Hi Anita, As a general note, concerning all of the designs, I think the font used for QGIS displays a Q with a completely different 'tail' than any Q used for the project (it is entirely below the oval body of the Q). IMO, this, and the font's thin character width, make the font/logo look rather weak.
Be nice to have a more assertive font, or at least a similar font with a better Q, I think. Regards, Larry On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Anita Graser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > It's time to get the splash ready. This thread seems to agree with the > general direction of the drafts Nathan posted. I've therefore prepared > three variants of the design: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228465/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228767/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228881/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/> > > Please use the star feature to vote on the design(s) you prefer and leave > comments on the image page if you think something should be changed. I'll > check all the feedback and create the final version on Sunday evening (Sept > 1st, CEST). > > Best wishes, > Anita > > > > > Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <[email protected]>: > > Hi >> >> My 2c below: >> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow <[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> >>> Here is a version with the green but also the full logo: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/**u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.**png<https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png> >>>> >>>> >>> +1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout doesn't >>> include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider removing >>> it. >>> >>> >>> I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and >> nestled >> into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no >> transparency. >> >> >> Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit >>> goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of >>> professional >>> fonts which I can work with to find something better. >>> >>> >> Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at least easily >> available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can easily >> re-use it in future releases. >> >> >> >>> Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a >>> background PNG without the lettering? >>> >>> There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and 'Dufour,' >>> nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind of >>> like >>> the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at minimum, the >>> coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a difference >>> in >>> tone of the same color. >>> >>> >>> I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the words. >> >> Also a note that we usually store the master splash in much higher >> resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A >> downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future >> releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text >> containing the version and name. >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> Regards, >> >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> >>> >>> - Nathan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily based on >>>>> >>>>>> swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done maps, I >>>>>> don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking at >>>>>> the >>>>>> splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement. >>>>>> I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of QGIS >>>>>> and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard >>>>>> product of the official Swiss map-makers. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did before) >>>>> to >>>>> try the dufour map: >>>>> http://s.geo.admin.ch/****09751c84f<http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f> >>>>> <http://s.geo.admin.**ch/09751c84f <http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f>>or >>>>> maybe the sigfriedkarte >>>>> >>>>> ciao >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Marco Bernasocchi >>>>> http://opengis.ch >>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/****mailman/listinfo/qgis-****developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer> >>>>> <http://lists.osgeo.**org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >
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