[talk-au] posters/banners

[b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au]

Noted, version 2:

http://ocau.com/pix/yg3b2

----- Original Message -----
From: 80n <80n80n at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 5:53 pm
Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners
To: b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au
Cc: talk-au at openstreetmap.org, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com>

> That looks good, but...
> 
> penStreetMap
> 
> It's not obvious to the layman that the magnifying glass is 
> supposed to be
> an O.  And because pen is a common word many people will 
> misread this as
> penStreetMap which makes about as much sense as OpenStreetMap if 
> you'venever heard of either.
> 
> I'd strongly discourage using the magnifying glass as an O, it 
> can fail too
> easily.
> 
> Matt Amos is the original designer of the logo, perhaps he has a 
> view on
> this.  I'm copying him.
> 
> Etienne
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:44 AM, <b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > I had a play around wit Inkscape and 5mins later had come up 
> with this:
> >
> > http://www.overclockers.com.au/pix/st7vm
> >
> > The link is to a transparent png so it doesn't look right with 
> the dark
> > blue background of the hosting service but such is life.
> >
> > I can't post the svg to the list without "moderator approval" 
> as it makes
> > the message body exceed 40kb. If anybody wants it just ask and 
> I'll shoot it
> > through to you personally.
> >
> > Feedback is welcomed. Having the two "Map" words on the right 
> hand side
> > kinda bugs me. Does OSM have any other slogans we could put on it?
> >
> > -Brent
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