[advocacy-discuss] Modified OpenSolaris Artwork

[Glynn Foster]

On 23/08/2008, at 3:21 AM, Calum Benson wrote:

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> On 22 Aug 2008, at 02:28, Glynn Foster wrote:
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>> This is now done -
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>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/mktgdownloads/
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/mktgdownloads/fanbuttons/
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> It's a handy resource, but there's a fairly wacky variety of file
> formats up there, I have to say... JPEG for CD artwork?  SXD for
> business cards?  GIF for buttons (does anyone really use GIFs for
> anything except animations any more?)
>
> Would it be useful to standardise on three or four formats (maybe PDF,
> ODF, PNG, JPG... possibly SVG?), and post up a couple of guidelines on
> which are the most appropriate for different types of assets? PDF for
> anything that's going to be printed as-is, ODF for anything that's
> going to be printed but needs customising first, PNG for online
> graphics, JPGs for wallpapers, that sort of thing...

I just put up what I'm given, but in general I agree. Let's see if we  
can get some source files for a few of the designs for a start - I'll  
ask our designers.


Glynn