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Redo the printed Booke title page. Put a big title in English Towne, the official Havoc font. Add a title for each volume, and also print the subtitle on the cover. Add the buzzard, too. On A5, we now need to split the title page across two physical pages. This looks OK to me.
author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
date Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:19:25 +0100
parents 4800e1f12632
children 991c5c984c69
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--- a/dottes.tex.a4header	Fri Jun 14 20:51:20 2013 +0100
+++ b/dottes.tex.a4header	Fri Jun 14 23:19:25 2013 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage{fancyhdr}
 \usepackage{longtable}
-\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
 
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \hypersetup{
@@ -47,28 +46,23 @@
 % -----
 
 % Title page
-\newcommand*{\rotrt}[1]{\rotatebox{90}{#1}} % Command to rotate right 90 degrees
-\newcommand*{\rotlft}[1]{\rotatebox{-90}{#1}} % Command to rotate left 90 degrees
-
-\newcommand*{\titleBC}{\begingroup % Create the command for including the title page in the document
-\centering % Center all text
-
-\def\CP{\textit{\Huge Ye Crie Havock Booke of Dottes}} % Title
+\newfontfamily\havocfont[Scale=3.5]{English Towne}
 
-\settowidth{\unitlength}{\CP} % Set the width of the curly brackets to the width of the title
-{\color{LightGoldenrod}\resizebox*{\unitlength}{\baselineskip}{\rotrt{$\}$}}} \\[\baselineskip] % Print top curly bracket
-\textcolor{Sienna}{\CP} \\[\baselineskip] % Print title
-{\color{RosyBrown}\Large \input{subtitle.txt}} \\ % Tagline or further description
-{\color{LightGoldenrod}\resizebox*{\unitlength}{\baselineskip}{\rotlft{$\}$}}} % Print bottom curly bracket
-
-\vfill % Whitespace between the title and the author name
-
-{\Large\textbf{Cry Havoc}}\\ % Author name
-
-\vfill % Whitespace between the author name and the rest
-
-\today % Date published
-
+\newcommand*{\titleDB}{\begingroup
+\centering
+\vspace*{0.10\textheight}
+{\Large \havocfont{Ye}}\\[\baselineskip]
+{\Huge \havocfont{Crie Havock}}\\[\baselineskip]
+{\Large \havocfont{Booke of}}\\[\baselineskip]
+{\Huge \havocfont{Dottes}}\\[2.5\baselineskip]
+{\Huge \input{title.txt}}\\[\baselineskip]
+{\Large \input{subtitle.txt}}\\[\baselineskip]
+\vfill
+\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth,keepaspectratio]{buzzard}
+\vfill
+{Compiled by Jim Hague}\\[\baselineskip]
+\vfill
+{\small\sffamily \today}\par
 \endgroup}
 
 % -----
@@ -85,13 +79,14 @@
 
 % ----- Title page and contents
 
-\titleBC
+\titleDB
 
 \newpage
 
 \tableofcontents
 
-\newpage
+% Now the TOC is gone, put space between paragraphs.
+\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}
 
 % -----
 
@@ -99,8 +94,14 @@
 
 \input{intro.txt}
 
-This book is a work in progress. You can download the latest version from
-\url{http://dottes.cryhavoc.org.uk/}.
+All tunes in this book are believed to be in the public domain, or at the
+very least enjoy widespread currency on the folk music scene. If I have
+inadvertantly transgressed on anyone's copyright, please contact me at
+\href{mailto:dottes@cryhavoc.org.uk}{dottes@cryhavoc.org.uk} and I will
+remove the offending tune.
+
+The Booke of Dottes is a constant work in progress. You can download the latest
+version from \url{http://dottes.cryhavoc.org.uk/}.
 
 % -----