On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 02 Dec 2011 21:31:45 drew wrote: >> Howdy Eric, >> >> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 08:52 +0100, eric b wrote: >> > Apologies, I forgot : >> > >> > Thank you very much for your proposal >> >> <snip> >> Your welcome and thanks also. >> >> > Instead of changing everything, I'd suggest to define a complete >> > graphic chart ? I mean new colors, new applications logos, and so >> > on : invite Designers, and people who have ideas to participate. >> >> hmm, my take on the conversation was that there was a user for a graphic >> specific to the project and not necessarily to the product, so that is >> what was in my head when prompted. >> >> So with specifics to the graphic I whipped up, one thing I'm not >> satisfied with is the color change to the text 'Open' I'll work on that >> later today. >> >> In general, I believe you are absolutely correct this project would >> benefit from some 'real' designer(s) getting involved. (maybe this will >> help spur some one..) >> >> For specific elements of the application changing, including the logo >> used there, this proposal does not mean I think they should be changed, >> at least not at the moment - that level of change would, IMO, best be >> held off on till some of the above human resources speak up. >> >> Anyway, it's getting rather late now - will try to work on that color >> issue after I get some sleep. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> //drew > > Eric is right however, first we need to define a colour pallet, font face, > bugs and general style. Define also dimensions and proportions and white > space for the various use cases. (print, web, promotional gear etc) This > should all be laid out in a style guide. Any fonts used should be available > under appropriate licenses as well. >
Maybe some subset of these standard sizes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_banner#Standard_sizes A logo for our website is one use, but I could imagine variations for things like: 1) Profile image for project-controlled social media. These tend to be square. 2) A "Powered By Apache OpenOffice" or similar logo for apps build on top of AOO See: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html#poweredby 3) A banner that friends of the project can use on their blogs or websites, in the side panel, to link to the AOO website. > Cheers > GL
