should not recommend directly printing source SVG for hexagonal-sticker

[Elena ``of Valhalla'']

Hello

I'm the author of the SVG with those layers (some of the designs may
have been contributed by other people based on that)

On 2026-08-05 at 14:05:57 +0800, Tianyu Chen wrote:
> I noticed that hexagonal-sticker/src/hexagonal*source.svg are symlinks to
> ../../pages.debian.net/files/hexagonal*.svg. However, for some source
> svgs, they actually contain three layers:
> [...]
> - id="layer2", inkscape:label="bleed"
> - id="layer3", inkscape:label="artwork"
> - id="layer1", inkscape:label="guidelines"
> 
> there's a hexagonal-sticker/Makefile, it builds hexagonal*.svg and
> hexagonal*.png from hexagonal*source.svg, only keeping layer3 (artwork).
> 
> The png(s) on https://debian.pages.debian.net/debian-flyers/ are without
> the guidelines or bleeding, but the svg(s) are. I believe we should tell
> people not to print source svg(s) with the guidelines. They should print
> the PNG, or SVG with only layer3 (artwork). (or with bleed?)

both the PNG and SVG generated by the Makefile are indeed without guidelines
nor bleeding, and suitable for online uses, while for best printing
results the bleeding is required.

The source SVGs should have the guidelines layer hidden, and thus be
suitable for home printing on sticker paper, with a bleed for best
results, or hiding the bleed to have a reference for the cut.

Having the stickers printed professionally, however, will in most cases
require some manual work, since most printers will have specific
requests on how to add bleed *and cut lines* to the files sent to them,
and the source files have all the data required for that work, while the
generated ones could be missing something.

Some printers will however require just the final image: in those cases
indeed sending them the generated SVG may be the right thing to do.

> Also, in the hexagonal svg, there's a link
> https://terinjokes.github.io/StickerConstructorSpec/ (which is https://sticker.how now). [...]
> Maybe for future prints, we want people to print the hexagonal sticker with
> the size?

I think in most cases they have already been printed in that size?
(which is the size used in the SVG files)

-- 
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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