[ubuntu-art] artwork for the Ubuntu idea brainstorming website

[Nicolas Deschildre]

On Dec 28, 2007 11:16 PM, Troy James Sobotka <troy.sobotka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1 - I have long promoted the ditching of the Ubuntu title font
> in everything outside of the word "Ubuntu".  Are you against changing
> the 'logo' to a font outside of the Ubuntu title font family?  It
> is a sub-optimal font for anything other than the Ubuntu name.

As long as the font for the word "Ubuntu" remains the official one,
I've no problem with font changes.

>
> 2 - I assume you are providing a quick mechanism to link in with
> Launchpad services?  Bugs / Blueprints / etc?  The "copy / paste"
> links are a very smart inclusion.

Yes, you can link an idea/bug to a LP bug number or/and a spec url
and/or a ubuntuforums.org thread. Then the links are displayed at the
right of the title, as icons.

>
> 3 - Are you going to include categories?  I would imagine a big slush
> is sub-optimal.

Yes, when you submit a idea/bug, you must select a category. We just
have to fill the list with category like "games", "office",
"multimedia", and so on...

>
> > But unfortunately my artistic skills are not as good as my programming
> > ones! We will need to work on the following artwork:
> > - Two banners, one for the Ubuntu idea brainstorming part, and one for
> > the Ubuntu most hated bug tracker.
>
> 4 - Having created that little ISO testing icon image, I don't mind
> trying my hand at the banners, but you forgot to mention destination
> format needs.  Size?  Where will it be integrated in the samples
> you provided?

Thanks for your offer!
The test website has three modules, which act as three (almost)
independant websites. The links are located in the top bar ("ISO
tracker", "Hardy bugs", "Hardy ideas"). Right now, the same logo ISO
testing tracker is displayed for each module. We would like to display
one different logo per module, to clearly identify the different
modules.
The logo for the "Hardy bugs" module (top bar names are not definitive
at all) would display the text "Ubuntu most hated bugs", and the one
for the "Hardy ideas" would display "Ubuntu ideas". The text can be
discussed, if you see a better one. Please note that the bug and idea
module will be pointed by the vote-bug.ubuntu.com and
vote-idea.ubuntu.com subdomains.

Concerning the size, the height should remain the same, 64px, and
could be expanded a bit if necessary. For the width, you can go as far
as 690px (to be viewable in 800x600).

>
> > - Some "images links". An "image link" is a image template, in which
> > we add some text with GD. Their purpose is to be published on external
> > website and forums to promote an idea or a hated bug. See for example
> > [3] and [4], with some concept images. What I had in mind ATM was one
> > small image link, static, and one bigger, containing the title of the
> > idea/bug and the number of votes. But size and number can be
> > discussed.
>
> 4 - Can you provide some details on the dynamic nature of the font? In
> particular how big is a worst case scenario in terms of letters?  What
> other information is going to be in there in terms of letters or
> numbers?  I assume you are using Imagemagick as a back end, and as
> such, are there limitations in the font selection?

We are currently using GD, and according to [1], any Freetype 1 and 2
font can be used. The font and size we choose for the dynamic text
parts is up to you!
The worst case scenario for a idea/bug title is 80 letters. The rest
of available information (votes, bug/idea number,..) will have a
close-to-static size. If necessary we can increase the font size as
the title lenght decrease, and I can handle double-line title.

[1] http://fr.php.net/gd

>
> 5 - Is this to be supplied via a Canonical server or a third party
> server location?

A Canonical one.

>
> Once again, this is a wonderful idea...
> TJS

Thanks, and thanks for your help! We hope it will have the success we expect.

Nicolas

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