This Section of the vvvv webpage will be dedicated to my diploma for which I intend to compile and design a printable vvvv Manual.

First thougts

All the text formally present on this site, was moved one level deeper: Read it here

Furthermore, there exists a short english abstract and a longer german version:
vvvv Manual Abstract (german)
vvvv Manual Abstract (english)

Design studies

For printer friendlyness, I would prefer the book to be A4, but in landscape format as this is a typical format for a manual.http://vvvv.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=396First Text Style tests for a book 21x21cm as pdf (30.68 Kb)</a> NEW

And some first sketches of a poosible Look:

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Character styles

Working with the xml templates made me think about the various formatting styles we may need to use in the manual. I will make a separate page to discuss them later on, right now I need to find out, how many different formatting styles will be needed.
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• Big Headlines for Chapters
• Smaller Headlines inside Paragraphs
• The style for long texts
• Bold
• Italic
• a style for hyperlinks
• Footnotes

Research

• First tests of InDesign's xml im- and export functions

The two parts (stubs!)

NB: Before reading the things regarding the two parts of the manual, please read the "First Thoughts" and maybe the Abstract...

All about the Manual Part (Part #1)

All about the Showcase Part (Part #2)