<div dir="ltr">Hi Anita,<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">As a general note, concerning all of the designs, I think the font used for QGIS displays a Q with a completely different 'tail' than any Q used for the project (it is entirely below the oval body of the Q). IMO, this, and the font's thin character width, make the font/logo look rather weak.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Be nice to have a more assertive font, or at least a similar font with a better Q, I think.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Regards,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Larry<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Anita Graser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at" target="_blank">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
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:<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<u></u>48244569@N02/9633228465/in/<u></u>photostream/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<u></u>48244569@N02/9633228767/in/<u></u>photostream/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<u></u>48244569@N02/9633228881/in/<u></u>photostream/</a><br>
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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).<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
Anita<br>
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Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>>:<br>
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Hi<br>
<br>
My 2c below:<br>
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer <<a href="mailto:larrys@dakotacarto.com" target="_blank">larrys@dakotacarto.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow <<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Here is a version with the green but also the full logo:<br>
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/<u></u>u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.<u></u>png</a><br>
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</blockquote>
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+1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout doesn't<br>
include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider removing it.<br>
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</blockquote>
I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and nestled<br>
into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no<br>
transparency.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit<br>
goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of professional<br>
fonts which I can work with to find something better.<br>
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Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at least easily<br>
available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can easily<br>
re-use it in future releases.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a<br>
background PNG without the lettering?<br>
<br>
There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and 'Dufour,'<br>
nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind of like<br>
the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at minimum, the<br>
coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a difference in<br>
tone of the same color.<br>
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</blockquote>
I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the words.<br>
<br>
Also a note that we usually store the master splash in much higher<br>
resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A<br>
downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future<br>
releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text<br>
containing the version and name.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
Larry<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
- Nathan<br>
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi <<br>
<a href="mailto:marco@bernawebdesign.ch" target="_blank">marco@bernawebdesign.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
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On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote:<br>
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Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily based on<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done maps, I<br>
don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking at the<br>
splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement.<br>
I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of QGIS<br>
and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard<br>
product of the official Swiss map-makers.<br>
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</blockquote>
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I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did before) to<br>
try the dufour map: <a href="http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f" target="_blank">http://s.geo.admin.ch/**<u></u>09751c84f</a><<a href="http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f" target="_blank">http://s.geo.admin.<u></u>ch/09751c84f</a>>or maybe the sigfriedkarte<br>
<br>
ciao<br>
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--<br>
Marco Bernasocchi<br>
<a href="http://opengis.ch" target="_blank">http://opengis.ch</a><br>
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