The title page of the PGF 2.00 manual.

Thanks to Ludger Humbert for submitting a standalone version of the titlepage.


pgf2-titlepage

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% isolated Frontpage of [Tantau 2008]
% Mi 30. Apr 12:58:37 CEST 2008, lh
%
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}


\usetikzlibrary{%
   decorations.fractals%
  ,decorations.pathmorphing%
  ,shadows%
}

\begin{document}

  \parindent0pt
  \null
  \colorlet{mintgreen}{green!50!black!50}

  \thispagestyle{empty}
  \vskip3cm
  \vfill
  \hfil
  \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
    \coordinate (front) at (0,0);
    \coordinate (horizon) at (0,.31\paperheight);
    \coordinate (bottom) at (0,-.6\paperheight);
    \coordinate (sky) at (0,.57\paperheight);
    \coordinate (left) at (-.51\paperwidth,0);
    \coordinate (right) at (.51\paperwidth,0);

    \shade [bottom color=blue!30!black!10,top color=blue!30!black!50]
      ([yshift=-5mm]horizon -|  left) rectangle (sky -| right);
    \shade [bottom color=black!70!green!25,top color=black!70!green!10]
      (front -| left) -- (horizon -| left)
      decorate [decoration=random steps] { -- (horizon -| right) }
      -- (front -| right) -- cycle;
    \shade [top color=black!70!green!25,bottom color=black!25]
      (front -| left) -- (horizon -| left)
      decorate [decoration=random steps] { -- (horizon -| right) }
      -- (front -| right) -- cycle;
    \shade [top color=black!70!green!25,bottom color=black!25]
      ([yshift=-5mm-1pt]front -| left) rectangle ([yshift=1pt]front -| right);
    \fill [black!25] (bottom -| left) rectangle ([yshift=-5mm]front -| right);

    \def\nodeshadowed[#1]#2;{\node[scale=2,above,#1]{#2};\node[scale=2,
        above,#1,yscale=-1,scope fading=south,opacity=0.4]{#2};}

    \nodeshadowed [at={(-5,5  )},yslant=0.05]
        {\Huge Ti\textcolor{orange}{\emph{k}}Z};
    \nodeshadowed [at={( 0,5.3)}] {\huge \textcolor{mintgreen}{\&}};
    \nodeshadowed [at={( 5,5  )},yslant=-0.05] {\Huge \textsc{PGF}};
    \nodeshadowed [at={( 0,2  )}] {Manual for Version \pgftypesetversion};

    \foreach \i in {0.5,0.6,...,2}
      \fill [white,decoration=Koch snowflake,opacity=.9]
            [shift=(horizon),shift={(rand*11,rnd*7)},scale=\i]
            [double copy shadow={opacity=0.2,shadow xshift=0pt,shadow
              yshift=3*\i pt,fill=white,draw=none}]
        decorate {
          decorate {
            decorate {
              (0,0) -- ++(60:1) -- ++(-60:1) -- cycle
            }
          }
        };
  \end{tikzpicture}
  \vfill
\end{document}

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