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["Ivan Vodopiviz" <merkoth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Koki,

I'll put togheter the text for you tomorrow or when I have some spare time.
Thanks for your replies.

On 9/6/07, Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) <koki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ivan Vodopiviz wrote:
> > Sorry for double posting, but I'm having some problems with the Haiku
> > poster:
> >
> > 1) The .ai download link seems to be dead.
>
> Fixed.
>
> > 2) Inkscape doesn't seem to support EPS.
> > 3) OOo Draw doesn't seem to support EPS files generated with Illustrator
> > 11 (after converting the file, just draws a rectangle with some info
> > about the file like title, creation date and Illustrator version. Not
> > really useful :S
> >
> > I'll try tomorrow with Xara Xtreme on Linux. Sorry Koki, but I can't
> > afford Illustrator (it's not like it can be of much use for a programmer
> > like me anyway).
>
> It probably won't work.
>
> I started with Inkscape, but it proved to be the wrong tool for the job:
> export to bitmap did not work for big high resolutions (known bug),
> there were some text rendering problems, problems with shadows, and the
> occasional crashes. I love open source software, but I want to focus on
> producing, not troubleshooting and/or reporting bugs. So I decided to
> move to Illustrator. :)
>
> From Illustrator, I can save to SVG; but when opening the SVG in
> Inkscape, you get a document that is far from the original: font names
> are not converted, the character kerning is wrong and visually
> incorrect, the screenshot is gone, etc..
>
> There is also a chance that you don't have the fonts that I used in the
> flyer and/or poster. Plus tweaks here and there will also be needed, as
> translations usually result in text of different length (sometimes
> shorter, sometimes longer).
>
> All in all, it may just be easier and better if you sent me the Spanish
> text and I plugged it into the artwork to create Spanish versions of the
> flyer/poster for you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Koki
>
> > On 9/6/07, *Ivan Vodopiviz* <merkoth@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:merkoth@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi all,
> >
> >     I plan to translate the wallpaper/flyers/everything regarding the
> >     artwork to spanish as soon as I have some spare time. But I have a
> >     question:
> >
> >     Taking the wallpaper as an example, should I translate the
> >     "Operating System" string when its located right after the Haiku
> >     logo? In spanish, I should translate it to Sistema Operativo, so it
> >     would be "Haiku SO", and could lead to confusion with the website
> >     URL (Haiku SO <--> haiku-os.org <http://haiku-os.org>). Should I
> >     keep it in english?
> >
> >     And nice work Koki :)
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 8/30/07, *Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a . Koki)* <koki@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:koki@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >         Howdy,
> >
> >         With the purpose of helping the community give exposure and
> promote
> >         Haiku at community events, open source conferences, trade shows,
> >         user
> >         group meetings and other similar events (and just for the fun of
> it
> >         too), I have setup the following page to make available for
> download
> >         Haiku-related promotional material:
> >
> >         http://myhaiku.org/haiku-related-artwork
> >
> >         At the moment, the page contains the Haiku flyer that was put
> >         together
> >         for FalterCon and the Haiku poster recently circulated in this
> >         mailing
> >         list. More will be gradually added as it becomes available.
> >
> >         All the artwork in this page is released under a Creative
> Commons
> >         Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license, so feel free
> >         to share
> >         and remix provided that you follow the conditions of the CC
> license:
> >
> >         http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
> >         <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/>
> >
> >         Also, if you create derivatives, I would appreciate if you let
> >         me know,
> >         so that I can link to your work (or I can post it on my blog;
> >         your choice).
> >
> >         Translations are also welcome and encouraged. All the graphics
> are
> >         available in SVG format, so they can be easily edited any vector
> >         graphics editor. Alternatively, I could do the editing for you,
> >         provided
> >         that you send me all the translated text.
> >
> >         BTW, the Haiku poster will be available on the Haiku Store at
> >         CafePress,
> >         hopefully some time next week.
> >
> >         Cheers,
> >
> >         Koki
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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