On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 01:56:57PM -0700, W. Trevor King wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 01:33:55PM -0700, W. Trevor King wrote: > > In cases like this (badge graphics), I'd suggest the Git history as a > > useful place to store the creation routine. We currently have > > messages like “Adding helper badge from 'bc' repo [3]”, but that would > > be more useful if it had a message body like: > > > > Created with: > > > > $ ./bin/badge-create.py … > > So it's a bit more work this way, but “copied from bc” is enough to > find the source. Looking through swcarpentry/bc for stuff touching > files like 'badge*png' turns up: > > * Initial creation (maybe copied from swcarpentry/boot-camps?) in > d5d75d1 (Initializing template for Software Carpentry bootcamp home > pages, 2013-07-14). > * Edits in 96ef9a4 (Updated badges, 2013-08-18, #14 [1]). > * Removal in bf9e6c1 (Only two bootcamps ever included instructor > bios…, 2013-12-02, #189 [2]). > > Preston includes the SVG source in #14, so that's probably enough > source for you to create a new badge along the same style. He also > changes some comments in the SVGs from “Created with Inkscape” to > “Generator: Adobe Illustrator…”, which hints at the process ;). > … > [1]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/pull/14
And it's not in the commit message, but Preston has some useful notes on his Adobe Illustrator settings, font choices, and Inkscape cross-compatibility in the PR message for #14. Cheers, Trevor -- This email may be signed or encrypted with GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
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