[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Larry Shaffer larrys at dakotacarto.com
Sun Sep 1 11:38:57 PDT 2013 

Hi Anita,

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:

> 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?
>

Here are 14 font families I found on Google fonts that may work [0]. I
think almost all fonts there are under the SIL Open Font License. Some are
similar to the font already used (Ubuntu?), but have a stronger Q.

I set the preview text to QGIS and the Show popup to Header. I'm partial to
Rambla, Source Sans Pro, and Merriweather Sans

Btw, I've done quite a bit of testing with the Source Sans Pro (open) font
from Adobe. It works very well for the base GUI font in the app and PyQGIS
console (Source Code Pro), even across platforms. It has similar
characteristics to Ubuntu Mono. I know some people might not like the fonts
strictly on the grounds that they come from Adobe, but both the Source Sans
and Code Pro are very well crafted, and free and open-licensed.

[0]
http://www.google.com/fonts/#ReviewPlace:refine/Collection:Rambla|Source+Sans+Pro|Brawler|Signika+Negative|Headland+One|Lato|Average|ABeeZee|Duru+Sans|Arimo|Podkova|Merriweather+Sans|Cardo|Roboto+Slab
[1] http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Sans+Pro ,
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Code+Pro ,
http://sourceforge.net/adobe/sourcesans/wiki/Home/

Regards,

Larry


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@**
>>> N02/9633228465/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@**
>>> N02/9633228767/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/>
>>> <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>
>>>>>> <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>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> <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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