latter. If I export it > from Inkscape to pdf its size is 2 MiB. > Question: Can I include the much smalle

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2007-03-04 Thread Steve Litt
e cover and frontispiece however I want. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Sent: Frida

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-04-27 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of the final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to come before the title page. I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this? Simple enough for the "book" docu

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
> > > Cheers > > > > Bruce > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: Book cover in LyX file > > On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:03, Steve Litt w

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
preferred tool for that type of thing because it is easy and lets me design the cover and frontispiece however I want. Cheers Bruce - Original Message - From: "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:39 AM Subject: Re: Book cover in LyX

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Jose' Matos
On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:03, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of the > final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to come > before the title page. > > I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this