The templates for flyers/posters ready to slightly modify and print is a nice idea.
I don't know if fedora already have this kind of asset, but I consider that would be useful for both. I could help on that... if you allow me =). 2012/3/21 <[email protected]> > Send design-team mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of design-team digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Organizing our swag designs a little better (Máirín Duffy) > 2. Re: Organizing our swag designs a little better (Robyn Bergeron) > 3. Re: Organizing our swag designs a little better > (Luya Tshimbalanga) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:53:51 -0400 > From: Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Design-team] Organizing our swag designs a little better > Message-ID: <1332280431.8828.38.camel@pandamotor> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi folks, > > I think it would be good if we could make it easier for ambassadors to > order swag. Right now, our assets are kind of all over the place. I put > together a first stab at trying to organize some designs we've used > before: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Duffy/brandstuff > > Do you see any designs that are missing that we should have here? Do you > have any ideas for new designs we could make that would be useful to > ambassadors? Let's brainstorm and see what else might be useful? > > Some points: > > - These are for materials ambassadors order to be printed. Let's not > worry about graphics or stuff you can print on a home printer, because I > don't think those are as much as a problem for ambassadors. > > - Since they are for print, we'll need to make CMYK, embedded font / > fonts-to-paths, print-ready PDFs available for the ambassadors to grab > and send off to their vendors. (Common problems we've had with designs > in the past is RGB instead of CMYK colors, and incorrect or old fonts) > > - Each design might have several different print files. For example, A-2 > has been printed on both Fedora pens and Fedora lanyards, and I think > even tablecloths. Since different swag are different sizes, we'll need > different print-ready artwork files - one per application - even if the > design is basically the same. > > - Any designs that use MgModata (besides the FUDcon logotype) should use > Comfortaa now, I updated the ones I could. > > I'm going to send the ambassadors a similar email to see if what is here > so far works and to see if there is anything else they think they might > need. Maybe a blog post too :) > > Thanks, > ~m > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:08:07 -0700 > From: Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Design-team] Organizing our swag designs a little better > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 03/20/2012 02:53 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I think it would be good if we could make it easier for ambassadors to > > order swag. Right now, our assets are kind of all over the place. I put > > together a first stab at trying to organize some designs we've used > > before: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Duffy/brandstuff > > > > Do you see any designs that are missing that we should have here? Do you > > have any ideas for new designs we could make that would be useful to > > ambassadors? Let's brainstorm and see what else might be useful? > > > > Some points: > > > > - These are for materials ambassadors order to be printed. Let's not > > worry about graphics or stuff you can print on a home printer, because I > > don't think those are as much as a problem for ambassadors. > > > > - Since they are for print, we'll need to make CMYK, embedded font / > > fonts-to-paths, print-ready PDFs available for the ambassadors to grab > > and send off to their vendors. (Common problems we've had with designs > > in the past is RGB instead of CMYK colors, and incorrect or old fonts) > > > > - Each design might have several different print files. For example, A-2 > > has been printed on both Fedora pens and Fedora lanyards, and I think > > even tablecloths. Since different swag are different sizes, we'll need > > different print-ready artwork files - one per application - even if the > > design is basically the same. > > > > - Any designs that use MgModata (besides the FUDcon logotype) should use > > Comfortaa now, I updated the ones I could. > > > > I'm going to send the ambassadors a similar email to see if what is here > > so far works and to see if there is anything else they think they might > > need. Maybe a blog post too :) > +487, excellent excellent idea. > > A few additional thoughts: > > * Some info on why RGB is different vs. CMYK, and how to talk to your > vendor about this to verify what they are using without feeling > overwhelmed. > > * Revisit the tri-fold flyers or any other flyers that ambassadors give > out, see if we can work with marketing to make them more up-to-date, or > at least have a simple, nice template for people to use, and make sure > that we have them sized for printing in various parts of the world, > since not everyone uses the same type of paper. > > Will keep thinking on this... I'm sure I may have other ideas. > > Thanks for tackling this, Mo! :) > > -Robyn > > > Thanks, > > ~m > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > design-team mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:19:44 -0700 > From: Luya Tshimbalanga <[email protected]> > To: Fedora Design Team <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Design-team] Organizing our swag designs a little better > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On Tue 20 Mar 2012 06:08:07 PM PDT, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > > * Some info on why RGB is different vs. CMYK, and how to talk to your > > vendor about this to verify what they are using without feeling > > overwhelmed. > > In summary, RGB (Red Green Blue combinated) is an addictive colour > model of the light on which a combination of RGB makes white displayed > on screen from TV to your average cellphone while CMYK (Cyan Magenta > Yellow Key - in black -) is a subtractive colour model on which the > combination is black found on materials like ink and paint. Hope that > helps. > > -- > Luya Tshimbalanga > Graphic & Web Designer > E: [email protected] > W: http://www.coolest-storm.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > > End of design-team Digest, Vol 35, Issue 15 > ******************************************* >
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