Re: [Inkscape-devel] Thanks for your votes! We have our new "Draw Freely" font!

2015-10-01 16:33 GMT+02:00 Maren Hachmann <maren@...3165...>: > Before we all worry too much about specific details of the font, we > should probably be clear on how we want to use it first: Just to be clear, I was not criticizing the choice of font, I was just providing information. The Polish translation of the slogan that I have in mind wouldn't use any of these letters.

> 1.) Is the trademarked slogan supposed to be translated at all? > 2.) Is the font supposed to be used for anything else than for the > slogan "Draw freely." ? > > ad 1.)To my understanding, any translation will loose its 'trademark' > property (not sure, though). Translating the web site for German, I > never considered to translate the trademarked slogan... (only in > parentheses, as an explanation - it would have sounded off, anyway, to > me). There is a file in source control with a Russian version of the slogan, Рисуй свободно.

> The words can be understood with even the most basic set of English > vocabulary. ('Draw' and 'free' are among the first words students > learn at school.) I personnally don't see a need to translate it, and > would rather like to keep the trademark / authenticity. It depends on the language / culture. A non-English slogan may resonate better with the target audience, even if it doesn't have trademark protection.