create new graphics for user translations of Open Library logo

[webchick]

I had an offlist discussion with JJ re: the Open Library logo.

I thought it might be good to give little history behind the logo - it has been a part of the OL UI since the project's inception. The ornate border around is literally a scan off of the cover of a public domain book that I modified and converted to vector art. Whenever a user provides a translation to the term "Open Library", we create a new version of the logo for i18n.

http://openlibrary.org/i18n/strings.en?m=edit
http://openlibrary.org/i18n/strings.es?m=edit
http://openlibrary.org/i18n/strings.te?m=edit <-- (that's Telugu - Anand's native language)

We could possible automatically generate a graphic based on the i18n string using an imaging library - but I would imagine the results would not be too good. We handcraft each logo, and often select the best font for the language. We follow <a href="http://openlibrary.org/i18n">ISO-639-2.</a>

[webchick (webchick)]

المكتبة المفتوحة - ar
Отворена библиотека -bg
La Biblioteca Oberta - ca
开放图书馆 - chi
Die freie Bibliothek - de
Libera Biblioteko - eo
كتابخانه ی_ آزاد - fa
avoin kirjasto - fi
De Iepen Biblioteek - fy
leabharlann oscailte - ga
הספריה הפתוחה - he
मुक्त पुस्तकालय - hi
Otvorena knjižnica - hr
열린 도서관, 오픈 라이브러리 - ko
Atvērtā bibliotēka - lv
perpustakaan bebas - ms
Open Bibliotheek - nl
Åpent bibliotek - no
Biblioteka Otwarta - pl
Otvorená knižnica - sk
Bibliotekë e Hapur - sq
Öppna biblioteket - sv
หอสมุดเปิด - th
Açık Kütüphane - tr
Відкрита бібліотека - uk
開放圖書館 - zh

We have pages for a dozen more languages, but no translation for the phrase "Open Library" - I will create a logo for these when translations are available (da, el, fr, hu, ja, pt, ro, ru, sh, sl, vi, mn). I also have unicode problems with 2 entries (bn, my) and 4 other pages do not render at all (id, it, sv, zu) - I will file this under a separate bug.

It is good to see so many translations in progress.
(oops - that link to ISO-639-2 is http://openlibrary.org/i18n )

[George (george-archive)]

Need to work through i18n in depth in 2010. Translation of the logo may be part of this.