some needs

[Isaac (.ike) Levy]

Hi N.J.,

On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:20 AM, "N.J. Thomas" <njt at ayvali.org> wrote:

> * George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> [2014-01-18 21:24:10-0500]:
>> fliers/posters we need... once details set
>> 
>> - Updated version of con flier, with online registration and speaker
>> list... easily to blow up to 11x17.  These would be great to have on
>> campuses in CS departments, etc.
> 
> hi George,
> 
> I don't know whether or not you are still accepting submissions for
> this. Here's mine:
> 
>    http://ayvali.org/misc/nycbsdcon/
> 
> 
> Some notes:
> 
>    - I tried to stay as faithful as possible to Ike's original version:
>      (http://blackskyresearch.net/misc/nycbsdcon2014/), but I couldn't
>      reproduce the logo exactly.

We had been passing the logo file around early on, here it is again:

http://blackskyresearch.net/misc/nycbsdcon2014/nycbsdcon_2014_logo.pdf

It's merely vector outlines, (so the type is perfectly consistent), feel free to use this logo in your designs- so that all our stuff is visually in sync!

Rocket-
.ike




> 
>    - I used the Brooklyn Bridge background because it connotes NYC, is
>      iconic, and fits visually into the portrait mode poster (also
>      avoids phallic symbolism, cf. the t-shirt thread).
> 
>    - I purchased the background from a stock photo site (123rf.com,
>      image id: 8793125, Copyright Jeremy Reddington); the standard
>      license allows for online advertising and promotional materials as
>      well as printed offline advertising and promotional materials.
> 
>    - I have web and print versions, the print version is for a 11"x17"
>      at 300dpi and uses the standard printer's 1/8" bleed and 1/8"
>      trim.
> 
>    - I used the spellings of the speakers from the website.
> 
>    - For each speaker, I simply put the short-form of the organization
>      they are associated with, e.g. "Scott Long - Netflix", "Jeff Rizzo
>      - OpenBSD" -- I'm not sure if you want to keep it like this or
>      not.
> 
>    - For Michael W. Lucas, I put "Absolute BSD", because that's how I
>      best know him, but I'm not sure if that does him justice: he's a
>      pretty prolific writer and I'm not sure how to describe him
>      succinctly.
> 
>    - I'm entirely unsatisfied with the fonts, I used whatever was in
>      ports and came with GIMP (DejaVu/Bitstream Vera). To fix this
>      would take some doing, so I left it alone for now.
> 
> Please let me know if you would like me to make corrections/changes.
> 
> hth,
> Thomas
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