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jcsalomon · 06-13-2014, 07:18 PM

For a simple book I’m working on, there’s no real cover image, just text and geometrical shapes. So I was thinking to build the cover entirely in SVG, something like this:

Code:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN'
  'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd'>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head><title>Book Title</title></head>

<body>
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="540" width="360">
    <!-- stuff goes here, with words in <text> elements -->
  </svg>
</body>
</html>

I haven’t found any examples of this on the forums here—or anywhere else, for that matter. Is my google-fu weak on the subject, or is there a good reason to keep away from this idea that everybody but me already knows?

06-13-2014, 07:18 PM	#1
jcsalomon Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1204 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Bookari (née Mantano Reader) on Android; Kindle Fire HD	Pure SVG covers For a simple book I’m working on, there’s no real cover image, just text and geometrical shapes. So I was thinking to build the cover entirely in SVG, something like this: Code: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd'> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><title>Book Title</title></head> <body> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="540" width="360"> <!-- stuff goes here, with words in <text> elements --> </svg> </body> </html> I haven’t found any examples of this on the forums here—or anywhere else, for that matter. Is my google-fu weak on the subject, or is there a good reason to keep away from this idea that everybody but me already knows? Last edited by jcsalomon; 06-18-2014 at 02:35 PM. Reason: Revert