[FOSS4G2016] Sharing marketing materials

Anton Popov mail at antonpopov.de
Sat Oct 3 04:28:54 PDT 2015


Hi Gert-Jan,

by outline you mean these white bubbles? [1] (update)

Regards
Anton

[1] http://antonpopov.de/foss4g-2016/banners/

On 10/02/2015 06:29 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote:
> Hi Anton, 
> 
> Thanks for updating the style guide.
> 
> Regarding the logo on a non-white background: in your examples [1] the white
> outline on "FOSS4G" in the wide banners (1-6) seems to have disappeared in
> the 5 slogan examples (or perhaps the outline was "same as background or
> "transparent" and thus sort of disappearing in the slogan examples.
> Could you give it a try with a forced white outline in the 5 slogan examples
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> GJ
> 
> 
> 
> [1] http://antonpopov.de/foss4g-2016/banners/
> 
> 
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens Anton Popov
> Verzonden: vrijdag 2 oktober 2015 14:13
> Aan: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [FOSS4G2016] Sharing marketing materials
> 
> Sorry for coming back so late on this - my time was very limited in the last
> few weeks (and still is). But if I remember correctly there is a marketing
> meeting of some sort today(?) between other LOCs - so some of the following
> may come in handy.
> 
> As for the style guide Gert-Jan pointed out here [1], it's been updated with
> links and color/font information.
> 
> Fixed URLs:
> [2] uses fixed URLs, but they are not available anymore. We could either
> link directly to the SVN or the Wiki-media-files (once/if they are there).
> Having URLs like in [2] would look nicer though, I think =) In order to
> create a 2016 marketing page [3], I'd like to know how to proceed here. Will
> static images survive on [4]?
> 
> Inspired by [2] I've put together a few banners here [5] and a preview page
> there [6], where you can change the background color to simulate the visual
> effect.
> I did *not* create a 2016 Marketing page [3] (yet) because 1) of the
> URL-issue and 2) I'd like some feedback if possible. The more I work with
> the logo the more I hate it for being so difficult to put on non-white
> background (or anywhere for that matter). I'm kinda frustrated with this
> right now...
> 
> So if anyone has ideas on how to integrate the FOSS4G-Logo in a better way
> or if anyone knows a designer who can spare a few thoughts on that or even
> creates a few images/concepts him/herself, I would be very grateful! (I know
> that nobody wants to do design stuff because nobody wants to be responsible
> for a horrorible look, so I'm even willing to take the blame ;)
> 
> Regards
> Anton
> 
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Foss4g_2016_style_guide
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Marketing
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Marketing
> [4] http://foss4g2016.org/
> [5] https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/marketing/banners/
> [6] http://antonpopov.de/foss4g-2016/banners/
> 
> On 09/23/2015 02:04 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote:
>> It's the same task every year: updating the FOSS4G logo on various
> websites.
>> Wouldn't it be convenient to have a URL that doesn't change and always 
>> points to the latest logo (or URLs to various sizes) and a link that 
>> remains the same and forwards to the correct site?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 17:07  <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Anton,
>>>
>>> great!
>>>
>>> Thanks, Till
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