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Created 2024-10-21

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My long suffering and much used (and abused) MacBook Pro 13" (retina) from 2013 finally gave up recently. It's had memory issues for some time but mostly was able to keep going. Untill it couldn't and I get a full screen error one day and it would no longer boot.

At some point it had gained a "retro" rainbow apple sticker over the apple logo, and a wood veneer (real wood!) which had been stickered over a bit not complete coverage.

I've now got a Lenovo ThinkPad X390, refurbished, grade C, intel Core i5 8265U, 8GiB RAM, 256GB NVME storage, USB C port that does power data and display, so far I like it a lot. But it does lack stickers...

I have recently aquired a Brother QL-560 label printer. Ideas formed.

The following stickers are designed to follow the Hexagon Sticker Standard[1] of 5.08cm diagonal plus or minus 1mm. They have also been optimised to print on my specific printer which can do black, white, and 8 shades of grey in between by dithering the black and white. Some have colour in them which is original, others it has been modified to suit the printer and may look odd when viewed/printed in colour.

=> 1: https://sticker.how/#type-hexagon

=> My ThinkBook with a tesselation of stickers applied - aligned with and overlapping the ThinkBook logo [IMG]

They make use of the following fonts:

• Atkinson Hyperlegible[2] - most, you can get this with apt install fonts-atkinson-hyperlegible
• Lato[3] - some, you can get this with apt install fonts-lato
• SF Cartoonist Hand[4] - a couple
• BankGothic[5] - one, noted below
• Open Sans Condensed[6] - one, noted below, you can get this with apt install fonts-open-sans
• Dank Mono[7] - one, any monospace programming style font will work though

=> 2: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont | 3: https://www.latofonts.com/ | 4: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/SF-Cartoonist-Hand | 5: https://fontsgeek.com/bankgothic-font | 6: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/open-sans-condensed | 7: https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono

License?

I'm making these available for your own personal use, you're welcome to adjust them to suit your own printer/situation/etc. but please don't sell them.

=> This is the base SVG file which is the correct size to make your own sticker designs in. base.svg

Stickers go here

[TOC]

Here follows the stickers, I've attempted to make some kind of grouping / category but it's not exact!

Linux / "nerd"

Mastodon.Radio

=> /images/hexStickers/mastodonRadioAlex.svg | Alex with heart eyes, lineart of Alex on a laptop, and another of them waving, Mastodon.Radio in the middle [IMG]

mastodonRadioAlex.svg

=> /images/hexStickers/mastodonRadioAlexEmoji.svg | A circle of all the Alex emoji with Mastodon.Radio in the middle [IMG]

mastodonRadioAlexEmoji.svg

WCAG 2.2

Started as a basic idea because WCAG 2.2AA and GTFO are all 4 letters (ish) and morphed because Success Critera 3.1.4[8] requires abbreviations to be expanded and the joke kept expanding from there to also include the "or the latest applicable version of these guidelines" bit. Originally it was triangle shape. "Fudge" so you can put it onto a work laptop.

=> 8: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#abbreviations

=> WCAG 22AA or GTFO in big, around the outside "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.2* Level AA or Get The Fudge Out" and under the main text even smaller "* or the latest applicable version of these guidleines" [IMG]

WCAGGTFO.svg[9] WCAGGTFOx4.svg[10]

=> 9: /images/hexStickers/WCAGGTFO.svg | 10: /images/hexStickers/WCAGGTFOx4.svg

Craft & Code

Based on the tagline / sticker from Future Insights / Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference (quite a few years ago). I've had the big circle sticker on a netbook I took there ever since and it really resonates with me, the melding of craft, design, humans, and code.

This one uses Dank Mono but you could swap the bottom bit for any monospace or programming font.

=> /images/hexStickers/craftCode.svg | Lineart person with cartoon style text reading Craft & Code followed by { ... } [IMG]

craftCode.svg

Disable IPv6

=> Inspired by this toot by Rail

=> /images/hexStickers/disableIPv6.svg | If the solution is to disable IPv6, it is still broken [IMG]

disableIPv6.svg

I Void Warranties

=> With apologies to Jilles Groenendijk

=> /images/hexStickers/iVoidWarrenties.svg | I VOID WARRANTIES wrapped around the inside of the hexagon, with a skull and crossed soldering iron and screwdriver in the middle, and terminal prompt, multi-meter, oscilloscope, and binary/chip icons along the bottom [IMG]

iVoidWarrenties.svg

Warnings

Danger - No Microsoft

=> Based on this toot or one like it

=> /images/hexStickers/noMS.svg | DANGER bent arcross the top, Do not connect this machine to a microsoft account no matter how much it asks, with a crossed out microsoft/windows logo at the bottom [IMG]

noMS.svg

Warning - Spicy Pillow

Inspired by this toot by @freakazoid@retro.social[11] commenting that

=> 11: https://mastodon.radio/@freakazoid@retro.social/113342392745818849

Everything with a lithium battery should come with a big orange sticker that says "discontinue use if the battery starts to swell".

