[GRASS-dev] Logo and other graphics

[Paulo van Breugel]

On 24-02-16 19:47, Vincent Bain wrote:
> Hello Luca
>
> yes we've been working on that for several months now (see below latest
> developments pointed out by Vaclav). And any advice or contribution is
> welcome !
>
> Regarding the online documentation, I'm not a crack of css, but the
> effort to wrap up things in a visually coherent manner (e.g. typographic
> rules, logo display, colors) shouldn't be huge.
>
> Enjoy Paris!
> Vincent.
>
> Le mercredi 24 février 2016 à 09:49 -0500, Vaclav Petras a écrit :
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Luca Delucchi <lucadeluge at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>          Regards from Paris, tomorrow will come a graphic designer here
>>          at the
>>          code sprint, are you interested in something related to GRASS?
>>
>>
>> Vincent recently unified the logo, the startup window banner and the
>> GUI splash screen image. This needs just commit to trunk and 70, I
>> think.
>>
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7Planning#a7.0.4tobebackported
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2016-January/078528.html
>>
>>
>> One of the things we need renewed are manual pages. Particularly,
>> index page, alternatively graphical index page (and its graphics!) and
>> individual module pages. Usability and the actual CSS are necessary
>> steps but the graphical design is an important part of it.
>>
>>
>> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/
>> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/graphical_index.html
I hadn't seen the graphical index yet. Great work! I only wonder about 
the purpose of the images and whether the current ones serve that 
purpose. I would say a graphical index serves to provide a quick 
overview, whereby each graphic should convey an idea of what that module 
/ category. That works for some (e.g., raster, vector), but less for 
others (database, display). It is a tough one, I know, but perhaps for 
some one could consider some more standard symbols? For example, there 
is a fairly standard symbol for databases, that could be incorporated in 
the graphic for Database.  Coincidentally, I stumbled on this website of 
TNTmips (a software I used in the distant past), and they have a similar 
'graphical' overview, also showing (i.m.o.) how hard it is to come up 
with good graphics to represent the different categories. I am not 
really (really not) qualified to come with any concrete graphics, but 
perhaps it would be possible to send out a call for graphics / ideas on 
the general grass email list (and on Google+ GRASS page) to get feedback 
from the creative individuals amongst us (if not already done)?


>> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/g.proj.html
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Vaclav
>>
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