[Nix-dev] Logo improvement ideas

[Tim Cuthbertson]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Daniel Peebles <pumpkingod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone feel like the S in the NixOS typeface in the new logos is too
> narrow? I love the new graphical logo proposals, but the typeface bothers me
> a little.

Ahh yes, I meant to mention that - I don't really care about the
typeface much (well I care, but the existing one looks fine to me).
But I don't have it installed. According to the current logo svg, it's
"Myriad Web", which comes with various Adobe products (Photoshop,
Illustrator, etc). Since I'm using Linux/Inkscape, I don't have access
to it, and haven't seen any legal way of getting / using it outside of
purchasing Adobe CS. It apparently comes with acrobat reader, but that
license does _not_ cover use outside of reader. Or so I read on the
internet somewhere ;)

So it may be legally OK for someone who has bought Adobe CS to render
out the logo with the "Myriad Pro" font. But I can't do it, and being
an open-source project, it's probably a better idea to opt for a more
openly available font.

So, yeah.. I don't have any motivation to change the font for
aesthetic reasons, only for practical reasons.

> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Tim Cuthbertson <tim at gfxmonk.net> wrote:
>>
>> I've now updated this form with the remaining options, so I think it
>> is nearly ready to go.
>>
>> I'll let it stew for a few days in case anyone has suggestions for
>> improvement before we start collecting results, but does anyone know
>> who we'd talk to to get a link somewhere official (twitter / planet /
>> etc)?
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Oliver Charles <ollie at ocharles.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:35 PM Tim Cuthbertson <tim at gfxmonk.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If nobody authoritative wants to set up a poll, I can certainly do one
>> >> :)
>> >> I'm a little bit busy at the moment, but as long as we're not in a
>> >> hurry...
>> >>
>> >> To prevent overwhelming people with options, and after letting these
>> >> stew for a little while, I'd be happy to limit choices to:
>> >>
>> >> * shapes: just circle and hex. I think circle is strictly better than
>> >> "straight", and I think "slant" is too disorganised / unclean to be a
>> >> winner.
>> >>
>> >> * colours: "feature" and "half". The plain versions are probably too
>> >> boring to bother with.
>> >>
>> >> So that only leaves 4 proposals, across those two axis. I can include
>> >> more if people think it's worth it, but I don't want to overwhelm.
>> >>
>> >> I've made a start here:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oMKuPCIz5bmUokrN6mllYpIDH7cmVQTzuZAcUdGH1HM/viewform
>> >
>> >
>> > Looks like a step in the right direction! I can't think of anything else
>> > I'd
>> > add.
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