[GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7?

[Anna Petrášová]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Vincent Bain <bain at toraval.fr> wrote:

> In addition to latest changes in
> http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Identity
>
> you can find several banner images.Images are all 618x150 PNG8 files.
>
> Anna : each is available with/without alpha channel, still in 8-bit depth.
>

Thank you, do people like more the versions with the white background or
transparent? I like the transparent one, which seems to be advantageous
when changing the width of the start up window.

Anna

>
> Yours,
> Vincent.
>
>
>
> Le jeudi 05 février 2015 à 12:20 +0100, Vincent Bain a écrit :
> > Hello Madi,
> > [moved the reply back to the correct thread, I posted the previous
> > message on the wrong topic]
> >
> > > Perhaps in D1 the grass symbol and the writing perhaps should be
> > > slightly moved to right, because the symbol appears cut.
> >
> > You are right, these vignettes are quick&dirty layouts, just there to
> > help people choose between different styles.
> >
> > > Is there particular reason why "grass" is in bold and "gis" not? I
> > > would like it better to have the same rule for both words, because a
> > > different style is already applied to the slogan, I would reduce the
> > > diversity.
> >
> > Once again a matter of typographic trick; here we don't actually
> > multiply fontfaces, we only play with various strokes weights from a
> > same family. It is a way to slightly emphasise the name of the software.
> >
> > I guess many of you (so do I) really care about the "serious" image of
> > this project: maybe I (or you) should propose a radically sober but
> > still elegant splash screen, without any flourish, e.g. the A row with
> > single fontface, single weight, green and black logo+text.
> >
> > Thanks for participating,
> > Vincent
> >
> >
> >
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