[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Sat Aug 31 07:13:04 PDT 2013

Hi Larry,

Am 31.08.2013, 14:20 Uhr, schrieb Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>:
> Be nice to have a more assertive font, or at least a similar font with a
> better Q, I think.

I saw your older post on fonts as well. Could you suggest some specific  
fonts which we can use?

Best wishes,
Anita

>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It's time to get the splash ready. This thread seems to agree with the
>> general direction of the drafts Nathan posted. I've therefore prepared
>> three variants of the design:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228465/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228767/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**48244569@N02/9633228881/in/**photostream/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/>
>>
>> Please use the star feature to vote on the design(s) you prefer and  
>> leave
>> comments on the image page if you think something should be changed.  
>> I'll
>> check all the feedback and create the final version on Sunday evening  
>> (Sept
>> 1st, CEST).
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>:
>>
>>  Hi
>>>
>>> My 2c below:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Here is a version with the green but also the full logo:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/**u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.**png<https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> +1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout  
>>>> doesn't
>>>> include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider  
>>>> removing
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and
>>> nestled
>>> into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no
>>> transparency.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit
>>>> goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of
>>>> professional
>>>> fonts which I can work with to find something better.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at  least  
>>> easily
>>> available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can  
>>> easily
>>> re-use it in future releases.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a
>>>> background PNG without the lettering?
>>>>
>>>> There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and  
>>>> 'Dufour,'
>>>> nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind of
>>>> like
>>>> the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at minimum,  
>>>> the
>>>> coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a  
>>>> difference
>>>> in
>>>> tone of the same color.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the  
>>>> words.
>>>
>>> Also a note that we usually store the master splash in  much higher
>>> resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A
>>> downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future
>>> releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text
>>> containing the version and name.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   - Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi <
>>>>> marco at bernawebdesign.ch> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily based  
>>>>>> on
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done maps,  
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking at
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement.
>>>>>>> I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of  
>>>>>>> QGIS
>>>>>>> and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard
>>>>>>> product of the official Swiss map-makers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did  
>>>>>> before)
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> try the dufour map:  
>>>>>> http://s.geo.admin.ch/****09751c84f<http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f>
>>>>>> <http://s.geo.admin.**ch/09751c84f  
>>>>>> <http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f>>or
>>>>>> maybe the sigfriedkarte
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ciao
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>> http://opengis.ch
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