2011/7/12 Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>: > On Thursday 16 June 2011 21:54:43 Jos Poortvliet wrote: >> On Friday 10 June 2011 10:41:13 Jos Poortvliet wrote: >> > On Thursday 09 June 2011 17:10:12 Karl Cheney wrote: >> > > James: >> > > >> > > My understanding is that A4 is the "required" alternative and requested >> > > size. The closest equivalent to US Legal (8.5" x 14") is B4 (10.12" x >> > > 14.33"). Even if we could use US Legal in Europe, copy would still need >> > > be deleted because the width is a half inch shorter and the length is >> > > almost 2 inches shorter than what the existing layout calls for. The >> > > reason for the current size is to fit all the content. >> > >> > Please note that I mostly asked for A4 based on my (possible >> > mis-)conception that in the EU and much of the rest of the world, US >> > Letter paper might be harder to come by or print on. I simply do not know >> > for sure if this is true or not. I checked a few online printshops in NL, >> > they all only offered A4. I suspect that IF letter is possible, it'll be >> > more expensive. >> > >> > If we shorten the text a bit, maybe an A4 version with the links added to >> > one of the two text panels (or both) could be used. This means we remove >> > the panel with the links (Get Connected) instead of the text ones. Ideas? >> > >> > >> > >> > For now, I'd say let's start with having a Brochure in Letter format. I >> > will try and shorten the texts so we can have it translated in the future >> > but the text for the english one is fine as it is. >> > >> > If the other marketeers agree, let's consider this thing final so we can >> > print it in the USA! >> >> Hi all, >> >> Can I get some of your thoughts on this? Should I print 2000 of these in >> the USA and start writing a shorter text to be translated in Spanish, >> Portugese, German etc? > > Ok, if nobody answers, I'll just decide. Once Karl has made the changes > suggested by Henne, we'll print 2000 doublesided flyers and 800 posters like > the ones we had at Scale ('why is openSUSE cool').
Sorry For some reason I lost this e-mail :-( For what is worth I agree, just send me the source file to translated in Greek, although I am not sure if a translation would be a better solution that the actual English text since the translation of cool in Greek is a bit weird. I still use the ones we had in Scale,though the colors fade out a bit, people really attracted by it in the events we made. > >> Should we remove the panel with links for the A4 version? Or one of the >> other two panels? > > Let's remove the one with links and put just an openSUSE link somewhere else. > >> Here's a link to the current brochure if you want to have a look: >> http://linux.ioda.net/openSUSE/git/opensuse-artwork/flyers/ >> >> Pick the bottom one, openSUSE brochure_v3.pdf > -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
