some needs
Isaac (.ike) Levy
ike at blackskyresearch.net
Sun Jan 26 12:45:22 EST 2014
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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