Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:29:42 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Chern Lee <chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASCII Diagram Replacements Message-ID: <20010712112942.U97290@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0107111704020.52052-100000@meow.osd.bsdi.com>; from chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 05:14:15PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0107111704020.52052-100000@meow.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 05:14:15PM -0700, Chern Lee wrote:
> Perhaps we can make Dia our standard for diagrams.
I'm trying to avoid mandating any particular image editor if at all possible.
I think it is worth trying to mandate a house style though.
For example, take a look at
http://ora-design.ora.com/illus_dept/!active.html
and the various graphics there (for example, under "Server Load
Balancing"). It's clear they're all from the same source -- the
commonality of the icons, the width of lines, the size of arrowheads, the
fact that lines are shown with rounded corners instead of right angles,
the font used for text in the image, the dashed lines to show different
domains,
I'm not saying that we should slavishly copy the O'Reilly style.
However, having a style guide for images that spells out the house style
should let people produce 'conforming' images whether they want to use
Dia, Kivio, xfig, Sketch, or some other tool. Perhaps we could even
have our own library of icons that can be used ("router", "host",
"network cloud", "printer", ...) that can be used when putting together
illustrations?
N
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