On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org>wrote:
> @Kay, > > The main problem is that JPEG is a lossy format and it is designed for > photographic images, not line drawings. So font and sharp-edge fuzziness is > always a problem. Furthermore, modification of JPEGs (change of scale, > resolution, orientation, etc.,) just accumulates more degradation. > > PNGs are better, at the resolution of the PNG, but also suffer under > modification because of rasterization (they are still bitmaps). > > Someplace, it is necessary to find a quality vector-graphic version so > that lossless PNGs can be produced at whatever resolutions are required; > the graphic should be used in anything to be viewed at various resolutions, > projected, and also printed, as for publishable documentation, PDFs, etc. > There can also be adjusting for features that do not scale proportionally > (especially fonts) and that have difficulty when their clean resolution is > finer than the target pixel spacing permits. That's usually why even > families of vector-graphic forms are desired for different target size > ranges. > > Aside from all of that, I think the Orb1 as now presented is the ideal > form, although there could be some tweaking as just noticed on the wiki > page by Kevin. I don't agree with the capitalization as "APACHE" though. > The balance on the current form, with "Apache" seems fine, especially at > web-page resolutions and scale. > > - Dennis > > "Anyone who thinks protocol is unnecessary has never tried to make friends > with a cat." > - attributed to Lazarus Long > Dennis and others -- I'm STILL hoping that the original creator -- Michael Acevedo might be in contact to change both the size (we need somewhat bigger) and format. Again, I am definitely NOT a graphics creator and my skills are quite limited in this regard. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 20:31 > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: this is in production now...Re: [WWW] new logo in staging > only...I think we need a graphic modification > > [ ... ] > > well...I did a LOT more futzing kind of to no avail...changed some styles, > corrected some erroneous ones, then finally put this into production. > > It could look better but well, web sites are NEVER set in concrete, and I > wanted to get this done before RC 3.4, which seems rather imminent. > > And I can't speak to my available time over the next day or so. > > Meanwhile, I will try to document the setup as I know it (which is well, > not very good). > > done for today... > > > [ ... ] > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert Heinlein
