<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652109"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652675">Have a look at cpt city:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652674"> <a href="http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652310">http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652253"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652254"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652619">While very much colour based, there is at least one grey scale palette. It does not support stipples or hatchings as far as I know. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652677"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652672">It does support downloading palettes in native FOSS GIS formats such as GMT & QGIS. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652621"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652661">QGIS also supports the native use of colour gradients from there, see:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652628" dir="ltr"><a href="https://teamwork.niwa.co.nz/display/NQUG/Find+additional+colour+ramps" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652632">https://teamwork.niwa.co.nz/display/NQUG/Find+additional+colour+ramps</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652626"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652683">Cheers<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652681"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652680">Brent Wood<br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652256"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652257"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652258"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652259"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652260" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652261" size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652262"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652263">From:</span></b> Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelgesang@gmx.de><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652264"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652265"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652266">To:</span></b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652267"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652268"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652269">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 12:24 PM<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652270"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652271"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652272">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Qgis-user] Plea for help with monochrome maps for publication<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652273"> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652274"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652275">Have a look at <a shape="rect" href="http://colorbrewer2.org/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652276">http://colorbrewer2.org</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652277" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652278" clear="none">There you can check for grey-scale tones that are distinguishable and <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652279" clear="none">printer friendly, so you can set up a palette with those values.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652280" clear="none">The downside of grey scales is, that there are not so many different tones <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652281" clear="none">available as when working with colours.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652282" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652283" clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Cheers</div></div></div></div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652040" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652039"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652038"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652046"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Am 11.11.2016, 18:26 Uhr, schrieb David Addy <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:david_addy@lineone.net" href="mailto:david_addy@lineone.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478591976363_652048">david_addy@lineone.net</a>>:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Most of us prepare our maps using colours for different outlines or <br clear="none">> different<br clear="none">> colour shades of fill for polygons. However, there are still occasions <br clear="none">> where<br clear="none">> maps produced for publication in books or magazines will end up as <br clear="none">> shades of<br clear="none">> grey to save the cost of colour printing. This is certainly the case for<br clear="none">> most of the local history texts for which I am often asked to make maps.<br clear="none">> This can result in greys which are fairly indistinguishable from each <br clear="none">> other,<br clear="none">> and traditionally this issue was approached by adding hatchings to the<br clear="none">> ‘colour’. This could end up as looking a mess and/or failing to <br clear="none">> adequately<br clear="none">> highlight an area of highest activity in distribution maps.<br clear="none">> Has anybody got any experience of, or advice for, successfully solving <br clear="none">> the<br clear="none">> problem of making monochrome maps look more attractive and useful?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> --<br clear="none">> View this message in context: <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Plea-for-help-with-monochrome-maps-for-publication-tp5295385.html" target="_blank">http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Plea-for-help-with-monochrome-maps-for-publication-tp5295385.html</a><br clear="none">> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.<br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Qgis-user mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br clear="none">> List info: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br clear="none">> Unsubscribe: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Bernd Vogelgesang<br clear="none">Siedlerstraße 2<br clear="none">91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf<br clear="none">Tel: 09133-825374<div class="yqt5894867820" id="yqtfd40552"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Qgis-user mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br clear="none">List info: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>