[FOSS4G-UK] [External] Re: Logo
Nick Bearman
nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
Wed Jun 14 03:56:18 PDT 2023
Thanks very much Barry - looking really good.
Hopefully we can incorporate the animated one into the website.
One quick question - is the green hover blob the same colour as Ireland
green? It looks a little different, but might be me. I will have a
proper look when I am back next week.
Any other comments from people?
Best wishes,
Nick.
On 6/14/23 11:24, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> I've added an animated gif version as well (during parts of a
> department meeting this morning...).
>
> Of course static PNG versions can be generated from the SVG - maybe
> the local groups will want to use images that highlight their location?
>
> To make the animation all I did was use Firefox' dev tools to trigger
> the "hover" style for each location and then use a screen-grab browser
> add-on, then use ImageMagick to make a gif.
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:10 PM Barry Rowlingson
> <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> A day or so faffing with R and text on curves and SVG and CSS and...
>
> Here's a logo:
>
> https://b-rowlingson.gitlab.io/foss4guk2023/
>
> thoughts etc?
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 8:17 AM Rowlingson, Barry
> <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 4:35 PM Nick Bearman
> <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> I'm not 100% sure about Ireland having a different colour
> and with the dots being on the diagonal rather than on the
> straight (up and down) - one or the other would be fine, I
> think both is a bit over kill. What do you think?
>
> Yeah, I think as an exercise I tried both and left them both
> in! Just colour is probably better.
>
> Also, something weird is happening between NI and Scotland
> - not sure what the three dots are doing there.
>
> The dots are produced by QGIS' point-pattern fill style, so
> I'll ask it! I suspect there's some islands or something... I
> did a lot of adjustment of pattern fill offsets to try and get
> something that resembled last year's logo in terms of
> resolution etc, so I'll play more and get something that might
> be a bit less jittery. I could always adjust manually, because...
>
> Are you willing to give it a bit more of a tweak, or share
> the source files, so I can?
>
> ...the rest of it is done in Inkscape...
>
> I like the names - possibly Bristol need a bit of location
> tweak.
>
> ...and the names on a circle were a pain to do - which is why
> the bottom of the circle isn't quite right compared to the top
> of the circle! But yes, also a bit more spacing around the
> Bristol text is needed. I whipped this out pretty quick and
> didn't have time to fine-tune everything, but if we want to go
> with it I'll hone it! Or pass it on to my "does a bit of
> graphic design" girlfriend, but that would mean her staying
> late at work for their Adobe license...
>
> We should also incorporate the event name in there
> somewhere - FOSS4G:UK Local 2023.
>
> I think I was unsure about the name and I'm still worried
> about calling it "UK" with Ireland in there! Let's not start a
> war...
>
> The swoop I like, will have to see how it all fits together.
>
> Yeah, integrating the swoop into the map logo is a bit
> awkward, will consider...
>
> Thanks,
> Nick.
>
>
> On 25/05/2023 11:47, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback and suggestions, here's the site
>> map with upright text and locations marked as open circled.
>>
>> image.png
>> I had a quick go at incorporating the national flags into
>> the OSGeo swoosh. Note that there's no Northern Ireland
>> flag in this but a) we don't have a location in NI and b)
>> there is no official flag for Northern Ireland - the
>> Ulster Banner and the St Patrick's Saltire are sometimes
>> used but there's only four spaces in the swoosh...
>>
>> image.png
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:05 PM Dan Ormsby
>> <dormsby at sparkgeo.com> wrote:
>>
>> *This email originated outside the University. Check
>> before clicking links or attachments.*
>>
>> Looks great Barry! Vertically flipping the bottom 4
>> place names might make it a bit easier to read and
>> yes agree on the highlighted points for venues. It's
>> only now that you mention it that I realise that is
>> what was done on last years logo!
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 16:46, Barry Rowlingson
>> <b.rowlingson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, nice chat this morning, sets me thinking
>> about various things...
>>
>> I like the logo with the dotmap of the UK and the
>> locations coloured in, I assume the plan was to
>> do this again but including Ireland and putting 7
>> dots in the right place for the seven locations?
>> I'd suggest making the location dots clearer than
>> the background dots, and giving the location
>> names more prominence? Not sure if embedded
>> images an non-plain text is allowed on this
>> mailing list but (and I've not coloured the dots
>> in...)
>>
>> image.png
>>
>> makes me think of one of those panorama viewpoint
>> indicator things you get on the tops of hills
>> showing you the places in the distance... which
>> gives me another idea that's probably totally
>> impractical...
>>
>> and in for a penny, here's a preliminary "ten
>> years after" logo...
>>
>> image.png
>> ok back to proper work now..
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> --
>> FOSS4G-UK mailing list
>> FOSS4G-UK at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-uk
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> I’m Dan Ormsby, UK Lead at *Sparkgeo*.
>>
>> We provide geospatial expertise to tech companies.
>>
>> Reach me at dormsby at sparkgeo.com or on LinkedIn
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielormsby/>
>>
>> +44 7880794939
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Nick Bearman
> +44 (0) 7717745715
> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>
> Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
>
--
Nick Bearman
+44 (0) 7717745715
nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-uk/attachments/20230614/2e2bedb8/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 56000 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-uk/attachments/20230614/2e2bedb8/attachment-0004.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 30574 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-uk/attachments/20230614/2e2bedb8/attachment-0005.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 57688 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-uk/attachments/20230614/2e2bedb8/attachment-0006.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 16824 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-uk/attachments/20230614/2e2bedb8/attachment-0007.png>
More information about the FOSS4G-UK
mailing list