On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Robin Fowler <robin.fow...@outlook.com>wrote: > >> Sorry for taking so long, unfortunately I've not had much time recently. >> I've come up with a logo, it's still quite rough but might be better than >> nothing. It doesn't have a transparent background because it's not straight >> forward with the shadow of the OO logo. (May I say it's a bit problematic >> having two different background colours. Especially when dealing with >> images that we have no access to layers.) Anyway, you may well prefer to >> use one of the other logos available, and that's fine. >> > > Hi Robin, > > I love the concept. I think our readers and users will as well. > > For the website (http://www.openoffice.org/) the idea was to put it in > the upper left, to replace the current logo for the days leading up to > DFD. But that space is currently only 100 pixels high. We might be able > to exceed that by a little, but I'm not sure 240 pixels will work. > > One idea might be to toss out the text and the date and tighten the > remaining elements. We can still use the text headline on the website > (where it currently says "Call For Designers: Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Brand > Refresh > Project<https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/call_for_designers_apache_openoffice>") > for the actual DFD text and date. > > Does that make sense? Would that get us closer to 100px? > > Btw, I'll use the full version, as you have it now on the blog post, where > we have more room to play with. > > Here is the graphic in the context of the draft blog post: https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=openoffice_and_odf I think the blog post could use an even larger version. What do others think? -Rob > Regards, > > -Rob > > > >> >> >> Robin >> >> >> On 6 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Robin Fowler <robin.fow...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo >> for 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions >> anyone has? >> >> >> The ODF Community Logo might be another source of ideas: >> >> http://opendocument.xml.org/wiki/odf-community-logo >> >> ODF is the Open Document Format standard, which OpenOffice supports. >> >> So there is a bird-thing going on in both that logo and the OpenOffice >> one. Maybe a bird being released from a cage? >> >> -Rob >> >> Regards, >> Robin >> >> >> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and >> interoperability in documents. OpenOffice has been a core part of >> DFD since it first started in 2008. >> >> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format >> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and >> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard, >> and at Plugfests improving interoperability. >> >> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day. I think we can do >> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language >> Day: Using social media and our website. We can reach nearly a >> million people when we do this, so it is very effective. >> >> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March 10th: >> >> >> Time is running out if we want to do something. >> >> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic. >> >> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here: >> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg >> >> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here: >> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html >> >> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px. >> >> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in >> future years as well. >> >> >> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website? >> >> 2) A blog post and/or press release. The week prior to DFD is >> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government >> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/). So I might try to write up something >> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps >> promote open government. >> >> >> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD. >> >> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day. >> >> >> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via >> Facebook/Twitter/Google+. This is based on the work Samer did for the >> download page. It has no content, and I probably introduced some >> bugs. But it is full of potential ! >> >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html >> >> >> Anyone interested in helping? >> >> >> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document >> Freedom Day. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> >> >> >
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