TBS 2-67 Cruisebook_Updated_7Jan23

Communications
pictures. What looks fine on a computer screen, may not look so sharp in printed
form. We have not tried to print this book, so you are pretty much on your own.
You will need to download the .pdf files onto a thumb drive. Any of the thousand
or more internet or "kinkos" print shops will be glad to get your business...for
a price. If any of you go this route, let us know how it turned out.
That said, you should be able to do draft­quality prints of any of the pages on
your home color printer. We are not sure how the colors will turn out when
viewed on a black­white print.
The Pit Crew:
This was a team effort. You classmates furnished the raw materials; Ed McMenamy
and Pete Oatis did the initial edits and made plenty of suggestions. Kenny Moore
and Tom Gay supplied encouragement, recommendations, liasion with Semper Fi
Organization and other outfits. Hugh did the heavy lifting on the Memorials,
Invitation Letters, Certificates, and graphic design, Ty and his webmaster set up
the TBS website and landing zone for access to the cruisebook files. Bob Lewis
provided consulting services on Linux and Scribus in addition to writing about
Company C, Bill McBride did the formatting, final assembly, and hand­off to the
viewing engine.
Tech. Stuff:
On the advice and recommendation of Andy Vaart (TBS 1­67) the layout was done
using a desktop publishing program. The one chosen for our book was "SCRIBUS",
which is powerful, free, runs on Windows, Apple, Linux, and is in the public
domain. Scribus version 1.5.5 was used. We also made extensive use of the suite
of Google Document tools, and the public domain "Office" collection, primarily
Libre Writer. A few other software tools were used to edit, compile, and merge
the .pdf output from Scribus. Test runs of the various sections were done using
ISSUU and other .pdf viewers. We chose a larger, bold typeface for most of the
printed sections to make it easier for our old and tired eyes to read.
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