[Projects] please create a new project flyer for your project with the new branding till FOSS4G Boston

[Jeff McKenna]

I ended up just editing the text in a text editor for the SVG, for the 
MapServer flyer.  I agree, very difficult!  Huge thanks to Luca.

https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/blob/mapserver/marketing/print/mapserver.svg

-jeff





On 2017-08-03 11:16 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> I'm trying to do this in InkScape but I'm not savvy in it at all, and 
> struggling.
> 
> Would it not be easier if projects just provided the text and someone 
> InkScape savvy would do the actual SVG editing?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Bart
> 
> 
> On 28-07-17 00:36, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>> Hello OSGeo projects,
>>
>> it is not a long time till FOSS4G Boston where we will have an OSGeo 
>> booth with the new OSGeo logo and new flyers for the projects.
>>
>> This is why we need your help! Please create a new project flyer for 
>> your OSGeo project with the new branding. We try to arrange it that 
>> the flyer will be handed out at OSGeo booth in Boston from August 
>> 14-19, 2017 (http://2017.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> The current flyer are out of date. You find them here as a template.
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs 
>>
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/flyer/
>>
>> You also could take information from OSGeo-Live to setup your new flyer.
>> https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
>>
>> You find the new branding material at:
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing
>>
>> Have a look at the GeoforAll flyer or OSGeo-Live flyer. You can see 
>> how a flyer could look like
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/geoforall_a4.pdf 
>>
>> https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/blob/osgeolive/marketing/print/osgeolive_names_a4.svg 
>>
>>
>> The best way is to fork the repository on GutHub and make a pull 
>> request with your new flyer at the end.
>>
>> These are the steps for you:
>>
>> 1. How to set up the fonts (on linux create the folder 
>> $HOME/.local/share/fonts and copy the 4 .ttf there)
>> * Download  from 
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/branding/fonts
>>
>>
>> 2. Take the svg template and modify it with the content of your project
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/osgeo_a4.svg
>> You can modify the svg either with a texteditor or f.e. inkscape.
>>
>> 3. In the end you can create a pull request to the osgeo repository
>>
>> We try to organize it so the flyer will be printed and present at the 
>> OSGeo booth
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> If you have questions. Please ask on the list or contact me or Luca 
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Lucadelu
>>
>> PS: Luca finished the OSGeo-Live flyer and wants to work on the 
>> Zoo-Project and MapServer flyer too.
>>
>> Astrid
>>
>>