[Marketing] marketing brochure

[adam steer]

Hi all

Looks like inDesign may need to be part of the process, scribus cannot
import the .indd files in marketing collateral [1], and the PDFs in print
[2] don’t open with fonts as editable fonts (although the text can be
replaced easily enough).

Both Scribus and Inkscape have moved a long way since 2017. For my own two
cents I find inDesign and illustrator at least as painful to use, and you
have to then pay for them also ;) - so I haven’t used them in a very long
time.

Cheers,

Adam

[1] https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/collateral/brochure
[2] https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/print



On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 04:35, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello Jody,
>
> great that you have more time now and great that you would like to work
> on the flyer/brochure.
>
> It would make sense to update the brochure and make ist sustainable (do
> not list sponsors) so we can print it and us that version for quite
> while.
> Although I would prefer a lighter weight version of the OSGeo brochure.
>
> It also is great if you can update some of the one-page flyer too.
>
> It looked like with some files scribus did not work, so I am fine if you
> do it with inDesign. Maybe you leave the scribus files that work as they
> are.
>
> You could choose the license that you think make sense.
>
> Astrid
>
> Am 02.12.2019 18:25 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> > Brian I had a terrible couple of weeks before foss4g boston using
> > scribus for the one page handouts. The teams produces results that
> > were visually inconsistent and their work had to be redone so that all
> > the output had the logos and so on in a consistent fashion.
> >
> > When you say Scribus get's good reviews ... can I ask from where? It
> > certainly works but it honestly reminded me of desktop publishing
> > solutions on an an Amiga 4000.
> >
> > We can go through some old email where Antia Graser worked really hard
> > evaluating options and getting scribus to work.  We also had our
> > graphics designer give it a go but it was too slow/frustrating given
> > the timeframe.
> >
> > -
> > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2017-September/003967.html
> > [2]
> >
> > The other option that folks discussed in that thread was InkScape,
> > however it was producing SVG output that could not be used in the
> > browsers due to a difference in SVG standard support. Sadly at the
> > time it was also producing PDF output inconsistently.
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 16:07, Brian M Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi - Here in California/USA Adobe products are certainly very
> >> popular, and I use them myself (old purchase). However, the FOSS
> >> desktop publishing suite Scribus also gets good reviews. Is it
> >> truly the only forward, to use inDesign for the brochures? The
> >> fonts can be used in any case.
> >>
> >> cheers --Brian
> >>
> >> On 12/2/19 6:39 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have been resisting taking on any more activities until my term
> >>> as Director was up. With today's announcement I have some more
> >>> capacity :)
> >>>
> >>> Astrid you mentioned wanted to update the osgeo brochure last
> >>> year, and we did not have any members available with access to
> >>> InDesign. The economics of using scribus did not work out for us
> >>> (when we had access to a graphic designer it was better to use a
> >>> WYIWYG tool to take advantage of their training).
> >>>
> >>> I would be willing to do the update, if the marketing committee
> >>> was able to provide an InDesign license. In the past I purchased
> >>> proprietary fonts when they were mandated by our logo design,
> >>> however InDesign is a more expensive commitment.
> >>>
> >>> a) InDesign US$239.88/yr
> >>> b) InDesign US$31.49/mo, only subscribe when needed?
> >>>
> >>> Another good approach is:
> >>>
> >>> c) Contact GetInteractive and set up a time and materials contract
> >>>
> >>> d) Ask on our mailing list if anyone else has access to InDesign
> >>> and would be willing to do the work.
> >>>
> >>> Please reply with your preference, and any discussion. I feel we
> >>> should make a motion this calendar year while we have marketing
> >>> budget to work with.
> >>>
> >>> aside: I was able to make use of scribus for some of our one page
> >>> handouts, porting content from a number of projects for a
> >>> consistent appearance. It was a very frustrating learning curve,
> >>> but I think I can safely update these now.
> >>> --
> >>> Jody Garnett
> >>>
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