[Marketing] first mockup of a rollup banner for booths

[Sean DALY]

Yes, me too I've spread that word
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-March/000668.html ,
but I think buying the font for mastering print marketing materials is
justified - I myself go nuts seeing different counters in the "a" of
sugar and the "a" in labs

Before I buy the fonts I'm just wondering if the Light is sufficient
or if I should pick up the variants

Sean


On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> On 3 Jun 2009, at 06:45, Sean DALY wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> re colors: my mockup was in no way color-managed, I merely scraped the
>> ring image off a screenshot in the gallery of the SL website intro and
>> applied no profile.
>>
>> I do feel however that it is important we use VAG Rounded Light -
>> Christian or Eben, I want to buy a couple of licenses for that, do we
>> need several weights, or can we get by with just the Light?
>
> FWIW, Christian did spec on the web page about MgOpen Modata, "Solely for
> informational purposes, the logo font is VAG rounded. The font Modata, in
> the mgopen package, is closely based on this font". Here's a side by side
> comparison with largest bitmaps I could scrape from the site you linked me
> to. Black is VAG, grey is Modata; I'd say the "f" is the main tweak to stand
> out:
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> We do need vector format, any bitmaps will likely be noticeable on a large
> poster; I can buy a copy if needed, it's not expensive (but pity is won't be
> a font any SL volunteer can use).
>
> Regards,
> --Gary
>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Federick,
>>>
>>> On 3 Jun 2009, at 03:12, Frederick Grose wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Gary,
>>>>
>>>> The banner looks good, but seems to be heavy on dark blue strokes.
>>>
>>> Thanks, I was following the previous png mock-up colour for colour, apart
>>> from one XO icon change request (to pink outline and green fill), and
>>> some
>>> extra Activity icons.
>>>
>>> Your PNGs were definitely more vibrant (and used sRGB IEC61966-2.1) than
>>> the
>>> previous mockup PNGs. Did my PDF colour generally look OK/'expected' and
>>> not
>>> washed out (other than being a bit heavy on the dark blue strokes)? Just
>>> wanted to check as Walter reported he was seeing washed out colours
>>> relative
>>> to what he expected to see on screen – sounds like different
>>> profile/gamma
>>> issue but not sure if this was an issue with the original PNG that I was
>>> working from.
>>>
>>>> I've attached some of my favorite color pairs (snapped off the screen of
>>>> SoaS in VirtualBox).
>>>
>>> Thanks, yes these are a more strong/saturated set of colours than the
>>> other
>>> PDF mock-ups, will need to see feedback from others on the colour
>>> issue...
>>>
>>> Eben/Sean: can you confirm the colour profile on your two previous
>>> mock-ups
>>> was right/expected (rollup_mockup1 & rollup_mockup2, PNGs both had the
>>> same
>>> "ibook" profile and were a little soft on the saturation vs. Fredericks
>>> images)?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> --Gary
>>>
>>>> I used Walter's xoEditor,
>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/XoEditor, for some, but had to
>>>> use
>>>> gconf-editor for the YellowPink combination (while the PinkYellow
>>>> combination was possible in xoEditor).  I wish there was a direct
>>>> stoke/fill
>>>> inversion method, such as a inverted XO in a fixed position in the
>>>> alternative row.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for all the contributions,    --Fred
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <BlueOrange2XO.PNG><PurpleGreenXO.PNG><BlueYellowXO2.PNG><PinkYellow.PNG><YellowPink.PNG><PinkBlueXO.PNG><YellowGreen.PNG><GreenYellowXO.PNG><PurpleOrangeXO.PNG><OrangePurple.PNG><YellowRedXO.PNG><RedYellowXO.PNG><BlueOrangeXO.PNG>_______________________________________________
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