PGF 2.0 title page

The title page of the PGF 2.00 manual.

Thanks to Ludger Humbert for submitting a standalone version of the 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;
 
 
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