What I'll probably do is just upload all versions of the banner somewhere and let whoever is paying for the print choose and tweak to their liking. That way all we need to agree upon is the OpenStreetMap name and the magnifying glass icon.
In the end it's literally a 5min job to make different versions. For example, I personally believe that the Japanese banner was made for an international audience, why else would it have "Japan" not only written on it but in Roman characters. So, if we want a banner to be shown in a SoTM presentation then having "Australia" on it would be appropriate. Otherwise it may be best to have "Gathering" or "Mapping Party" or "Meeting" instead. With regard to horizontal centering: I aligned the text on the right hand edge but intentionally left the bottom line a bit to the left on the LHS so as to balance the protrusion of the magnifying glass. I'll whip up a few more versions tonight. Going on an endurance training ride today :). ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, <b.schulz...@scu.edu.au> wrote: > > Yeah, the 2 logos kind of each represent an extreme: one is a > bit plain and > > the other is too distracting. > > > > I might try putting a map rendered as the background, but have > it more as a > > watermark than an attraction. It's probably time to read some > Inkscape> tutorials... > > > > Any other ideas are most welcome. > > Version 2 gets my vote. Plain is infinitely better than crowded IMHO. > Just make sure the two lines of text are horizontally centred with > respect to each other. I wouldn't bother with putting a map in the > background. >
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