[sllug-members]: Fwd: Really cool promo flyers

[Thomas S Hatch]

After a closer look there are some fundamental design issues, both in layout
and image usage.  The underlying concept is good though.  The ability to
place effective advertising materials in the hands of community members
could be a good idea - one worth exploring!

-Tom

On Jan 31, 2008 6:40 PM, David J Iannucci <fyyht at punchcutter.ml1.net> wrote:

> > Thanks Clint!  These are cool, do you happen to know where some svgs
> > are? Or heck just something a little more printable?
>
> They're kinda cool, but ultimately meaningless.  They're obviously
> written by techies in a kind of language which is incomprehensible to
> normal people - exactly the target audience.  No non-geek will get past
> the 2nd line.  It's gibberish to them.  This is a real problem for the
> OSS movement as a whole, I think.... how do you communicate to normal
> people why this is important and they should make the effort?
>
> And the typographic design has some serious flaws... too much text, and
> the typeface doesn't draw you in and make you want to read it - it's
> off-
> putting.  And there are several places where the text color blends in
> with the background and you have to strain to figure out what it says.
>
> Sorry, just had to get that off my chest :-)  Good idea, but these
> posters needed a real designer to put them together if they were gonna
> make any difference.
>
> Dave
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