Re: 4.9 ad for magazine

Some modifications, sending the SVG.
modify to the needs of the team, publish :)


2012/8/12 Carl Symons <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:55 PM, David Edmundson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I had a go myself. Just throwing some ideas together. I used to work
>> at a publishers for a year.
>>
>> There's a few "bugs", and it could do with something that says what's
>> new in 4.9 (maybe) as well as why one should care about KDE in
>> general.
>>
>> Will be happy to merge ideas on anything else that comes up.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
> Fonts (attached) need to be installed in System Settings > Font
> Management for the System. Martin Klapatek has referred to usage
> guidelines in a previous message on this topic.
> http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Guidelines/CIG/Typeface
>
> I prefer the version with the dark background.
>
> The branding -- "KDE Software 4.9" -- is awkward. +1 to Kenny's
> suggestion "KDE Releases 4.9". There were 3 releases--Plasma
> Workspaces, Applications, Platform. So this headline has some
> interesting word play...is "Releases" a plural noun or a verb? Good.
>
> +1 to "Beautifully Free" and "Why KDE" being left aligned. Change the
> color. Should be black or white...see Typeface Guidelines above.
>
> Join The Game either needs to be cleaner or disappear altogether. The
> initial image at kde.org is Join The Game, and someone at KDE SysAdmin
> must have a clean image. However, for print media, I can't get how the
> present JTG image adds to the ad. How about just the words "Join The
> Game"?
>
> So the bottom area would be...
> KDE Logo     kde.org    Join The Game (without the pawn)
>
> Why KDE
> Beautiful out of the box     Yes
> Hundreds of powerful apps Yes
> Understands your lifestyle   No
> Seamlessly integrated        Yes
> Completely free, forever     Yes
>
> KDE doesn't understand anyone's lifestyle; neither does KDE software.
> We accept and appreciate different lifestyles. People can tweak KDE
> software to fit their lifestyles. How about "Adapts to your
> lifestyle"?
>
> Thanks, David. Good work.
>
> Carl
>
>
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