Re: GNOME Maps Updates

[Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net>]

Murray Cumming wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 01:29 +0000, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
>  
>
> > Thanks for the update at
> >
> > http://live.gnome.org/LogoGuidelines
> >
> >
> > Therefore, can we say that
> > "a GNOME user-group, provided they accepted the user-group licensing 
> > agreement,  has two options:
> > 1. Use the official logo provided verbatim.
> > 2. In case they want to add something custom like "Greek GNOME Team", 
> > the GNOME Official logo should not be obscured
> > as described at  http://live.gnome.org/LogoGuidelines
> >
> > For example, for the second options,
> > a. http://planet.hellug.gr/images/gnomelivecd.png
> > This would be ok if only 1) if it used the official writing under the 
> > foot, 2) it did not mention GNOME in big letters.
> >    
>
> Yes, I think so. Only the use of a different font seems odd.
>
>  
>
> > b. 
> > http://64.34.180.159/pics2/i/20051121/d/8/6/d86b385eb3d1265a2042334a5134184b0_mid.png
> > This is not ok because 1) it changes the colour of the foot, 2) it does 
> > not say GNOME in Trebuchet font under the foot, 3) the big toe is 
> > multi-coloured (map of China)."
> >    
>
> Yes.
>
> I'm not sure whether we want to enforce the word GNOME and the position
> of the word. The guidelines do seem to suggest that now.
>
> I'm not sure how that would work in languages with very different scripts.
>
>  
>
> > Also, shall we add "You may have noticed several Linux logos (the 
> > penguin) are modified and Tux wears glasses, is dressed, rides a bike 
> > and so on. We try to avoid these variations and we would like to have 
> > the official logo stand out on its own, and you are welcome to add 
> > something next to it. We recommend you to use Inkscape for this task and 
> > export as PNG for best results.".?
> >    
>
> That doesn't seem necessary to me. I'd like to keep the guidelines
> simple and easy to understand.
>  
It's good to add positive examples in addition to the existing examples 
to avoid at

http://live.gnome.org/LogoGuidelines

Personally I feel that the current LogoGuidelines page is not easily 
digestible.
For positive examples on the use of the Logo, you may add
http://planet.hellug.gr/images/gnomegr2.png
http://www.frappr.com/gnomeusers/
http://www.frappr.com/gnomedev/

And an unacceptable one,
http://planet.hellug.gr/misc/GNOME%20Pank%20Logo.png  :)

Simos