Difference between revisions of "T-shirts"

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(I moved the discussion to the talk page, and here's my idea of how the page should be organized. I know it looks very widi-centric right now - please add your own creations! --dawidi 20:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC))

Geohashers, like geeks in general, tend to be rather individualistic, so there's not going to be hasher "uniform", an official t-shirt every hasher wears. This page is (or is intended to become) mostly a collection of words, pictures and vector graphics which people can use in creating their own apparel.

Text

If you just want text on your T-shirt, these are some of the catchy lines that have been proposed:

Don't worry - I'm (or We're) from the Internet
Adventure Capitalist
The internet didn't stay home today.
anything with "POSTED:" in front of it

Raster graphics

Bitmaps can be reproduced easily on plain white apparel. They can have full color (photos and such) and a lot of detail, but fade a bit every time the shirt is washed. White shirts also tend to look a bit cheap.

Post links to ready-made raster images suitable for t-shirt printing here.

Vector graphics

These are images with few (typically only one, or up to three) colors, defined by vector shapes instead of pixels. They can be produced in different colored foils (or even with special-effects materials like retro-reflective or glittering foil) or as a flock print, and applied to apparel of any color. These tend to make for long-lasting, "quality" looking shirts.

Logo figure "xkcd geohashing" - the original "stick figure with GPS and map" logo drawing by Randall (afaik), hand-traced into SVG by dawidi, above the text "xkcd geohashing" set in Lucida Console (file contains "source" SVG, SVG converted to paths, and an EPS export). Free for use on apparel for yourself and in spreadshirt/cafepress-like shops that do not generate profit for the owner, but please do not upload this to spreadshirt.de again, see below.

Complete T-shirts

Here are completed designs that can be ordered online. It's probably useful to get one from a shop that is in your own country to avoid extra shipping costs. In the very likely case that the design you want is not available in your country (or at all), find a way to get them made locally (and put it up here if there's a chance other people would want to buy the same design as is).

North America

There are no geohashing-related t-shirts in the xkcd store. :( (imo, that would be the proper place to sell them in the US)

Europe

dawidi has opened a Spreadshirt shop with shirts using his rendering of the logo figure (see above). The "products" available at the moment have the logo on the back and a customizable text on the chest, intended to enter your home graticule numbers. If you want to use the logo figure in a slightly different way or on other shirt types, please talk to him about it instead of uploading the vector graphic again, as that would mean unnecessary validation work for the Spreadshirt people.

