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| Lelio Fulgenzi 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out? And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the phone to see what they might look like? I find that what looks good on the screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
Lelio
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
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"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection" LFJ
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| Bill Woodcock 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| > I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
> Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out? And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the phone to see what they might l
ook like? I find that what looks good on the screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
I just do it by hand in Photoshop. The main trick is to get _exactly_ the
right shades of gray, and to do the characters by hand, so they come out
the same, rather than trying to use a font.
If you get really stuck, I can probably whip one out for you. No, I'm not
offering to do that generally, for the whole world. :-)
-Bill
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| Lelio Fulgenzi 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
and i had a feeling someone was going to say to do the letters by hand. ;)
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection" LFJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Woodcock
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
> I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
> Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out? And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the phone to see what they might look like? I find that what looks good on the screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
I just do it by hand in Photoshop. The main trick is to get _exactly_ the
right shades of gray, and to do the characters by hand, so they come out
the same, rather than trying to use a font.
If you get really stuck, I can probably whip one out for you. No, I'm not
offering to do that generally, for the whole world. :-)
-Bill
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| Simon, Bill 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| Logo is one thing...
What has baffled me thus far is the stuff in the SDK/"Developing cisco IP
Phone Services" book on how to set up graphical + text screens, like their
sample calendar app.
The default font is too darned big but the work needed to get a smaller font
and the same functionality (scrolling using the rocker switch, line wrap...)
is a hundredfold greater.
Might be easier just to petition cisco to develop a firmware with a smaller
browser font. (Especially for the 7940/60)
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From: Lelio Fulgenzi [mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca]
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:17 PM
To: Bill Woodcock
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
and i had a feeling someone was going to say to do the letters by hand. ;)
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than
an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection"
LFJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Woodcock <mailto:woody@pch.net>
To: Lelio Fulgenzi <mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca>
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net <mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
> I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability
is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
> Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font
type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out?
And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the
phone to see what they might look like? I find that what looks good on the
screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
I just do it by hand in Photoshop. The main trick is to get _exactly_ the
right shades of gray, and to do the characters by hand, so they come out
the same, rather than trying to use a font.
If you get really stuck, I can probably whip one out for you. No, I'm not
offering to do that generally, for the whole world. :-)
-Bill
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| Bill Woodcock 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
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On Oct 13, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
> you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
No, there are two shades of gray, also, so you can anti-alias if you
want. Though that looks like crap if you try to do it to small text.
Here are some examples, which you can use as templates, if you like:



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| Lelio Fulgenzi 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| I noticed your images are larger than the 88x27 pixels suggested. Are you using this on a 7940/60 or a 7912. The document I have access to specifically said 88x27 and black and white must be saved as monochrome. This is the logo loaded on the phone using the gkdefault.cfg not the IDLE url.
Interesting topic, eh? ;)
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection" LFJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Woodcock
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
On Oct 13, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
No, there are two shades of gray, also, so you can anti-alias if you want.? Though that looks like crap if you try to do it to small text.
Here are some examples, which you can use as templates, if you like:
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On Oct 13, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
> you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
No, there are two shades of gray, also, so you can anti-alias if you
want. Though that looks like crap if you try to do it to small text.
Here are some examples, which you can use as templates, if you like:



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| Bill Woodcock 2005-10-13, 5:50 pm |
| > I noticed your images are larger than the 88x27 pixels suggested.
> Are you using this on a 7940/60 or a 7912. The document I have
> access to specifically said 88x27 and black and white must be saved
> as monochrome. This is the logo loaded on the phone using the
> gkdefault.cfg not the IDLE url.
Oh, sorry, you're undoubtedly right. I was just assuming it was similar
to the 7940/60, but if you're reading a spec that says otherwise, no doubt
it's correct.
-Bill
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| Vincent De Keyzer 2005-10-24, 9:12 am |
| Leo,
do the letters by hand, that's what I did. :-)
I used Microsoft Paint, and previewed the "work" with option "View Bitmap".
With 88x27 B&W pixels, there is not much room for doing things very wrong.
Vincent
PS: "zut" takes no 's' :-)
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From: cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
Sent: jeudi 13 octobre 2005 23:17
To: Bill Woodcock
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
and i had a feeling someone was going to say to do the letters by hand. ;)
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than
an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection"
LFJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Woodcock <mailto:woody@pch.net>
To: Lelio Fulgenzi <mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca>
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
> I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability
is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
> Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font
type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out?
And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the
phone to see what they might look like? I find that what looks good on the
screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
I just do it by hand in Photoshop. The main trick is to get _exactly_ the
right shades of gray, and to do the characters by hand, so they come out
the same, rather than trying to use a font.
If you get really stuck, I can probably whip one out for you. No, I'm not
offering to do that generally, for the whole world. :-)
-Bill
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| Lelio Fulgenzi 2005-10-24, 9:12 am |
| Thanks. I tried Arial Font and it worked pretty good, along with a double wide VT font.
We'll see what the client thinks... ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Vincent De Keyzer
To: 'Lelio Fulgenzi'
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:31 AM
Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
Leo,
do the letters by hand, that's what I did. J
I used Microsoft Paint, and previewed the "work" with option "View Bitmap". With 88x27 B&W pixels, there is not much room for doing things very wrong.
Vincent
PS: "zut" takes no 's' J
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From: cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
Sent: jeudi 13 octobre 2005 23:17
To: Bill Woodcock
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
you say shades of gray - i thought on B&W was supported?
and i had a feeling someone was going to say to do the letters by hand. ;)
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * university of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"I had a coffee and Coke at lunch today...and now, I've got more jitter than an
IP phone on a long haul 10base2 connection" LFJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Woodcock
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 7912 logo tips
> I'm trying to do a mock up for a 7912 logo, but my artisitic ability is about as good as my French (zuts alors!).
> Does anyone have any tips on what drawing package to use, what font type(s) to stick with, what point size to use, etc that might help me out? And what previewing techniques I can use without having to load them on the phone to see what they might look like? I find that what looks good on the screen looks, well, um, a little different on the phone.
I just do it by hand in Photoshop. The main trick is to get _exactly_ the
right shades of gray, and to do the characters by hand, so they come out
the same, rather than trying to use a font.
If you get really stuck, I can probably whip one out for you. No, I'm not
offering to do that generally, for the whole world. :-)
-Bill
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