On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Graham Lauder <g.a.lau...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Grignon > <kevingrignon...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Let's move this insight into the wikis and document. >> >> Moving forward, we can prepare a visual identity style guide. >> > > I put some material up on the wiki back in January. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Design > > and > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Style+Guide >
This is good stuff. What do you think of the tagline, "The Free and Open Productivity uite"? That is part of the branding, yes? So in the rebranding contest we might expect other suggestions there. -Rob > It is important that we have a fresh pallet and brand image for 4.0 and I > don't think that we should necessarily be wedded to the past given that we > are in a whole new ballgame, especially as now we have achieved graduation. > > cheers > GL > > > > >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >> >> > On 10/22/12, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > On 10/22/2012 03:42 PM, RGB ES wrote: >> > >> 2012/10/23 Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> >> > >> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> On 10/22/2012 02:18 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>>> On 20/10/2012 imacat wrote: >> > >>>> >> > >>>>> I happen to have a 300x100 logo at hand, so I updated it. Feel >> free >> > >>>>> to revise it if you feel my uploaded logo is ugly. >> > >>>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> I think that this was good as a temporary solution, but that we >> should >> > >>>> delete it now, since it has different colors and we don't want >> > >>>> "variants" (in fonts, colors) of the chosen logo around unless they >> > are >> > >>>> clearly marked as proposals. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> The reference logo is >> > >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/**images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-**hires.jpg< >> > http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg> >> > >>>> and apparently it was supplied as a JPG; PNG would be much better, >> SVG >> > >>>> would be totally better, but the source so far is this one and it >> was >> > >>>> contributed by Michael Acevedo. What we have in SVG and (possibly) >> PNG >> > >>>> was derived from this one. >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >>> svg should be: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> http://www.openoffice.org/**images/AOO_logos/svg/OOo_**Website_v2_copy.svg >> > <http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/svg/OOo_Website_v2_copy.svg> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> AFAIK, that svg is just a "container" for the raster image: it do not >> > >> contain a vector image. >> > >> >> > >> Regards >> > >> Ricardo >> > > >> > > hmmm...well, OK. I think I remember something like this now. Should we >> > > use Alexandro's new one at: >> > > >> > > >> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27834483/ApacheOpenOfficeTM.svg >> > >> > AFAIK there was no resolution on the fonts, the discussion ended on >> > asking Michael Acevedo, but he never replied. >> > >> > However since we are discussing this changes, it would be a good idea >> > to jump to an open font type, like Nimbus or Liberation and have a >> > deadline to reach a conclusion. >> > >> > From other discussions about the icons, there is a bit of a push back >> > on accepting "Oracle's impositions" like the Orb and the Galaxy >> > themes. Rob's idea is that we actually have a more Visual Design >> > documentation that take advantage of the design elements we currently >> > have, and maybe generate new ones. >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> should we give it a better name? >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>>> The logo at >> > >>>> >> > >> http://incubator.apache.org/**openofficeorg/images/300x100_**dj_trans.png< >> > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/images/300x100_dj_trans.png> >> > >>>> has different colors and different fonts so I would remove it now >> that >> > >>>> it is no longer used at >> > >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/**openofficeorg/< >> > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/>; >> > >>>> or >> > >>>> is it still being used somewhere? >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Regards, >> > >>>> Andrea. >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> > >>> ------------ >> > >>> MzK >> > >>> >> > >>> "Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never >> > >>> dealt with a cat." >> > >>> -- Robert Heinlein >> > >>> >> > >> >> > > >> > > -- >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > MzK >> > > >> > > "Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never >> > > dealt with a cat." >> > > -- Robert Heinlein >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alexandro Colorado >> > PPMC Apache OpenOffice >> > http://es.openoffice.org >> > >>
