[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Anita Graser anitagraser at gmx.at
Sun Sep 1 12:00:31 PDT 2013 

Hi Larry,

Am 01.09.2013, 20:38 Uhr, schrieb Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>:
> 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.

That's great that you like Source Sans Pro, because it's the font I used
in all designs.

Best wishes,
Anita






>
> [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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