[OSGeo-Discuss] update sponsorship logos

Fri Mar 18 02:25:11 PDT 2016

One of the two fonts Steven mention in his  2011 search for the fonts  (the Trebuchet) is part of the Microsoft (!) TrueType font pack for the web which, according the the EULA, can be reproduced and distributed freely [1].

The other one, the LucasFonts Sans Italic [2] is a piece of art by the pretty famous Dutch font designer Lucas de Groot (now living in Berlin)

According to my sources 50 EUR, for a packed to be used on 5 different PCs [3].

Perhaps we should ask Lucas to give a presentation on font design, use and copyright as the FOSS4G ;-)

Regards, 

GJ

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/eula.htm

[2] http://www.lucasfonts.com/fonts/thesans/about/

[3] https://lucasfonts.com/shop/

Van: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens Jody Garnett
Verzonden: vrijdag 18 maart 2016 01:15
Aan: Anita Graser
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Looking at the price online - 40 EUR fun!

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Jody Garnett

On 17 March 2016 at 16:23, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

Found the details here - https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-December/002643.html

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Jody Garnett

On 17 March 2016 at 16:09, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

Revising this email thread, the fonts used in the original logos do not quite match Vera Sans. Reading the logo_guide this bitstream vera sans is intended for copy font (website, handouts) - we have no record of the two fonts used in the OSGeo logo itself.

Reading in the SVG files it shows that these logos were generated by adobe svg export (sigh).

Trying http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont does not help much:

- https://twitter.com/jodygarnett/status/710602266558922752

- https://twitter.com/jodygarnett/status/710603172348174337

If anyone else has ideas please check svn here:

- https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/

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Jody Garnett

On 27 December 2015 at 22:07, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

Those are great. I have a bit of trouble reading the silver one logos (since the shimmer effect fades out the top and bottom of the word and I read by word shape).

Thanks so much for your contribution! I am not sure what we need to do next to make these official (I would normally talk to the marketing committee).

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Jody Garnett

On 25 December 2015 at 08:52, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:

Thanks a lot for the font info Gert-Jan!

Here's a first draft:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_bronze.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_silver.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_gold.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_platinum.png

This SVG contains all four versions in different layers.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_bronze.svg

Bet wishes,

Anita

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <gert-jan at osgeo.nl> wrote:

Hi Anita, 

In case you haven't found it out yourself yet: the OSgeo_logo_guide (as of 2007) states it's the Vera Sans font: 

https://www.gnome.org/fonts/

regards, 

Gert-Jan

Van: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens Anita Graser
Verzonden: zondag 20 december 2015 13:09
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:

For your information, the source svg icons are here:
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/svg/

I'd imagine you could do something creative with Platinum,Gold,Silver,Bronze colours with the logo.

Thanks for the Link Cameron!

Too bad all the label are path elements rather than text elements. Does anyone of you know which font is used in the logos?

Best wishes,

Anita

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