[dfs3] Posters, logos and things

[David Walland]

Frankly Barry, I think the best is for someone to explain whenever
possible.  I can't see there being any significant gain in revamping them
this late in the day.  I'm flat out getting ready for our 3 weeks plus in
Germany, which requires auto-watering set up in the new greenhouse, the
fruit cage, and various other pot plants (three different systems),
finishing work to go to Germany (I do most of the cold-working on herself's
glass).  I have to pot up plants for our friendly landlord and landlady who
are rather inexperienced gardeners yet and produce cultural blurb in German
for them AND work for 5 days in the next two weeks (I still work half-time).
So if anyone is wanting to tweak these please go ahead; I don't have time,
and having fought our elderly printer to produce 40+ A4 and around 10 A3
sheets, I don't have the inclination to get back into doing more!  Sorry!

Regards

David


On 20 June 2014 23:23, Barry Titterton <titterton.barry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would it therefore make sense to have several versions of the poster on
> display at an event stall, each with a different heading, but all working
> on the same theme? That way we maximise the chances of each member of the
> general public understanding the point of the project. Or would that cause
> more confusion than benefit?
>
> Barry T
>
>
> On 20 June 2014 22:31, David Walland <davidwalland at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Barry and the list,
>>
>> I entirely agree that the poster is not adequate.  However tinkering with
>> the title line won't change this.  The big problem which you have
>> discovered is that people only read some of the title line and nothing
>> more.  They read into this part of the title line their own "take" on what
>> it means.  Only a very small percentage of the people who look at it will
>> read any more.  What we needed was something which encompassed the entire
>> project in that one line - which isn't possible.
>>
>> Realise that the vast majority of people faced with *anything* you write
>> will not see what you expect, only what they want to make out of that title
>> line.
>>
>> There's no easy way out!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David Walland
>>
>> PS there are even more rules than this - the 1970s poster of a naked
>> young woman with the banner title "Oh but I always wear my eye protection"
>> (the only thing she *was* wearing) certainly took the interest of the male
>> half of the population, but very few ever were able to tell what it was
>> about.  Seriously, less than 10% could quote it after they had turned the
>> corner of the corridor where it was hung for an experiment - there's a
>> scientific paper on it.
>>
>>
>> On 20 June 2014 16:26, Barry Titterton <titterton.barry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We have had stall at the recent EcoFest event at Neville's Cross.
>>> Visitors who saw our stall said that the title of our current advertising
>>> poster (Do You Need A New Computer?) made it sound like we were trying to
>>> raffle off the laptops that were on display. I therefore propose a new
>>> poster title to be used to decorate future stalls at similar events:-
>>>
>>> "A New Life For Your Old Computer"
>>>
>>> The content of the poster would be similar to the current one. I haven't
>>> had chance to mock one up yet. This poster would exist along side our
>>> current poster as an alternative. We could also look into having a banner
>>> made, all of the other organisations seemed to have one, but that would
>>> cost money.
>>> Our stall at the EcoFest was rather bare so I have also been thinking
>>> about other ways of decorating our 'space' with informative posters. One
>>> suggestion is to have a comparison of Linux vs Windows. A simple poster
>>> with a flyer on the table that gives more detailed information. Here is my
>>> first try:-
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d7cf200umq3gxc/Comparison%20Poster.odt
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5pjpommp0uvaxgl/Comparison%20Text.odt
>>>
>>> We could also have a selection of flyers on other FOSS subjects such as
>>> Comparing ODF with MS Office File Formats, with special attention to the
>>> subject of vendor lock-in by design.
>>> I have also thought that we should have a group logo for our literature,
>>> so I have put together a selection to inspire comment or creativity:-
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u3mwi0ts3q10abw/DFS3%20Logo%20possible.pdf
>>>
>>> I have no artistic or graphical design abilities so feel free to have a
>>> go yourselves.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Barry T
>>>
>>> PS. Please let me know if the above links work as I am very new to
>>> Dropbox.
>>>
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