[lojban-beginners] Re: Printed Materials

[Scott <scottr@synthiotics.com>]

> Back up! This conversation began after I last checked my e-mail, and in
> that short time has gone very very far. As I have said in the past, I do
> very professional graphic design and have been waiting for opportunities to
> use them for Lojban materials. A cover would be easy, and I would make it
> look extremely attractive. 

Go for it!  I'd love to see what you can come up with!  I haven't checked into 
the required graphic dimensions or format, but I assume they're easy enough 
to discover.

> If you'd like the whole dictionary to be 
> re-designed, it would take a very long time to reformat all the text, so
> that depends on how long we are willing to wait, and whether we are willing
> to settle for the existing PDF when I am willing to provide a much more
> attractive alternative.

My own feeling is that the existing dictionary text is pretty good as-is.  I 
have no doubt that a professional designer could make it even better, but I'm 
not sure that's warranted if it would take a long time to put together.  My 
own thought about the dictionary is that this is more of an interim 
production for use until the LLG publishes an official version.  As I 
mentioned in an earlier message, this is more of a "bird in the hand" kind of 
book - it's worth more having any kind of dictionary right now than having to 
wait a long time before getting a complete one.

And I really do think the current format of the pdf file is quite acceptable.  
It looks very "dictionary like", which is all we can really ask for.  :-)

mu'o mi'e la skat.