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In an effort to increase public awareness of the Document Liberation Project and open/free file formats, we've created a page containing Badges for linking to the DLP site.
Intro
To work on the badges, you'll want to assemble a few things:
- The #Tools
- The #Resources
After that, you'll probably want to follow our general #Workflow so that we end up with some consistency in our output. Don't worry -- if you hate the workflow, please suggest something different. It's a meritocracy, after all :-)
When you're done, have a #Beer.
Tools
Here's what I use to work on the badges. You don't have to follow me exactly, but we are big on maintaining a workflow that only relies on Free Software, so if you suggest something like "and then in step 3 we run it through Adobe Illustrator...", that ain't gonna fly.
You'll want
| Software | Version I used (Ubuntu 12.04) |
|---|---|
| Nautilus (for a webDAV client) | 3.4.2 |
| Inkscape | 0.48.3.1 |
| ImageMagick | 6.6.97 |
| Bash (for batch operations) | 4.2.2 |
Resources
SVG sources, fonts, etc... all live up on ownCloud here:
- https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/Common/DLP
- But you'll want to log-in for upload as well as download, in which case use this url.
As of 2014-04-06, the layout looks like this:
├── graphics/
│ ├── dlp-badges-for-linking.svg | Contains all of our badges
│ ├── output/
│ │ ├── dlp_...png | Multiple output files
│ │ └── small/
│ │ └── dlp_..._small.png | Small versions of the output files
│ └── shell-command-to-convert-to-small.txt
└── source-documents/
├── Roboto_Condensed.zip | The fontface used for DLP branding
└── testbranding-v4.svg | Initial SVG branding document
Workflow
Prep
- Install the needed software and the Roboto Condensed font
- Get the #Resources using your favorite webDAV client and the correct webDAV url for ownCloud
Inkscape
- All of the badges are in dlp-badges-for-linking.svg, as this seems easier to me than separate files
- I set integer-values for the bounding boxes, like 750 x 250, and tried to maintain some consistency between badges
- (Perhaps consistency between badges isn't necessary?)
- I used the Export -> Bitmap from bounding box tool to generate large PNGs (e.g. 450x220 px)
ImageMagick/Convert
- I used the convert tool to do some bulk down-sizing on the command-line. This works pretty well if you make groups of badges that are the same dimensions. See the file shell-command-to-convert-to-small.txt for details.
Silverstripe
- All of the badges currently live in Files/Uploads/dlp/images/
- I specified Alt text when I added each one to the Link to us page
- When we upload SVG and larger PNG files, we should either split-up into SVG/, large/, and small/, or have one directory per image.
- Working with the images in the sort-of-WYSIWIG Silverstripe editor can be aggravating
- I sometimes used the HTML editor directly, but be careful to keep the code VERY clean
TODOs
- Find good workflow to export SVG versions of each badge
- Use gradients/bezels to make the badges look more like buttons?
- Enlarge text for better visibility in small badges
- Tweak the CSS for the <code>..</code> blocks on the Link to us page so that they are less obtrusive
- (e.g. smaller text, perhaps left-aligned)
Beer
(to stub-in)