#162: Design the cover for Fedora media to differ between architectures.

[Eric Christensen]

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In reference to the ticket below...

I had given my LUG some Fedora media which contained a mixture of 64-bit
install DVDs, 32-bit install DVDs, and Live CDs.  The covers look
identical except for the small words explaining what the disk is.  It
would be better if this information was brighter, larger, and easier to
read from a distance.

I thought it was a good suggestions because I had similar problems
sorting through the box of media I received.

Perhaps on the top corner of the media sleave put in a nice bold font
"32 bit DVD" or something simple like that.  Just a thought.

- --Eric


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Subject: [Design Team] #162: Design the cover for Fedora media to differ
between architectures.
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:40:31 -0000
From: Design Team <trac(a)fedorahosted.org&gt;
Reply-To: nobody(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: design-team-tickets(a)lists.fedoraproject.org

#162: Design the cover for Fedora media to differ between architectures.
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Reporter:  sparks                |       Owner:  nobody
    Type:  usability assessment  |      Status:  new
Priority:  minor                 |   Component:  Other Artwork
Severity:  Moderately Involved   |    Keywords:
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 A Fedora user came to me at my LUG meeting, last night, and said that it
 was really difficult to quickly determine which architecture a particular
 Fedora DVD was from the outside cover.  The wording isn't big enough.
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[Marc Stewart]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 10:48 -0400, Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
>  I had given my LUG some Fedora media which contained a mixture of
> 64-bit
>  install DVDs, 32-bit install DVDs, and Live CDs.  The covers look
>  identical except for the small words explaining what the disk is.  It
>  would be better if this information was brighter, larger, and easier to
>  read from a distance. 
I had a similar thought about making the 32- and 64-bit versions more
distinguishable myself, but thought using a band of Fedora Blue for
32-bit, and Fedora Dark Blue for 64-bit (along with it written on the
cover) was the way to go.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003408....

Marc

[Máirín Duffy]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 16:10 +0100, Marc Stewart wrote:
>  On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 10:48 -0400, Eric "Sparks"
> Christensen wrote:
>  > I had given my LUG some Fedora media which contained a mixture of 64-bit
>  > install DVDs, 32-bit install DVDs, and Live CDs.  The covers look
>  > identical except for the small words explaining what the disk is.  It
>  > would be better if this information was brighter, larger, and easier to
>  > read from a distance.
>  
>  I had a similar thought about making the 32- and 64-bit versions more
>  distinguishable myself, but thought using a band of Fedora Blue for
>  32-bit, and Fedora Dark Blue for 64-bit (along with it written on the
>  cover) was the way to go.
>  http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003408.... 
Maybe a little circular logo in the upper right corner to say which it
is?

~m

[Greg Bair]

2010/10/7 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;

>  On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 16:10 +0100, Marc Stewart wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 10:48 -0400, Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
>  > > I had given my LUG some Fedora media which contained a mixture of
>  64-bit
>  > > install DVDs, 32-bit install DVDs, and Live CDs.  The covers look
>  > > identical except for the small words explaining what the disk is.  It
>  > > would be better if this information was brighter, larger, and easier to
>  > > read from a distance.
>  >
>  > I had a similar thought about making the 32- and 64-bit versions more
>  > distinguishable myself, but thought using a band of Fedora Blue for
>  > 32-bit, and Fedora Dark Blue for 64-bit (along with it written on the
>  > cover) was the way to go.
>  >
>  http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-October/003408....
>
>  Maybe a little circular logo in the upper right corner to say which it
>  is?
>
>  ~m
>
>  Or how about a band across the top corner? 

-- 
Greg Bair
gregbair(a)gmail.com