[Nix-dev] Logo improvement ideas

[Tim Cuthbertson]

Thanks, Nathan. This indeed looks very close to Myriad so I've updated
the poll images to use Vegur now. Now that I see them side by side I
actually prefer the tighter "s" of Carlito, but I'm not too fussed
either way.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Nathan Bijnens <nathan at nathan.gs> wrote:
> There is an open alternative for Myriad: Vegur.
>
> N.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015, 4:11 AM Tim Cuthbertson <tim at gfxmonk.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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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