On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:02 PM, coz DS <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 2009/5/18 Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <[email protected]> > > Hi all :) >> >> I have some questions about the Ubuntu logo, specially the SVG versions, >> and I wonder if anyone here can help me. >> >> First, the SVG versions are made with Adobe Illustrator: are there >> versions made with Inkscape or other tool, containing shapes instead of >> paths? >> >> Second, is there any official specification for the "Circle of friends" >> and the "ubuntu" word, containing sizes, distances, shapes, etc. If, for >> whatever reason, I were to make a logo from scratch it would be very >> useful to know this information, which can be only obtained by measuring >> by hand in the SVG. >> >> Third, about the letters in "ubuntu" and "linux for human beings": was a >> font used or all letters are made from shapes? The strap line looks like >> Bitstream Vera/Deja Vu sans serif, but "ubuntu" looks like hand made >> shapes. Again, knowing the sizes and the shapes would be great. >> >> When I'm talking about having shape-and-size information I mean >> something like the PDF version currently available on the >> Artwork/Official page (named "with proper gridlines"), but more >> ellaborate. Probably the original author of the logos has this >> information :? I think this would be useful, because although SVG and >> PNG versions of the logos are provided, they are not always the best >> sources to work with the logo: having the dimensions, distances, shapes >> used, etc. is a "format-agnostic" way of telling people how a proper >> Ubuntu logo has to be drawn, something along the lines of what the GNOME >> people did with their logo. In the worst case, a SVG file containing the >> paths with no "transform" items would be enough, although the Circle of >> Friends is better described, IMHO, as circles and not paths... >> >> I know all this is a weird petition but I would find this information >> very useful. >> >> Thanks a lot in advance :) >> >> -- >> Raúl "DervishD" Núñez de Arenas Coronado >> Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net >> It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen! >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> > > > Hey Raul, > > the letters in "Ubuntu" are a font named ttf-ubuntu-title. It should be > easily downloaded and installed on the system. So the kerning for the > letters is already set in the font. For the first question,,, I do not think > these were made in illustrator at all,,, illustrator files do not open well > in inkscape from my experience and the Ubuntu logo opens and edits very > well in Inkscape. > Unless you are getting another version from somewhere that I am not > aware of these were made in Inkscape. > > coz >
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