[FOSS4G-UK] [External] Re: Logo

Barry Rowlingson b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk
Tue Jun 20 08:35:37 PDT 2023 

Also you might want to add a bit of breathing space at the top and remove
the spacing underneath then add this bit of
CSS to the CSS file mentioned previously:

.foss4guk2023 p.logo {
    margin: 1em 0 0 0 ;
}



On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:56 PM Rowlingson, Barry <
b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

> Here's a solution:
>
> 1. edit _layouts/foss4kuk2023.html to have:
>
> <html class="foss4guk2023">
>
>  - this lets us apply css styles to this minisite only and not mess any
> other...
>
> 2. Use this for the logo in that file:
>
> <p class="logo"><a href="index.html"><object type="image/svg+xml"
> data="images/foss4guk2023-logo.svg">
>      </object></a></p>
>
> 3. Add this CSS to end of stylesheets/osgeouk_newlogo.css
>
> .foss4guk2023 .logo object {width: 100%}
>
> @media print, screen and (max-width: 960px) {
>     .foss4guk2023 .logo object {
>       width: 50%;
>     }
> }
> @media print, screen and (max-width: 480px) {
>     .foss4guk2023 .logo object {
>       width: 66%;
>     }
> }
>
>  that scales the logo nicely for three screen widths.
>
> Barry
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM Nick Bearman <
> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Ok - thanks. I don't know how to do that.
>>
>> Is someone willing to have a look at this? Ant perhaps, or someone else?
>>
>> The site is at https://github.com/osgeouk/website, with some details in
>> the README there. Mini-site for FOSS4G:UK 2023 is in
>> https://github.com/osgeouk/website/tree/gh-pages/foss4guklocal2023.
>> Layout for nav bar is in
>> https://github.com/osgeouk/website/blob/gh-pages/_layouts/foss4guk2023.html.
>>
>>
>> Will add a temp placeholder for the moment.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Nick.
>> On 20/06/2023 15:10, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>>
>> No, don't change the SVG - you should scale it with CSS - and if you use
>> percentages it should scale with the page layout for mobile etc, although
>> maybe there's a separate stylesheet for mobile...
>>
>> If I set width: 100% on the <object> then it fills the column, for
>> example.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:00 PM Nick Bearman <
>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Barry / all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to incorporate the logo in to the website, with a plan to
>>> launch the website after our meeting tomorrow.
>>>
>>> https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guklocal2023/
>>>
>>> Currently I am having trouble shrinking the logo. I can change the width
>>> and height parameters in the SVG file (line 2) and I need it to be 270 px
>>> to fit, but it won't seem to shrink beyond 360 px (which is what it is
>>> showing at for me currently).
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> I'm also planning on having the logo 'full size' on the home page, and
>>> then a small version in the navigation bar. Alternative arrangements are
>>> welcome :-)
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Nick.
>>> On 16/06/2023 10:27, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>>>
>>> I did a bit more tweaking, so now hovering over the text or sites
>>> invokes the spirit of 2013...
>>>
>>> You should be able to drop an SVG into any web page where you'd have an
>>> image and get the hover functionality, but its easy enough for me to
>>> produce PNG files from the SVG at any resolution you might need for static
>>> display.
>>>
>>> Updated here: https://b-rowlingson.gitlab.io/foss4guk2023/ (but not
>>> updated the GIF version yet).
>>>
>>> B
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:56 AM Nick Bearman <
>>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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: 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: 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: 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: image.png]
>>>>>>>>> ok back to proper work now..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Barry
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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/>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Nick Bearman
>>>>>>> +44 (0) 7717745715nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>> Nick Bearman
>> +44 (0) 7717745715nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>
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