designers December 2009

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Re: Charity Flyer
by Sam Tuke 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

On Saturday 19 Dec 2009 11:00:07 designers-request(a)fsfeurope.org wrote: > I see one problem with this leaflet is, that it is > not maintainable in the long run Yes that is a very good point. This comes down to design generally though I think - I had to spend a lot of time making the sentences exactly fit the space to make the leaflet look good, and similar work is going to be needed in order to change the language and still have the space filled and the document look professional over all. The wording and language are not separate from the design - they are very much part of it, so whoever changes the wording will also need to give thought to changing the design (in terms of paragraph layout etc.). I would recommend that the sources (svg) are posted internally at least (perhaps in a fellows resources area or similar) so that I am not the only one who can make modifications - that way people are able to make changes if they want to. For the foreseeable future I will be able to make changes of language, but relying on the creator of each flyer to maintain and extend it is not ideal as you say. I'm open to suggestions for better methods in future - If there is system which could solve this situation then I'd like to know about it so that I can incorporate it into any future documents that I create for FSFE. Sam.

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Re: charity flyer
by Sam Tuke 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Please find attached new version of the charity flyer. The back page is now complete, and has been joined with the revised first page to form a two page A5 pdf document. As always, sources are available. Thanks, Sam.

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Re: Charity Flyer
by Sam Tuke 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

>Are you thinking about what to do with the back of that flyer? >That could have more extensive information, both on Free Software >and on FSFE. Yes I was thinking of having some simple paragraphs, with headings like this: About Free Software About GNU/Linux About FSFE More Information I'd aim to keep it brief, to the point, and non-pushy. More or less a fact based explanation of the concepts used on the reverse side to whet their appetite and answer a few immediate questions. I should be able to get that to you over the weekend, combined with the existing page into a two page PDF document that can then be printed side by side (as they are A5 size) or however is necessary. I should have used scribus really for this task as strictly speaking it is a more suitable application, but I have much greater experience with inkscape so I stuck to that instead despite its poor text handling features. Sam.

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Charity flyer
by Sam Tuke 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

So we need a charity flyer it seems: Peter wrote: >can anyone recommend a good briefing note or two which would be suitable? Ideally it would be aimed at voluntary / public sector organisations Karsten wrote: >I'm not aware of any such note that I could point you to Well, I made one (attached are PDF and vector versions). It is A5 in size, and is aimed at a non-technical audience. I will do a reverse side shortly with a little more general info, but for the time being, see if you think that this is of any use. If people think it is suitable then we can let Peter know about it. Sam.

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Re: Charity Flyer
by Sam Tuke 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

> Just a small typo: "platrorms" Fixed. > CC-BY-SA is my strong preference. Implemented. Thanks for all the feedback! See attached . Sam.

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Re: Designers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 4
by Sam Tuke 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

On Tuesday 08 Dec 2009 11:00:08 designers-request(a)fsfeurope.org wrote: > a few small improvements Glad you like it! I've implemented your corrections (except for periods), along with a CC NC-SA license (see attached). If you think its ready, will you email Peter about it? Sam.

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Re: Buttons
by Sam Tuke 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

New buttons as requested by Matthias. 18 in total. Source files are available. The rendering of the green texture isn't perfect on some of them (inskape's jpeg texture rendering in pre4 has issues). If anyone wants one re-rendered, just ask, or get the source files and render them yourselves :) http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/9bbfa26672df7f88fc6340d846966d15/

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Re: Designers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1
by Sam Tuke 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Wednesday 02 Dec 2009 11:00:06 designers-request(a)fsfeurope.org wrote: Great suggestions, I'm on the case. Sam. > We either write "Free Software Foundation Europe" or "FSFE". We should > not use "FSF Europe". That was a decision of FSFE's team about a year > ago. > > I very much like the two new ones, the "plussy" is at a very cool place. > Is it possible to have them either with Free Software Foundation Europe > or FSFE or something with "follow me" (whereas Fellowship > replaces "Fellow"). And also one with just "Fellow" and remove the part > with "fsf europe", just make it smaller. That would be cool :) > > In general it might be good to also have some with "Join the > Fellowship", or "Fellow" big and add something like "join me" / "follow > me".

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Re: Designers Digest, Vol 9, Issue 4
by Sam Tuke 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

>wow, these are very cool! Thanks for this. > I also like them very much. I'm glad you like them :) >I think we even don't have to decide which one to take but can offer several different version This was my thinking too - if we have a selection then people can choose which they prefer. However I understand that having one particularly clear button is a good idea for consistency and branding. I was wondering about using imagemagik or similar to generate a button with the member's number (or name, but that's probably harder) for new fellows. I've never done this before, and you may not think a button with a fellow number is relevant, but its just an idea. >for some reason the button is blue on my screen Yes, the last button in the gallery is blue, all the others are green. This is intentional, as the fellowship branding/theming is green based, but the fsfe logo is blue based, so the designs are fundamentally different. I didn't see that it made sense to brand generic fsfe buttons with the fellowship theme as they are two separate things. Personally I find the fellowship theming preferable and much easier to work with but the fsfe needs more exposure than the fellowship programme, in my opinion, as the fellowship is just one source of funding and activity for fsfe. >What is important for the web is, that we provide several different sizes of the buttons Well, once you decide on one that you like then I can make them whatever size you like (although we will be limited in how small we can go by having to maintain readability). I can make some more or add some alterations if people have specific requests. I'm not sure where we are expecting these buttons to be used primarily - on people's blogs? On stickers? Again, if people have specific ideas about alterations, uses, sizes, shape etc. then please let me know. Also the sources are available if anyone else wants to make different sizes. See here: http://www.mediafire.com/?cwlnmvyyqmd All images should be embedded in the file. You'll need to have Nimbus Sans L installed. I used inscape 0.46 pre4 to make the file. >I think it might be good if you also write a short Blog entry about that so more people know about it What kind of blog entry do you have in mind Matthias? On the fellowship site? About how I made the buttons, or how they may be used, or simply that they exist? What are your thoughts? I think that this is a good idea also. Thanks, Sam.

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buttons
by Sam Tuke 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Here are two more buttons: http://www.imagebam.com/image/e827eb58102423 Can't hurt to have a few more. Source files are attached, at 400.2 kb the attachment may be too large. Sam.

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