Re: To all you web designers ( except Hatter ) and graphic guru's !

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:07:48 +0200, Hans van Eynsbergen
<Hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 29 Aug 2005 08:37:22 GMT, ByteCoder, after pondering on life, the
>Universe and everything, checking the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
>we now know to be Usenet, decided to scribble :
>> Hans van Eynsbergen <Hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:17d9kl6ztmtti$.1iphou85wkeom$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>>> I gotta favor to ask.
>>>
>>> I need a certain design.
>>> The result must be 12 x 20 cm when printed on an A4 format. ( give or
>>> take a centimeter )
>>> It starts with a waving checkered flag like this one,
>>> http://tinyurl.com/cs3on, but without the flag pole.
>>> The example is lousy, but it's the best I could find.
>>> ( Maybe this one, but then mirrored. http://tinyurl.com/bs9gq )
>>> Same direction and angle. Fairly small squares, but not to small.
>>> No need for the black squares, just the lines.
>>>
>>> Now comes the hard part I think...
>>>
>>> In the horizontal center of the flag I'd like to have the words
>>> DON'T PANIC in the same flowing manner as the flag WITHOUT the lines
>>> running through the letters. the words need to be placed along a
>>> horizontal line in the center of the flag and must remain readable.
>>> The letters are a modern type font, open, not colored, just the outer
>>> lines and are up to 25 mm high. and no less then 22 mm. ( a millimeter
>>> more is not a problem ) Positioning along the horizontal line does
>>> not seem all that important, just as long as the words are readable.
>>> ( The words can't follow the ripple )
>>>
>>> From both the left upper corner and the lower right corner I'd like to
>>> have a very modest amount of shadow, not from black to grey, but from
>>> grey to white and the lines still need to be visible.
>>> If the letters are partially covered in shadow, that's okay.
>>> Or...if you think it's more natural, a shadow from the left side to
>>> the right, so that the ripple in the flag has a second shadow.
>>>
>>> Now....to make things even worse, I'd like to have two designs.
>>> One like I described before, no color at all.
>>> But I'd also like to have one design with the squares colored red and
>>> white. That means that the shadows are a darker shade of red and not
>>> grey ! The letters need to be free of color at all times, except for
>>> the shadows.
>>>
>>> Due to the fact that my English is not perfect, my explanation might
>>> not be perfect, so feel free to mail me if you have more questions.
>>>
>>> Of course the only thing for free in this world is the fact that the
>>> sun goes up every morning...
>>> So... the winning design, which I will post, will earn my everlasting
>>> gratitude and beside that 2 bottles of your favorite liquor, but
>>> because sending two bottles from Holland might be somewhat of a risk,
>>> I'll have $ 50,- paypal-ed to your account.
>>>
>>> Of course everybody wants to win the 2 bottles of booze....
>>> Right ?
>>>
>>
>> You're having a new tattoo? Good luck with it. :)
>
>No comment....
>Bwahahahaaaaaaaaaaa !!!

Yeesh, Hans is quickly turning into the uber st00pid reincarnation of
the net.dead Raymond Dixon aka Rikijoke.

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Onideus Mad Hatter
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