[okfn-discuss] Web buttons sample: http://okfn.org/images/sample_buttons.png

Mon Jan 29 13:38:21 UTC 2007

I like the top one best :)

On 1/29/07, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> I've posted a sample set of 'OPEN KNOWLEDGE' web buttons at:
>
> http://www.okfn.org/images/sample_buttons.png
>
> Comments and suggestions welcome (e.g. which is the nicest colour,
> should we do other colours etc etc). If anyone wants to hackaround
> themselves the svg source is at:
>
> http://okfn.org/images/sample_buttons.svg
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> Notes:
> ======
>
> 1. using standard silkscreen font (the first two buttons) the text does
> not quite fit in an 80 width button so the first two are 85x15. If you
> do each letter separately and only have 1px spacing between letters you
> can get it in 80x15 (the second two).
>
>
> 2. I cooked the originals up as svgs in inkscape. After some very
> painful trial and error I discovered that when exporting from inkscape
> to png the image will be mysteriously blurred/murky unless you:
>
> 1. set resolution to 90dpi
>
> 2. prevent automatic antialiasing by inkscape by
>
>    1. Ensure that everything you have drawn is exactly integer pixels
>    2. Ensure everything you have drawn starts and finishes at an integer
> pixel grid point (go to document preferences and check snap-to-grid)
>
> In order to achieve 2 with the silkscreen font I need to set the font
> size in inkscape to exactly 8.4 (otherwise font was not an exact pixel
> in width and therefore blurred on export)
>
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