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I know its a small nitpick, but I got unreasonably annoyed at the two "Financed by EU fund x" banners having different flag sizes, paddings, fonts etc. How is

• brnt 11mo ago
  Is there any design? It's just the flag and a title + subtitle. Also, the EU is the most efficient government in terms of overhead, and having seen some of it up close not wasting time or money on "unifying design languages" for every single funding billboard is very much EU style. Just copy-paste by some local authority in Powerpoint in most cases, I bet.
  • wongarsu 11mo ago
    Looking at the modern iterations of the program guidelines for these programs, especially [1] and [2], you basically have to use the flag, the text over, under or to either side of the flag (your choice) in one of 6 fonts (Arial, Auto, Calibri, Garamond, Tahoma, Trebuchet, Ubuntu or Verdana), and have some rules for minimum distance, minimum size and proportionality. They absolutely could have made those two match visually. But each program offers premade banners that match the design criteria, and those don't always harmonize. As you say, nobody cared 1: https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom-2014-2020/publicity-guidelines-logos_en https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-faci... 2: https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/3192a0ef-6bda-4e1a-81ca-65ade2ffad73_en?filename=eu_emblem_rules.pdf https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/3192a0ef-6bda... 3: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/information-sources/logo-download-center_en https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/information-sources/log...
  • tasuki 11mo ago
    What are the funding billboards for, anyway? They're an eyesore, and it's all paid by us EU taxpayers anyway. They should say "financed by you", or better yet, not exist to begin with.
    • preisschild 11mo ago
      I (pro-EU Austrian) think they are great, as they show that we also get huge benefits through our EU membership and that we can do such enormous megaprojects only together Also, eyesore? What do you have against the EU flag?
      • DeathArrow 11mo ago
        Austria is probably giving EU more money than it receives, so how is that going to help?
        • saubeidl 11mo ago
          But would Austria have used its money for a European transit corridor if not for the EU?
      • mytailorisrich 11mo ago
        Austria is a net contributor to the EU, contributing 30% more than it receives (very roughly contributes 3 billion and receives 2). Now I am sure that Austria has benefited from EU membership, but this is not one of the areas.
        • saubeidl 11mo ago
          As an Austrian, the benefit is that the funding decision didn't get made at the Austrian level. The funds are less useful if they're in the hands of our government.
          • mytailorisrich 11mo ago
            They do get made at national level. That's because, for example, what to build is decided at national level, then they bid for EU funding as part of financing of the project. Basically yoy bid to get some of your money back...
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• throwaway2037 11mo ago
  Do you mean these two? https://image-service.web.oebb.at/infra/.imaging/default/dam/infra/logos/logo-cef-en-s.png/jcr:content.png?t=1660896475845&scale=1.0 https://image-service.web.oebb.at/infra/.imaging/default/dam... https://image-service.web.oebb.at/infra/.imaging/default/dam/infra/logos/logo-de-finanzierung-nextgeneration-eu-2.png/jcr:content.png?t=1660896726266&scale=1.0 https://image-service.web.oebb.at/infra/.imaging/default/dam...
  • saubeidl 11mo ago
    Yup. Why are the paddings, fonts and colors all over the place? Just decide on one!
    • csomar 11mo ago
      NextGenerationEU