[talk-au] posters/banners

b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au
Sat Aug 8 08:41:06 BST 2009


Awesome job on this one: http://barstool.ash.ms/osm/posters/2009-08-09/openstreetmap-osm-australia-austsralia.png :doublethumsup:

----- Original Message -----
From: Ashley Kyd <ash at kyd.com.au>
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 1:19 pm
Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners
To: talk-au at openstreetmap.org

> Actually, a follow-up to that, the logo is indeed trade marked, 
> so it'll
> have to remain as is, and possibly be okayed for use first. I 
> don't know
> how trade mark law works, so someone else might have to work 
> that out.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ash.
> 
> On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 08:39 +1000, b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au wrote:
> > What I'll probably do is just upload all versions of the banner
> > somewhere and let whoever is paying for the print choose and 
> tweak to
> > their liking. That way all we need to agree upon is the 
> OpenStreetMap> name and the magnifying glass icon.
> > 
> > In the end it's literally a 5min job to make different 
> versions. For
> > example, I personally believe that the Japanese banner was 
> made for an
> > international audience, why else would it have "Japan" not only
> > written on it but in Roman characters.
> > 
> > So, if we want a banner to be shown in a SoTM presentation 
> then having
> > "Australia" on it would be appropriate. Otherwise it may be 
> best to
> > have "Gathering" or "Mapping Party" or "Meeting" instead.
> > 
> > With regard to horizontal centering: I aligned the text on the right
> > hand edge but intentionally left the bottom line a bit to the 
> left on
> > the LHS so as to balance the protrusion of the magnifying glass.
> > 
> > I'll whip up a few more versions tonight. Going on an endurance
> > training ride today :).
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am
> > Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners
> > To: b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au
> > Cc: talk-au at openstreetmap.org
> > 
> > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, <b.schulz.10 at scu.edu.au> wrote:
> > > > Yeah, the 2 logos kind of each represent an extreme: one 
> is a 
> > > bit plain and
> > > > the other is too distracting.
> > > >
> > > > I might try putting a map rendered as the background, but 
> have 
> > > it more as a
> > > > watermark than an attraction. It's probably time to read 
> some 
> > > Inkscape> tutorials...
> > > >
> > > > Any other ideas are most welcome.
> > > 
> > > Version 2 gets my vote. Plain is infinitely better than crowded
> > IMHO.
> > > Just make sure the two lines of text are horizontally 
> centred with
> > > respect to each other. I wouldn't bother with putting a map 
> in the
> > > background.
> > > 
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> Ashley Kyd
> • Web & Software Development in Brisbane, Australia.
> • Phone (07) 3129 2332, or visit http://kyd.com.au/
> 
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