On 04.08.2010, at 00:45, Christian Boltz wrote:
Hello,
on Dienstag, 3. August 2010, Robert Lihm wrote:
On 03.08.2010, at 14:29, S.Kemter wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 03.08.2010, 13:18 +0200 schrieb Robert Lihm:
1. The stuff will be printed and folded (!) by a print house.
Yes, I know (and have some experience with creating folded flyers [and unfolded flyers and posters] using scribus ;-)
2. The flyer is targeting people who already use Linux. It should gibe a brief overview about the project, etc.
The "Free software" page looks more like it is targeted to people not using Linux yet ;-) (at least I assume/hope most Linux users have at least heard about "free software)
Don't get me wrong - this is a good thing[tm] and makes the flyer also a good introduction for people not using Linux yet. I don't really expect they instantly start to use the build service, but maybe they'll start to use the distribution ;-)
The front page is good as it is. I would call it serious or clean instead of boring.
ACK.
2. Christian said it make the headlines in 5th leg
As the flyer should be timeless and serious I decided to not use the Cholla Font (or 5th leg) in this case. Sure, its part of our branding, but I want to have a clear motion in the flyer and Cholla does not fit.
A valid point and a good suggestion! Maybe we can use it next time more often.
Hmm, sounds like you can't decide yourself *g*
I would prefer Cholla/5th leg for the headlines. IMHO the flyer would stil look serious (hey, Cholla is not Comic Sans ;-) and would match the openSUSE branding much better.
Well, Cholla is IMHO pretty close to Comic Sans ;-) However, as it seams that you are serious about this topic, here is a Cholla-Hedlined Version. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/opensuse/PR-Kit/oS-Project-Flyer-V5-Cholla-Pr... I'm ... OK with it :-)
3. second page looks to empty
You mean page 6 (flyer-back) which is green too? It's not good to fill every square-inch (or square-px in web design) with informations. Sorry, but i disagree with you in this case.
I still suggest to add the openSUSE logo there (small, at the bottom). Besides that: ACK
Perhaps a minor thing: the lines should be at the same position (measured from top) as on the "Free software" page (german: "Registerhaltigkeit"). This basically means: - make the headlines (including free space) exactly as high as n "normal" text lines (n to be defined by you, n = 3 lines might be a good value)
I'm not sure if i get you right. Maybe we can talk about this in german on IRC? I went through the paragraph spacing and found some c&p mistakes. The font size is in general 10pt, the line height is 14pt. The paragraph spacing is 7pt.
- use an empty line as paragraph delimter in the "Discover it" section
for distro add LXDE & XFCE snapshots that should fill the page
We have a KDE and a Gnome shot. That enough.
ACK. (Maybe less overlapping and a bit bigger?)
BTW: "Operating _S_ystem" - should the "s" be lowercase?
As Operating System is a name like Build Service we keep it uppercase. I'mean, its OS not Os, isn't is? :-)
However, the "Operating system" page looks very empty. I'd add a second paragraph that lists some features of openSUSE (in a timeless way - don't list any version number there ;-)
http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Distribution has some good points in the "What features does openSUSE offer you?" section.
I'm not the best in writing english marketing texts, but let me try: (based on Portal:Distribution text)
openSUSE has everything you need to do your work and play. Browse the web with Firefox, send email, write documents with OpenOffice.org, enjoy media with Banshee and Amarok, and much more.
I wrote me your suggestion down. But it's to late for text changes. We definitely need to discuss the content for the flyer much earlier next time. This time we had to hurry. Sorry. Thank you a lot for your feedback! Robert
Regards,
Christian Boltz -- Ist doch ganz einfach. Windows arbeitet nach dem WYSIAS-Prinzip: What you see is Allgemeine Schutzverletzung! [Dieter Bruegmann in dag°] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
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