I got frustrated by the fact that AWS only seems to publish low-res rasterized versions of their AWS certification badges, so I re-created them in Inkscape.
There are two files in the root of this repo, both called A4-sticker-sheet-all-badges.
The EPS file can be loaded by Roland VersaStudio software or probably whatever software your cutter does. The PDF version is the same thing, but published for viewing on your computer. I haven't actually tested any of this so YMMV.
The primary template file is AWS-certified-badge-template.svg. This is an Inkscape SVG project/image. For it to work properly you need to have the AWS fonts installed
on your system. You can find them here.
Inkscape cannot handle the CMYK colorspace properly. This isn't a limitation with Inkscape but the underlying Cairo SVG library it is using. This only really matters when you want to print some stuff you designed in Inkscape - specifically with the magic magenta cutline that most cutters read to decide where to cut. We have to do an annoying post-conversion step using Scribus to force the magic magenta cutline to be a true CMYK magenta spot colour. If I cared more or updated this frequently I would script up something to do all this for you, but for now the manual process is tolerable enough.
To create a printable file similar to the A4-sticker-sheet file:
- Generate your SVG file with/without cutline, up to you.
- Using Scribus create a new document for printing.
- In Scribus use File -> Import -> Get Vector File to ad your badge(s) to the page.
- Once you are happy with the page, go to Edit -> Colours and Fills
- Find the
FromSVG#ff00ffcolour - this is the closest Inkscape can get to the magic Magenta cutline colour. - Select the colour and go Edit.
- Change the Colour Model dropdown to
CMYK, tick theIs Spot Colourbox, and make sure the colours are 100% magenta and 0% anything else. - Click OK and save your file as an EPS (Encapsulated Postcript) document.
This should then print pretty easily on any post-script capable printer. In theory printer/cutters like the Roland Versastudio can print and use the cutline (I haven't tested this yet).
You can use these template files to create printed vinyl stickers of the badges. Or do whatever you want, I don't own them, all copyright belong to Amazon and our overlord the almighty Bezos.
I have also included pre-baked SVGs of all the badges in the stickers/ folder.