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-For some reason this discussion was deleted from the [[Talk: Geohashing Quotes]] page before it was resolved. We still need T-shirts. I want mine in time for [[Algorithm Day]].
+(I moved the discussion to the talk page, and here's my idea of how the page should be organized. I know it looks very widi-centric right now - please add your own creations! --[[User:Dawidi|dawidi]] 20:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC))
-I think we need a geohashing T-shirt. Maybe "XKCD" in FBI-like letters across the back and "Don't Worry. We're from the Internet" on the front. -Robyn 08:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
+Geohashers, like geeks in general, tend to be rather individualistic, so there's not going to be hasher "uniform", an official t-shirt every hasher wears. This page is (or is intended to become) mostly a collection of words, pictures and vector graphics which people can use in creating their own apparel.
-:I completely agree. Sounds like a great idea. Do you think we would need some kind of permission to do the letters like the 'college' style shirt that is in the XKCD store? Or would we just go for something different...--CJ 01:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+== Text ==
+If you just want text on your T-shirt, these are some of the catchy lines that have been proposed:
+* Don't worry - I'm (or We're) from the Internet
+* Adventure Capitalist
+* The internet didn't stay home today.
+* anything with "POSTED:" in front of it
-::I've been looking into how I could go about printing a "Geohashers: Adventure Capitalists" bummper sticker for a while, but I guess this sounds fun too. I don't care what it looks like, though, I don't do stylish.-- UnwiseOwl 01:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+== Raster graphics ==
+Bitmaps can be reproduced easily on plain white apparel. They can have full color (photos and such) and a lot of detail, but fade a bit every time the shirt is washed. White shirts also tend to look a bit cheap.
-:::The T-shirt idea is brilliant. We'd definitely get two. Either T-shirts or geohashing hats. Or both. --Woodveil 04:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+Post links to ready-made raster images suitable for t-shirt printing here.
-::::Okay I'm definitely going to get to work on making this happen. Hit me up with suggestions for what people want! --CJ 06:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+== Vector graphics ==
+These are images with few (typically only one, or up to three) colors, defined by vector shapes instead of pixels. They can be produced in different colored foils (or even with special-effects materials like retro-reflective or glittering foil) or as a flock print, and applied to apparel of any color. These tend to make for long-lasting, "quality" looking shirts.
-:::::I don't believe that we need any sort of permission to use the letters XKCD. I'm not married to the text of the suggestion I threw up, just looking for something specifically geohashing. None of the xkcd t-shirts that is for sale really speaks to me. We should brainstorm for a while. Maybe the Google maps red teardrop ... "the Internet sent me" ... some original Ilpadre artwork ... what else? -Robyn 06:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+[[Image:Xkcd geohashing logo figure for tshirts by dawidi preview.png|frameless|80px|right]]
-::::::I disagree on the letters: I'd think Randall would want the name of the comic treated as a trademark. But the typeface for something like this (DEA) should be public domain. I'd love to see either the main page logo or Ilpadre's Holy Hash on a T-shirt! -- Jevanyn 15:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+* [http://dawidi.dyndns.org/geohashing/graphics/xkcd_geohashing_logo_figure_for_tshirts_by_dawidi.zip Logo figure "xkcd geohashing"] - the original "stick figure with GPS and map" logo drawing by Randall (afaik), hand-traced into SVG by [[User:dawidi|dawidi]], above the text "xkcd geohashing" set in Lucida Console (file contains "source" SVG, SVG converted to paths, and an EPS export). Free for use on apparel for yourself and in spreadshirt/cafepress-like shops that do not generate profit for the owner, but please do not upload this to spreadshirt.de again, see below.
-:::::::I agree about needing something particularly geohashing. Ideas of the geohasher logo is good, as well as some of Ilpadre's artwork. I'm thinking possibly "Don't worry - I'm from the Internet..." for the quote.--CJ 04:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
-::::::I doubt that Randall is possessive about the letters, seeing that he publishes the comic under Creative Commons [1]. My favourite Ilpadre drawing is the Globalhash. I might just put that on a shirt myself. I wouldn't buy the Holy Hash shirt: it's a great logo, but I don't want to be wearing something that could be offensive to someone religious whose property I was asking to go on. I'd buy the geohashing logo guy, but I'd want some words too, if not xkcd, than something about the Internet. -User:Robyn 18:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
+== Complete T-shirts ==
+Here are completed designs that can be ordered online. It's probably useful to get one from a shop that is in your own country to avoid extra shipping costs. In the very likely case that the design you want is not available in your country (or at all), find a way to get them made locally (and put it up here if there's a chance other people would want to buy the same design as is).
-:::::::I agree, the Holy Hash logo would be too strange for non-geohashers. I'd prefer the Globetrotter (Liberty version) or the geohashing logo. The quote could be "geohashing", "the internet is here", nothing, ... - Danatar 09:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
+=== North America ===
+There are no geohashing-related t-shirts in the [http://store.xkcd.com/ xkcd store]. :(  (imo, that would be the proper place to sell them in the US)
-::::::::"Don't worry -- I'm from the Internet" is still my favourite quote so far for a t-shirt. -Robyn 15:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
+=== Europe ===
+[[Image:2009-04-19 49 12 widi back.jpg|frameless|80px|right]]
-:::::::Me too. (I've always wanted to actually post those words, and now I have.) But I prefer "... *We're* from ..." -- Benjw 17:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
+* [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] has opened a [http://dawidi.spreadshirt.net/de/DE/Shop Spreadshirt shop] with shirts using his rendering of the logo figure (see above). The "products" available at the moment have the logo on the back and a customizable text on the chest, intended to enter your home graticule numbers. If you want to use the logo figure in a slightly different way or on other shirt types, please [[User talk:dawidi|talk to him]] about it instead of uploading the vector graphic again, as that would mean unnecessary validation work for the Spreadshirt people.
-::::::Hmmm. Maybe I don't. Whatever, I can live with it either way.  :-) Benjw 17:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
-:::::::::I vote for the globetrotter, too. That thing is awesome. I've made my own shirt, by the way, using my "Adeventure Capitalist" idea, and if I ever find my camera, I'll post a picture for you all. (It's not very exciting, but it amuses me). -- UnwiseOwl 22:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
-:::::I like that adventure capitalist a lot. "To you it is a market crash.. to me it's just another hash." :P -- relet 23:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
-::::OH wow...there's definitely a song in this. Submit lyrics here. -- UnwiseOwl 23:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
-I like both "Adventure Capitalist" or "Don't worry, we're from the internet"... I'd buy either of them. -- [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] 00:21, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
-:"POSTED: Adventure Capitalist"; "POSTED: Do not fear. This person is from the internet and does not intend to cause any harm to people, animals or plants." cf. [[Image talk:2009-04-16 48 -122 otherwise posted.jpg]]--[[User:Zb|Zb]] 09:38, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
-:Also woth considering: "POSTED: The internet didn't stay home today." --[[User:Zb|Zb]] 18:51, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
-My first attempt at a t-shirt arrived last saturday, just in time for [[2009-04-19 49 12]]:
-[[Image:2009-04-19 49 12 widi back.jpg|160px]] [[Image:2009-04-19 49 12 hans dawidi tomcat at the hash.jpg|160px]]
-I had asked Randall about using the image and the specific string "xkcd geohashing", and he replied "Sure, why not!". Since I'm unlikely to meet anyone who would find a geohashing in-joke (like the "adventure capitalist") funny without a ''lot'' of explanatory work, my intention is to just get the term into the public view. I imagine one day I'll cycle past someone who reads xkcd and recognizes the xkcd-ish artwork, but didn't know that geohashing is something (a few) people actually do, and decides to google it. 49 12 (in the front) is, of course, my home graticule.  --[[User:Dawidi|dawidi]] 21:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
-We're looking at small batches for individualistic, opinionated people all over the world. I believe this page should become a set of high-resolution image files so that each graticle/geohasher takes a somewhat mix and match approach what goes on their t-shirt. Can someone who knows these things specify the best resolution that suits t-shirt printing, and those like Dawidi who are ahead of the game upload the images in the appropriate format?  Likewise, font-savvy people, please put together people's favourite sayings and then we can all choose what goes on the front, what goes on the back, and so on. Those who don't have the local technology necessary to create t-shirts from images can identify themselves and we'll find a solution for them, too. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 22:13, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
-:I strongly suggest to upload vector graphics (svg standard) with few colour layers for the image files. That allows to use them for screenprinting.  And even if your local printer only does transfer prints, you can scale them to any resolution you like. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 05:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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