[python-advocacy] Python banner glitch

[David Goodger]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:41, Aahz<aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> I exported python-logo-inkscape.svg to EPS and sent it to my printer.
> They sent back a PDF with the shadow under the logo rather different from
> the SVG:
> http://pythoncraft.com/python_Banner_ai.pdf
>
> I get the same result when I export to PS in Inkscape and run ps2pdf.
> Should I care about this?

Yes. The shadow there looks horrible.

See the attached PDF, exported directly from Inkscape. The shadow
reproduces correctly for me.

> If yes, I'll need someone with more graphics
> experience to help me.  (Yes, I know that supposedly Illustrator can
> import the SVG directly, but my printer isn't familiar with that
> functionality, so I need an AI, EPS, or PDF file.)
>
> (I'm thinking that for a banner, having the shadow be more visible might
> actually be better, but if I can get a proper shadow I'll use that to
> maintain marketing consistency.)

If the shadow cannot be reproduced correctly, it would be better to
remove it altogether. The attached python-banner-noshadow.pdf file
omits the shadow.

-- 
David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>
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