[Qgis-user] Brochure draft for QGIS 1.1

Tue Jul 14 23:40:40 PDT 2009

Dear Anita and all others,

choosing a font should not be a question of taste but of adequateness 
for the purpose. Sans-serif fonts are better readable on screen, because 
the serifes produce some gray "noise" at the ends of the signs. Serifes 
improve readability when printed out because they make the words appear 
more as a unit. Have a look in any book from a decent publisher in your 
shelf! So the choice is a question of you wanting to distribute the 
brochure as a handout or via web.

just my two cents

Bernhard Ströbl

Andreas Neumann schrieb:
> Thank you for your contribution, Anita!
> 
> I also wanted to suggest the use of sans-serif fonts. I would even go as 
> far as only using sans-serif - also for the titles. But of course this 
> is only my personal taste.
> 
> I personally like the MS Trebuchet, the Myriad and the Frutiger fonts. 
> Let me know if you need one of those fonts to try them out.
> 
> As far as Windows is concerned: I was successfully using QGIS on Windows 
> 2000, since my employer just recently switched from 2000 to XP. It ran 
> just fine on 2000 to my surprise. So yes, I would make it "Windows" 
> without a particular version.
> 
> Regarding the vector format support I would also add SpatiaLite - it is 
> one of the first GIS supporting this useful alternative. I see there is 
> still room on the line before the ... ;-)
> 
> Maybe one could consider changing the text "Compile a map for printing 
> using the print composer" into "Compile a map layout using the print 
> composer" to avoid using printing twice and highlight the layout issue.
> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas
> 
> Mailing Lists wrote:
>> Hi Anita
>>
>> Great improvements! A couple more small comments :-)
>>
>> - Do we need to show the version number in the title? If we leave it
>> out it will require less maintenance to keep the document current.
>>
>> - Do you have verdana / vermana or arial font on your system? The sans
>> serif font is definately better but now for me the document is looking
>> a little horizontally squashed with the one that you are using...
>>
>> - in the final block with urls, could you bold the 'header' words and
>> colons on the left to visually separate the item name from the item
>> details?
>>
>> - I suggest to remove the "- ..." entry from the plugins list and / or
>> change it to read  "- and many others"
>>
>> - In platform support I guess we should change "windows xp" to
>> "windows" since AFAIK it will work on new (and older probably)
>> versions of windows too.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Anita Graser<anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi Tim!
>>>
>>> I followed your suggestions and uploaded a new version:
>>> http://www.students.oamk.fi/~t5jama01/div/qgis_brochure_new_v1.pdf
>>>
>>> On screen sans serif fonts definitely look better. I'll try to get the
>>> brochures printed the next days and compare those results.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anita
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 14.07.2009, 08:13 Uhr, schrieb Mailing Lists <lists at linfiniti.com>:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Hi Anita
>>>>
>>>> Great to see you refreshing the brochure. I have various comments /
>>>> suggestions:
>>>>
>>>> - In the heading I suggest to remove the third line of links (which
>>>> are repeated at the end of the document) and instead make the second
>>>> line read: "Open Source Geographical Information System -
>>>> http://qgis.org"
>>>>
>>>> - I also suggest to center the second line under the part after the Q
>>>> logo of QGIS.
>>>>
>>>> - What about moving the screenshot on page 1 right to the start so
>>>> that the first thing you see when you see the doc is the QGIS title
>>>> and a screenie, and then the text that follows?
>>>>
>>>> - could you use a sans serif font for the non heading text? Generally
>>>> I find serif fonts look a bit old fashioned and not as 'clean'. It
>>>> would be interesting to see how it looks anyway so that we can compare
>>>> against the current serif version you have made.
>>>>
>>>> - change "Project Administrator" to "Project Chairman"
>>>>
>>>> - change the link in the box at the end of the document for qgis home
>>>> page to http://qgis.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Great work Anita!
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Anita Graser<anitagraser at gmx.at> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>>
>>>>> For QGIS1.1, I redesigned the current brochure and added new 
>>>>> Screenshots
>>>>> (including a shot of fTools). I've been working with Scribus.
>>>>> A pdf of the brochure can be downloaded here:
>>>>> http://www.students.oamk.fi/~t5jama01/div/qgis_brochure_new.pdf
>>>>> I would love to get feedback on how you think the brochure and 
>>>>> other QGIS
>>>>> materials could be improved. Do you have wishes for additional
>>>>> presentation
>>>>> material? We can collect ideas in the wiki:
>>>>> http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Community_Resources#Press_Centre
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>> Anita
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>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>       
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>>
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