On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/6/12, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/6/12, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Alexandro Colorado wrote: > >> >> > I upload the OpenOffice SVG logo on pure SVG, still needs some > >> >> > cleanup > >> >> > on the nodes, but this is a 100% SVG logo. > >> >> > The attachment is on the cWiki: > >> >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27834483/Apac > >> >> > heO penOfficeTM.svg & > >> >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?p > >> >> > age Id=27834483&sortBy=date& > >> >> > >> >> The orb is really nice here, a flawless vectorization of what we > have. > >> >> > >> >> The text appears a bit distorted, or maybe it's just my on-screen > >> >> rendering: for example, the "O" seems a bit wider and the "e" seems > to > >> >> be cut on the right, at least comparing the last image at > >> >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2783448 > >> >> 3 with your version. > >> > > >> > You're right, that vector needs a little titivating > >> > > >> >> Font was discussed in this thread > >> >> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/11468 > >> >> and it looks like the discussion settled on Verdana despite some > >> >> comments about it being non-free; anyway it is a very common font, so > >> >> it > >> >> might be possible to get it perfectly rendered to SVG too. > >> > > >> > That's not difficult, all fonts are vectors in any case and fontforge > >> > will export svg. > >> > > >> > I would definitely raise a -1 to using any proprietary fonts, > >> > especially > >> > one > >> > >> Here is a comparison between Bitstream, Nimbus and Liberation. > >> > >> http://imagebin.org/231102 > >> > >> Bitstream also was modified by reducing the width by 15%. > > > > That's right I remember doing that way back, the problem with that was/is > > that > > it made the font loo heavy in the wrong places. The most noticeable was > in > > > > the O In the bitstream family, the arc and the stress in the O are the > same > > > > width from top to bottom whereas in for instance Frutiger, the original > OOo > > > > font, the widths of the arc (the top and bottom of the bowl) were half > the > > width of the stress (the sides). This had the effect that when the font > was > > > > compressed, the arc remained lighter than the stress, or at least until > you > > > > got to 50%. > > > > With all of the Bitstream fonts (DejaVu, and Liberation are just > variations > > on > > the original Bitstream) compressing the font results in the character > > looking > > top heavy with a fat butt because the arcs are now wider than the > > stresses. > > Here is the Liberation font with some Condensed Bitstream on the Os. > http://imagebin.org/231157 > > please comment. > Here is the proper but with using Nimbus: http://imagebin.org/231160 > > > > > > Of the three, I'd go with Nimbus. I like the the Liberation set, but for > > some > > reason they decided that the uppercase O wasn't wide enough??? > Liberation > > uses some of the design cues of Frutiger, noticeable on the bowls of the > c > > and > > e. And I never liked the terminal on the bitstream f. it looks > unfinished, > > > > like the designer couldn't figure out what to do with it. > > > > Those subtle variations could be fixed in inkscape of course and because > > it's > > an open font we could modify it without issue. > > > > Cheers > > GL > > > > > > > >> > >> > that is owned by our No1 competitor. There are plenty of good Free > >> > fonts > >> > about: Bitstream Vera, DejaVu and Liberation are probably the most > >> > mature familys and Luxi and Nimbus are good fonts as well and > available > >> > on most Distros. > >> > > >> > > >> > However there is actually no need to use a given font in any case, the > >> > text > >> > > >> > can easily be created in Inkscape so that it is made up of letters > that > >> > are > >> > > >> > unique to the OpenOffice Logo. It is completely unnecessary to use a > >> > prepackaged font. > >> > > >> > This is a very rough freehand demonstration of the concept knocked up > >> > in > >> > five > >> > minutes using Inkscape > >> > > >> > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:AOOLogoDemo.svg > >> > > >> > This is not a particular font family and so there are no licensing > >> > issues. > >> > > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > GL > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > http://es.openoffice.org > -- Alexandro Colorado PPMC Apache OpenOffice http://es.openoffice.org
