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

[Newcomb, Doug]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Anna Petrášová <kratochanna at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> 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.
>

I like the transparent with the capital letters. :-)
Doug



>
> 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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