Bernhard Dippold, 14-01-2007 06:21:
> Hello Caio, *
>
> CC'ing the Art project, becuase this is one of the
topics related to
> both projects.
>
> Caio Tiago Oliveira wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> first of all, congratulations for the visual design
project.
>
> It's a project run by Stella Schulze, the OOo design
expert at Sun,
> Hamburg. She proposed to give the community (especially
UI and Art
> project) access to her OOo related materials and
started this as a
> sub project (not yet finished) of UI, because UI
developer able to
> support her CVS efforts are working just one room
away.
>
> I'm extremely happy that she is sharing her work with
us, so we avoid
> working on the same design in different projects.
>>
>> I would like to edit the banner, but I can't use
Photoshop neither
>> I have enough money to buy it.
>
> I'm not quite sure which banner you mean. This one?
> http://ui.openoffice.org/VisualDesign/gifs/visualdesi
gn.png
>
> Or the "Thank You" banners?
> http://ui.openoffice.org/VisualDesign/gifs/Imag
es/OOoThankYou.png
The "Thank you" banners.
> For the first you have to ask Stella directly (sts OOo), the
latter
> can be found in the Art projects area of Issue Tracker:
> http://ui.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=71240
>
> I think the .psd files there are the ones you are
referring to. I've
> been able to open them in GIMP keepin the layer
information, so it is
> not as hard to modify them. It is not a vector format,
so scaling
> will result in lower quality.
There is a link for the psd files in the page.
> You can't modify the text either - you'll have to
replace it with
> your own.
That's the point.
> But I assume the font used to be Frutiger (condensed?),
the
> commercial font used for the logo too. As this font is
not available
> for free, I don't know if you own it. Using Bitstream
vera (bold)
> instead, condensing it to abut 78% horizontally leads
to quite
> similar results (most obvious difference: better
kerning, slimmer "o"
> and rounded dots in Frutiger).
I weren't aware of this.
I also though the text was available as text, instead of
images.
>> So I would like to see if it's possible to export
the original do
>> SVG or some other format that might to be edited by
someone without
>> Adobe Photoshop.
>
> I don't know if a vector format would be the best, as I
think
> Photoshop is a raster based program (don't own it
either).
>
> Please try GIMP (http://www.gimp.org) if it
serves well enough for
> your purpose. If not, please come back (perhaps with
even more
> reaction in the Art project).
It's raster based, but support paths.
> On the other hand: Jörg Jahnke (jjOOo) has
been very fast in
> presenting translated versions of the banner. So you
might consider
> asking in the issue for help.
>
I think the bitstream vera tip does the job.
I'll try it, thanks.
What's the license of the banner?
I meant, it says the original is for translations but, can
someone
change its color or add an image, for use in a native-lang
project?
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