On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Let's move this insight into the wikis and document. > > Moving forward, we can prepare a visual identity style guide. > I put some material up on the wiki back in January. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Design and https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Style+Guide It is important that we have a fresh pallet and brand image for 4.0 and I don't think that we should necessarily be wedded to the past given that we are in a whole new ballgame, especially as now we have achieved graduation. cheers GL > > > > On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > > On 10/22/12, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 10/22/2012 03:42 PM, RGB ES wrote: > > >> 2012/10/23 Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 10/22/2012 02:18 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On 20/10/2012 imacat wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> I happen to have a 300x100 logo at hand, so I updated it. Feel > free > > >>>>> to revise it if you feel my uploaded logo is ugly. > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I think that this was good as a temporary solution, but that we > should > > >>>> delete it now, since it has different colors and we don't want > > >>>> "variants" (in fonts, colors) of the chosen logo around unless they > > are > > >>>> clearly marked as proposals. > > >>>> > > >>>> The reference logo is > > >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/**images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-**hires.jpg< > > http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg> > > >>>> and apparently it was supplied as a JPG; PNG would be much better, > SVG > > >>>> would be totally better, but the source so far is this one and it > was > > >>>> contributed by Michael Acevedo. What we have in SVG and (possibly) > PNG > > >>>> was derived from this one. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> svg should be: > > >>> > > >>> > > > http://www.openoffice.org/**images/AOO_logos/svg/OOo_**Website_v2_copy.svg > > <http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/svg/OOo_Website_v2_copy.svg> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> AFAIK, that svg is just a "container" for the raster image: it do not > > >> contain a vector image. > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Ricardo > > > > > > hmmm...well, OK. I think I remember something like this now. Should we > > > use Alexandro's new one at: > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27834483/ApacheOpenOfficeTM.svg > > > > AFAIK there was no resolution on the fonts, the discussion ended on > > asking Michael Acevedo, but he never replied. > > > > However since we are discussing this changes, it would be a good idea > > to jump to an open font type, like Nimbus or Liberation and have a > > deadline to reach a conclusion. > > > > From other discussions about the icons, there is a bit of a push back > > on accepting "Oracle's impositions" like the Orb and the Galaxy > > themes. Rob's idea is that we actually have a more Visual Design > > documentation that take advantage of the design elements we currently > > have, and maybe generate new ones. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> should we give it a better name? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> The logo at > > >>>> > > > http://incubator.apache.org/**openofficeorg/images/300x100_**dj_trans.png< > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/images/300x100_dj_trans.png> > > >>>> has different colors and different fonts so I would remove it now > that > > >>>> it is no longer used at > > >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/**openofficeorg/< > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/>; > > >>>> or > > >>>> is it still being used somewhere? > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Andrea. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** > > >>> ------------ > > >>> MzK > > >>> > > >>> "Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never > > >>> dealt with a cat." > > >>> -- Robert Heinlein > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > MzK > > > > > > "Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never > > > dealt with a cat." > > > -- Robert Heinlein > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > > http://es.openoffice.org > > >
