Paint the town - Why your splash page looks better than any other app

App "Kitty" Cat

Grab your Beret and Bordeaux. We're discussing why animated start screens are our apps' equivalent to a good vaudeville act and why you don't need to be Toulouse Lautrec to shine with brilliant shebang.

Camilla

And don't forget you can always upload your own custom background!

SarahSkinnyGold

MichelleCraig

Favourite fonts, Anyone?

Ben

I'm old school - so simple Sans Serif for me!

SarahSkinnyGold

I LOVE the "Broadway" font. For titles, that is. Like in Primo's Pizza app.
For nav-bars I found "Art Deco" to work quite well. Occasionally "Moog". They're both a bit sassier than a corporate "Sans Serif".
I DO agree with Ben when it comes to general text: Sans Serif is the way to go.

jfisher

The new fonts are GREAT for the company names!

snowy

love the new paint your app, it would be great to have ability to upload our own flying object on splash page...

SarahSkinnyGold

I hear that flying object customization is in the works. So far I haven't required it because the objects available are good enough (100?).

One client who had very specific requirements for branding made me think hard and this is what I did: I designed the background to his specs INCLUDING the company name and object. All flattened as the background image. Then I selected NO flying object and set the font size for the flying name to zero. Worked like a charm. He now had a totally still and fully designed splash screen that also stayed consistent throughout the app.

StephanieD

I love it but its like seeing the dress you want in a million different colors. Which one do I get??? )

joemadden1941

It's great! Now we can put color on the opening screen to match the background.

ToddGoldstein

@StephanieD DO let us know if you feel the styling interface is giving your the "too many choices"-chills. That's why we created the 5 default styles you can just instantly slap onto your app and then take it from there. We'd be glad to create a bunch more color- and font-schemes. It's not going to be 100 (like the background and 3D object templates) but a few more would be OK...

EricEdge

Love all the options. However, I would like a basic running writing style for some of those classy joints that are looking for something a little fancy.

ToddGoldstein

Not sure what you mean. Go here: http://www.dafont.com. Link me to something you feel that's appropriate. Yes: You will have just lost 6 hours staring at millions of fonts. You're welcome...

EricEdge

You were right. Lost time I'll never get back. The things I do for the greater good of App.Cat and fellow App makers.

Here is one I think looks simple, classy and clear to read... unlike many calligraphy types: http://www.dafont.com/english.font

What do you think @ToddGoldstein and fellow App.Cat's?

ToddGoldstein

I'll keep an eye out for something like that. The one you linked to has poor connection properties (the letters don't "link together") which is one of the hardest parts in font design in this category.

EricEdge

Ok. It's a font type that is something a little fancy for the upperclass or those that want to be lol

ToddGoldstein

Have you yet tried @SarahGold trick of setting the font to zero and designing the name into the background image?

Wicked

@ToddGoldstein, Is there any chance we could get some old school font like Marcelle font on the site you suggested to Edge down the track. It is a little more bolder than the one we have being Home made. ;;)

ToddGoldstein

We'll add a bunch more fonts down the track. Use what's there for now as it's plentiful.

Apps_In_A_Flash

snowy said:

love the new paint your app, it would be great to have ability to upload our own flying object on splash page...

I'm ready for this.....

B-)

Alain

@SarahSkinnyGold, On this thread you refer to no object and font zero. What about the icon? Is there a way to don't have the icon flying? Some time it is useful to have nothing but the background.

Ben

We have a "no object" item, just select that. Looks ugly... but hey, who am I too judge?

axos

According to Alain, the spinning icon covers the design, and design must work considering the spinning icon.
It also can put zero from appearing.???? is a suggestion

ToddGoldstein

@axos Proper sentences and plain language will help everyone understand what you're trying to communicate. Try again.

axos

Sorry, the translator is not very good.
Again.
spinning icon in the start, would be better to have the option to appear or to be placed elsewhere.
For a custom theme design Icon "clogs", (do not know if the translation is correct).
This object should have more freedom as to hide it.
It would not be necessary to design a theme considering that you have a uninvited button to start the application.

It's just an Observation with Tip.