Actually, a follow-up to that, the logo is indeed trade marked, so it'll have to remain as is, and possibly be okayed for use first. I don't know how trade mark law works, so someone else might have to work that out.
Cheers, Ash. On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 08:39 +1000, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: > What I'll probably do is just upload all versions of the banner > somewhere and let whoever is paying for the print choose and tweak to > their liking. That way all we need to agree upon is the OpenStreetMap > name and the magnifying glass icon. > > In the end it's literally a 5min job to make different versions. For > example, I personally believe that the Japanese banner was made for an > international audience, why else would it have "Japan" not only > written on it but in Roman characters. > > So, if we want a banner to be shown in a SoTM presentation then having > "Australia" on it would be appropriate. Otherwise it may be best to > have "Gathering" or "Mapping Party" or "Meeting" instead. > > With regard to horizontal centering: I aligned the text on the right > hand edge but intentionally left the bottom line a bit to the left on > the LHS so as to balance the protrusion of the magnifying glass. > > I'll whip up a few more versions tonight. Going on an endurance > training ride today :). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> > Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am > Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners > To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au > Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, <b.schulz...@scu.edu.au> wrote: > > > Yeah, the 2 logos kind of each represent an extreme: one is a > > bit plain and > > > the other is too distracting. > > > > > > I might try putting a map rendered as the background, but have > > it more as a > > > watermark than an attraction. It's probably time to read some > > Inkscape> tutorials... > > > > > > Any other ideas are most welcome. > > > > Version 2 gets my vote. Plain is infinitely better than crowded > IMHO. > > Just make sure the two lines of text are horizontally centred with > > respect to each other. I wouldn't bother with putting a map in the > > background. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au -- Ashley Kyd • Web & Software Development in Brisbane, Australia. • Phone (07) 3129 2332, or visit http://kyd.com.au/
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