original file in the source tree:
/trunk/main/ooo_custom_images/dev/introbout/intro.png

Proposed replacement:

Ok that same image, minus the line Developer Snapshot would then replace the file at:
/trunk/main/default_images/introbout/intro.png

Also in that directory there are the files:
/trunk/main/default_images/introbout/about.png

Proposed replacement:

There are a number of copies of the file found at:
/trunk/main/instsetoo_native/inc_openoffice/windows/msi_templates/Binary/Banner.bmp

Proposed replacement:

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6 Comments

  1. Dennis Hamilton

    Nice and very clean. QUESTION: Where does this image show up that it is seen by users? I don't see anything like it in the Windows install.

    NITS:

    The spacing between Apache and OpenOffice is too tight - I think it should be more like the space in "Developer Snapshot," because the separation separation between "Open" and "Office" needs a little kerning to make sure it is not seen as two words.

    Is it your thinking that there will be a single credits page for all contributors to anything? (The correct URL is http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html)

    We'll need to make a point to maintain this then.

    1. Drew Jensen

      Where do the images display - actually I'm a bit lost there - it seems there are lots of duplicates in many parts of the source tree, so there is really just a few unique images which simply are the copied about.

      Spacing between the words Apache and Open - I have been leaving this small purely because the text is wide and in some place, for example one of the images just now uploaded, are rather small ~100px and fitting the text in readable form is a bit of trick, so I recouped horizontal space.

      Credite page - yes good point, someone (or ones) will need to watch over that, if it continues (I hope so). I would think this is something to coordinate with one or more of the developers - well, actually as a more general question to the ooo-dev ML I suppose.

      and last - the type in the URL - thanks, I'll fix that..

      1. Dennis Hamilton

        I notice in the smaller image that the words Open and Office are closer together. If you can get the same thinner spacing in the larger image, you will have a pixel or two for separating Apache from OpenOffice. (It also looks like the metrics are goofy in the "incubating" of the second proposed replacement, and maybe the first too - though not so apparent to my eye. Does M4+ have a genuine separate italic font and separate metrics for it? There is probably no kerning and it makes the text look like italicized monospace.)

        For the smallest of the images, I think you will need to produce it from a separate vector graphic. It is because fonts don't scale proportionally. The human eye (and pixilation) require smaller fonts to be rendered with slightly heavier weight. Good font designs already compensate for this but it means you need a vector graphic that specifies smaller fonts. I don't know if that is how you get to the smaller ones, but the problem is very apparent in the italic "incubating" at the bottom of the logo in the third proposed replacement. (This is identical to a problem that Don Knuth tripped over in his first book created with TeX and his Computer Modern fonts with regard to italic in the smaller-font of footnotes. It was improved in the next edition of that book.)

        It is difficult to assess these replaced images, especially for non-developers (e.g., the marketing list) since we don't know what the original is and we don't know where these images appear. That is why I have been working backwards from what is actually seen by users so we can confirm that the entire context and actual use cases are dealt with and the result is coherent.

  2. David Fisher

    The correct link for credits is: http://openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html

    1. Dennis Hamilton

      Dave, the openoffice.org link doesn't work.

      The www.openoffice.org one does work and I presume it will work in the future unless a consolidated credit is not preserved.

      1. David Fisher

        Dang google autocomplete. At least it doesn't do what iphone autocomplete can do.

        Bare openoffice.org will work when we dump the legacy MLs and user ids and change the IP.