Unforeseen difficulties with the Mailman logo
So, I'm having a bit of trouble with the Mailman logo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrio/8025917889/in/photostream
The problem being that the delicate lines pretty much just don't show up when I try to print it in button size.
I don't suppose anyone here has some hidden graphics-fu and could help me out? the buttons have a 1.375in printable area, and I'm using a colour laser. Maybe if I switched to a single colour instead of the gradients it would help make them work better?
The original logo page is here: http://list.org/images/logo2010.svg
I made a stab at thickening up those lines here (this is the sheet I used to make the actual button in the photo): http://terri.zone12.com/mailman-logo-buttonsheet.svg
I'd like to make a few of these for the GHC hackathon (Sat Oct 6th 8:30-4:30 North American Eastern Time, and we'll be on IRC if any of you would like to join us!), but I'm currently despairing of managing to produce some that are legible and attractive.
Terri
Terri Oda writes:
I don't suppose anyone here has some hidden graphics-fu and could help me out? the buttons have a 1.375in printable area,
I'm no graphics expert, but at that size, I'd avoid gradients unless you've got at least 1200dpi, preferably 2400dpi resolution.
You could try offsetting the origin by a fraction of a pixel.
What graphics program are you using? Maybe you could try a different one. The button-sized originals look fine in Firefox on a Mac.
You also might have better luck rendering to a bitmap at high resolution (ie, size), and then dithering down to scale.
I actually don't think the photo looks that bad, except that I can't read the "GNU", and having the logo bleed off the face of the button would work better if the postmark effect were clearer. But postmarks tend to be partial anyway, so maybe it would be OK if you shrink the logo a bit.
I am very definitely graphics challenged, but I'm CC'ing Andrija, the artist who generated the original logo. Maybe he has some ideas about adjusting the images for these buttons (which is a great idea, btw!).
Cheers, -Barry
On Sep 26, 2012, at 02:25 AM, Terri Oda wrote:
So, I'm having a bit of trouble with the Mailman logo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrio/8025917889/in/photostream
The problem being that the delicate lines pretty much just don't show up when I try to print it in button size.
I don't suppose anyone here has some hidden graphics-fu and could help me out? the buttons have a 1.375in printable area, and I'm using a colour laser. Maybe if I switched to a single colour instead of the gradients it would help make them work better?
The original logo page is here: http://list.org/images/logo2010.svg
I made a stab at thickening up those lines here (this is the sheet I used to make the actual button in the photo): http://terri.zone12.com/mailman-logo-buttonsheet.svg
I'd like to make a few of these for the GHC hackathon (Sat Oct 6th 8:30-4:30 North American Eastern Time, and we'll be on IRC if any of you would like to join us!), but I'm currently despairing of managing to produce some that are legible and attractive.
Hi there,
at this side, I can't be 100% sure what can be the problem, but I will bet on gradient colors. I am attaching one .svg file with solid color (darker blue from original colors) so you can give it a try. The other option is that the printer can't give the best look. Maybe you can try on any other.
Let me know if this helps.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry@list.org> wrote:
I am very definitely graphics challenged, but I'm CC'ing Andrija, the artist who generated the original logo. Maybe he has some ideas about adjusting the images for these buttons (which is a great idea, btw!).
Cheers, -Barry
On Sep 26, 2012, at 02:25 AM, Terri Oda wrote:
So, I'm having a bit of trouble with the Mailman logo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrio/8025917889/in/photostream
The problem being that the delicate lines pretty much just don't show up when I try to print it in button size.
I don't suppose anyone here has some hidden graphics-fu and could help me out? the buttons have a 1.375in printable area, and I'm using a colour laser. Maybe if I switched to a single colour instead of the gradients it would help make them work better?
The original logo page is here: http://list.org/images/logo2010.svg
I made a stab at thickening up those lines here (this is the sheet I used to make the actual button in the photo): http://terri.zone12.com/mailman-logo-buttonsheet.svg
I'd like to make a few of these for the GHC hackathon (Sat Oct 6th 8:30-4:30 North American Eastern Time, and we'll be on IRC if any of you would like to join us!), but I'm currently despairing of managing to produce some that are legible and attractive.
-- *Best regards!*
*Andrija Arsic*
http://andrijaarsic.com/ e-mail: arsicandrija@gmail.com Phone: 00 381 63 8015012 Skype: mindopener_
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