[evergreen-outreach] Annual Report proofing copy

Galen Charlton gmc at equinoxinitiative.org
Wed Apr 11 11:11:28 EDT 2018


Hi,

Thanks for your ongoing work on this!  I've added feedback on the
second PDF to my document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oA7q9S14E1Q57_FMGD0HcZu-SWsRMoXJ0aRkDHYa_H4/edit#

Regards,

Galen

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Galen!  One thing I've noticed is that as Kathy and I have both
> worked on the document that her system has changed fonts and when doing so
> sizes and styles change also.  Well, rather Kathy and I have both noticed
> it.  However, the effect has been more dramatic than I realized at first.
> Galen correctly guessed this in one of his comments and it's the cause of
> several others.  So, things like text boxes that made sense when I last
> looked at them now are nonsensical and cut off in the middle!  It also
> caused things like the Evergreen logo to suddenly overlap text where it
> didn't before.  It has also affected things like line spacing.  This
> behavior on Scribus's part is concerning and it means I need to go back over
> every page for consistency.  I have appointments tomorrow and I want more
> eyes on this so I'm going to go ahead and work in Galen's feedback and put
> out a new PDF (to be attached to this email).
>
> Galen noted several places where colors were too close and edges were too
> close.  Some of those I had noticed or was on the fence about but was
> waiting for major layout to be done to address so please continue to send
> feedback about those sorts of things.  Little things like that can make a
> big difference in final presentation and I've stared at this enough that
> fresh eyes can catch things I miss or help make the decision easier one way
> or the other.  With that said I do see things now in the PDF view that
> aren't obvious in the layout software so I'm making tweaks as I see things
> too.
>
> I'll be away from my computer a fair bit tomorrow with appointments but at
> some point in the next 24 hours I'll sit down and do another pass looking at
> text issues as well as a my first review of things like spacing between
> frames based on the PDF view.  This is definitely something for a
> post-report analysis of how this experiment went.
>
> Proofing copy 02 is attached.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rogan,
>>
>> Here are my proofreading notes:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oA7q9S14E1Q57_FMGD0HcZu-SWsRMoXJ0aRkDHYa_H4/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > It's here!
>> >
>> >
>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lt8fkzjzgxiy1ng/Evergreen%20Annual%20Report%202017%20proofing%20copy%2001.pdf?dl=0
>> >
>> > Here is the first of the copies for proof reading.  Please note that it
>> > has
>> > only received the most superficial proofreading at this point as the
>> > focus
>> > has been on getting the major layout and content in place.  So, please,
>> > beat
>> > it up.  As we get feedback I'll add names of proofreaders to the credits
>> > page.  Also, if anyone knows the name of the logo designer for the 2017
>> > conference logo I'd like to add it.  I assume it was done as work for
>> > hire
>> > and all that but I still think it's good to acknowledge where we can.
>> >
>> > I didn't add a CC license since we didn't gather those permissions from
>> > each
>> > contributor (and some it might be hard to explain it to) but I did add a
>> > statement on the back expressly giving permission to duplicate and
>> > redistribute the report since everyone agreed to that by contributing
>> > content.
>> >
>> > At this point some graphics and layout tweaks are still likely to happen
>> > but
>> > not major ones.
>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Galen Charlton
>> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>> email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
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>
>



-- 
Galen Charlton
Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
Equinox Open Library Initiative
phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
direct: +1 770-709-5581
cell:   +1 404-984-4366


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