From b8e00a0f8739f05d26964700df29d06cfec95ef8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Odle <kenneth.odle@kjodle.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:19:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added LaTeX version of outside cover

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 cover/outside-cover.tex | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cover/outside-cover.tex

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+\documentclass[8pt,letterpaper,landscape]{extreport}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[english]{babel}
+\usepackage[scaled=2.00]{helvet}
+\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
+
+% Background images
+\usepackage{tcolorbox}
+\usepackage{ninecolors}
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{shadings}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{eso-pic}
+
+% Text
+\usepackage{tabularray}
+\usepackage{caption}
+\captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
+
+% page size
+\usepackage[
+%	paperheight=8.5in,
+%	paperwidth=5.5in,
+	left=1cm,
+	right=1cm,
+	top=2cm,
+	bottom=1cm]
+{geometry}
+
+% Tighten up the typography
+\usepackage{microtype}
+
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+
+
+\AddToShipoutPictureBG{
+\put(0cm,0cm){
+\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1in, y=1in, remember picture, overlay]
+\NineColors{saturation=high} 
+	\draw[line width=2pt, color=gray9] (5.5,0.0) -- (5.5,7.5);
+	\shade[top color=gray7, bottom color=white] (7.20,-0.5) rectangle (7.30, 8.5);
+	\shade[top color=white, bottom color=gray5] (8.9,-0.5) rectangle (9.05, 8.5);
+	\draw[line width=10mm, color=brown7] (-0.5,1.5) -- (11.0,1.5);
+	\filldraw[color=white, fill=brown7, ultra thick](10.5,1.5) circle (0.06);
+	\filldraw[color=white, fill=white, ultra thick](10.3,1.5) circle (0.06);
+\end{tikzpicture}
+% \tikz \draw[top color=gray7] 
+} % End put
+}
+
+% Get rid of table caption
+% Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/716286
+% Posted by Celdor
+% Retrieved 2026-01-21, License - CC BY-SA 4.0
+\NewTblrTheme{blank}{
+    \DefTblrTemplate{firsthead}{default}{}%
+    \DefTblrTemplate{middlehead,lasthead}{default}{}%
+    \DefTblrTemplate{contfoot-text}{default}{}%
+}
+
+\begin{longtblr}
+[
+	caption = {},
+	label   = {tb:},
+	theme   = {blank}
+]{
+	width      = {\textwidth},
+	colspec    = { X[3.5,l] X[1,c] X[1,c] X[1,c] },
+	rows       = {3mm, m, rowsep=0.5pt},
+	cells	   = {font=\bfseries\fontsize{20pt}{40pt}\selectfont},
+}
+ & \color{gray5} {T\\H\\E} & \color{gray5} {L\\I\\N\\U\\X} & \color{gray5} {D\\I\\C\\T\\I\\O\\N\\A\\R\\Y} \\
+\end{longtblr}
+
+\vspace{12mm}
+
+\begin{longtblr}
+[
+	caption = {},
+	label   = {tb:},
+	theme   = {blank}
+]{
+	width      = {\textwidth},
+	colspec    = { X[5.5,l] X[3.0,l] X[2.0,r] },
+	rows       = {1mm, m, rowsep=3pt},
+	cells	   = {font=\bfseries\sffamily\fontsize{6pt}{10pt}\selectfont},
+}
+ & By Kenneth John Odle & Volume 1 of 2 \\
+ & & First Edition \\
+\end{longtblr}
+
+
+\end{document}