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Old 08-03-2009, 11:07 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I guess I'll have to learn a bit more about SVG now. I wonder if Illustrator exports it...
If you grab any of my ePUBs, in the Cover.xhtml file you'll find a simple SVG cover (commented out). You could use that as a starting point for "learning" (bu I'm no SVG expert, I just learned enough to do that )

Humm... No need to grab anything, here is a sample:

Code:
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 600 800" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet">
  <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="rgb(86%,87%,44%)" />
  <rect width="100%" height="200" fill="rgb(0,0,0)" />
  <rect x="100%" y="200" width="200" height="100%" transform="translate(-200,0)" fill="rgb(0,0,0)" />
  <rect x="100%" y="0" width="200" height="200" transform="translate(-200,0)" fill="rgb(86%,87%,44%)" />
  <g fill="rgb(100%,100%,100%)" transform="translate(-230,0)">
    <text x="100%" y="70" text-anchor="end" font-size="30" font-weight="bold" font-style="italic">Lewis Carroll</text>
    <text x="100%" y="150" text-anchor="end" font-size="36" font-weight="bold">Sylvie and Bruno</text>
    <text x="100%" y="270" text-anchor="middle" transform="translate(130,0)" font-size="20">
      <tspan x="100%" dy="0">1889</tspan>
      <tspan x="100%" dy="30">1893</tspan>
    </text>
  </g>
  <g fill="rgb(0%,0%,0%)" transform="translate(-230,230)">
    <text x="100%" y="0" text-anchor="end" font-size="20" font-weight="bold">
      <tspan x="100%" dy="0">Illustrated by Harry Furniss</tspan>
    </text>
  </g>
  <image x="50" y="220" height="500" width="300" xlink:href="images/Cover.jpg" />
  <image x="100%" y="0%" height="180" width="180" transform="translate(-190,10)" xlink:href="images/LewisCarroll.jpg" />
  <image x="0%" y="100%" height="100" width="100" transform="translate(10,-100)" xlink:href="images/epub.png" />
</svg>
The code for your title page would probably be much simpler.
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