Hi :) No worries about "the noise". It's what we are here for and hopefully others here can give better advice about beautifying it. I suspect though that others will want advice from you about how you made yours look so good 'even as it is'. Doubtless it already looks fantastic but it's difficult for you to "see the wood for the trees". It's not "noise" it's vibrancy, professionalism and perfectionism. :)
A fresh set of eyes might be called for, preferably someone fairly attractive in a coffee shop or library or somewhere. (So that if they diss it then you know it's because they are probably too shallow or snobby or weirded-out to have really noticed it and if they don't diss it then you've won twice). I wasn't suggesting to pay a pro, more like just asking the people who do the next bit of work what would make it easier or better for them. People rarely think about this but if they see and print books all day long then they may have built-up some decent opinions = which you can later ignore or use. Tbh i don't even know if people do get their thesises professionally printed these days. Personally i'm too much of a coward to dare anything like this for myself but so many times i wish i had. Advice is always easier to give than to take! ;) Thanks for saying my advice was good! :)) Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 17:32, Julian Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Dammit Tom, > > That it is *too* good advice. > > Ok, I'll slunk off and actually get back to work:) Nice take though. > > Chance is good but this thesis is very much deterministic. > I guess it's from the endless books I've been neck-deep in for so long - > some of them are beautiful to look at - I'd like some of that please. > > I guess then the answer is 'go and pay a pro then'. > > Ok, thanks > > Apologies for the noise, > > Julian > > On 11 October 2016 at 16:43, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi :) >> The official place for people to put templates they would like to share >> is; >> http://templates.libreoffice.org/ >> >> As for fonts i am sure there are many crazy and fairly sane fonts out >> there. Are you planning to have your thesis printed professionally? If so >> it might be worth asking the printing company for their ideas. If you want >> to go all out then it might be worth paying for a font or hunting around >> for an interesting free one but all that sounds like a distraction from the >> main task. Libertine may seem boring to you, but that's probably because >> you have been using it for so long. One positive with still using it is >> that it "brands" it as being yours, and from a specific time in your life. >> Other people will probably still see it as fresh and new and distinctly >> you. >> >> I tend to find flipping a coin helps me realise what i really want to do >> at such moments (or i can always go with what the coin landed on). Are you >> just delaying completion or/and trying to be too perfectionist about it? >> It's a lot of work and taken a lot of time to get to this point - are you >> just doing what most of us would do and delaying moving on? There is a >> mantra in Open Source, "Release early and release often" because the >> important thing is to get the work "out there" for people to see, use and >> draw from for their own work. By finally letting go and getting it out >> there it enables people to give feedback and suggest 'improvements' (which >> may or may not be as carefully considered as they think) to help (which may >> or may not actually really help). >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 October 2016 at 14:56, Julian Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello again, >>> >>> Hope this isn't seen as too cheeky... >>> >>> Does anyone have any templates they'd be willing to share as examples of >>> decent contemporary layout (for my particular usage, it's a thesis)? >>> >>> Mines just, well, boring tbh (not far off the LO standard layout, which, >>> though fine, is just that - somewhat dull and functional. >>> >>> I don't mean something crazy and snazzy, just a proper solid contemporary >>> layout by someone who's into graphic design, typography and such stuff, >>> with a keen eye. >>> >>> Or, does anyone have any links to, or pointers for, a good place to look >>> that not only provides examples but clear instructions on spacings, >>> heights, etc.? >>> >>> Font-wise, I've been making use of Linux Libertine for many years but >>> even >>> that seems a bit staid these days (if ethically sound:). >>> >>> S'cuse the ennui, >>> >>> Julian >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns >>> ubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >> >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