=> /images/hexStickers/lithiumCells.svg | Warning triangle with text Contains Lithium Cells (which is crossed out and a comic font adds A Spicy Pillow) Discontinue use if battery (cross out, Pillow added) starts to swell [IMG]

lithiumCells.svg

I do not consent to the search of this device

Based on the EFF original sticker[12], but in the hex format.

=> 12: https://shop.eff.org/products/i-do-not-consent-to-the-search-of-this-device-sticker-3-pack

=> /images/hexStickers/noSearch.svg | Black with white text, I DO NOT CONSENT TO THE SEARCH OF THIS DEVICE [IMG]

noSearch.svg

DHMO

More for my DHMO containment vessles than laptop, but it's hexagonal... PS, do not expose your laptop to DHMO unless it has been specifically hardened againt this corrosive chemical.

=> /images/hexStickers/warningDHMO.svg | WARNING Dihydrogen Monoxide Can cause serious injury or death if inhaled. Prolonged exposure to solid form causes severe tissue damage and necrosis. Exposure to gasious form can cause immediate burns and death. Do not combine with group 1 Alkali metals. QR Code for DHMO.org [IMG]

warningDHMO.svg

LGBTQ+

It's hard to do rainbows with shades of grey!

Trans Rights

=> /images/hexStickers/transRights.svg | Greyscale trans flag background with Trans Rights [IMG]

transRights.svg

Pronouns

A couple for myself/friends, I may make more or automate the process later... I'd suggest printing these directly from the SVG files so the QR codes don't get desroyed by being trurned into PNG files / or export them with a much higher DPI value.

=> /images/hexStickers/pronounsHeThey.svg | Pronouns logo, My pronouns are He or They FYI with QR codes linking to mypronouns.fyi [IMG]

pronounsHeThey.svg

=> /images/hexStickers/pronounsSheThey.svg | Pronouns logo, My pronouns are She or They FYI with QR codes linking to mypronouns.fyi [IMG]

pronounsSheThey.svg

The world is better with you in it

Doesn't really fit into any other the categories...

=> /images/hexStickers/transRights.svg | The world is better with you in it [IMG]

worldIsBetter.svg

"Political"

In quotes because I don't personally think any of this is controversial...

Black Lives Matter

This uses the Martin[13] font.

=> 13: https://www.vocaltype.co/history-of/martin

=> /images/hexStickers/BLM.svg | Black Lives Matter [IMG]

BLM.svg

Join a union

=> /images/hexStickers/joinAUnion.svg | It's a great day to JOIN A UNION [IMG]

joinAUnion.svg

No human is illegal

=> /images/hexStickers/noHumanIllegal.svg | No human is illegal [IMG]

noHumanIllegal.svg

F Brexit

=> /images/hexStickers/FBrexit.svg | EU Flag stars surround "FUCK BREXIT" [IMG]

FBrexit.svg

And a slightly milder version (kinda)

=> /images/hexStickers/stillFBrexit.svg | EU Flag stars surround "I still think ... FUCK BREXIT" [IMG]

stillFBrexit.svg

Jolly Good Idea

Lots of text, but the message is clear...

=> /images/hexStickers/jollyGoodIdeaClimate.svg | I personally think it would be a jolly good idea to take the catestrophic collapse of the global climatge seriously and do something about it, for example just stopping oil would be a good start to rebel against the extinction of humanity [IMG]

jollyGoodIdeaClimate.svg

Abolish Billionaires

Ok, maybe SOME Humans should be illegal...

=> /images/hexStickers/jollyGoodIdeaClimate.svg | Bold text ABOLISH normal text Billionaires [IMG]

abolishBillionaires.svg

"Fan"?

Debian

This just rips the logo from the Debian website[14] obviously this logo falls under Debian's copyright and licensing.

=> 14: https://www.debian.org/logos/

=> /images/hexStickers/debian.svg | Debian logo and text [IMG]

debian.svg

Xenia

This art by Cathodegaytube, find (out) more at Xenia, the Linux mascot[15], obviously the copyright and license for this image is up to Cathodegaytube.

=> 15: https://xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/

=> /images/hexStickers/xenia.svg | Xenia the Linux Fox drawn by CathodeGayTube [IMG]

xenia.svg

Rocinante

Uses BankGothic and Open Sans Condensed.

Ship outline found in various places without any speicific license attached, but I've probably missed it.

=> /images/hexStickers/rocinante.svg | Black with white text, ROCINANTE, an outline of the ship, and the text from the ship's placard [IMG]

rocinante.svg

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