From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Christopher Lemmer Webber Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Logo proposal Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:38:53 -0500 Message-ID: <87y2tgzuwi.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <16fe2cb2c6e.d75f3b0a40662.3318275155991395144@zoho.com> <87ftg0j5ih.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="98420"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.3 To: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 05 20:39:07 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1izQVu-000PWz-VD for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:39:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55554 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izQVt-0002Ot-Uh for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:39:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59228) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izQVk-0002MI-VA for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:38:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izQVj-0002PJ-PP for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:38:56 -0500 Original-Received: from dustycloud.org ([50.116.34.160]:39132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izQVj-0002Np-Ii for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:38:55 -0500 Original-Received: from twig (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dustycloud.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A86326698; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 14:38:54 -0500 (EST) In-reply-to: <87ftg0j5ih.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 50.116.34.160 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.user:16135 Archived-At: Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hi sirgazil, > > sirgazil skribis: > >> It's been a while since I designed the current Guile logo. This logo has= what I called retracted and expanded forms. The former is the G in parenth= esis, and the latter is the one in the website header bar. >> >> I'm fine with the retracted form, I actually like it, but everytime I se= e the expanded form, the overlapping of shapes bothers me. So I would like = to propose two alternative designs: >> >> https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/guile-logo-proposal-20= 20-01-24.png > > I like the proposals=E2=80=A6 but I prefer the current one. :-) > > The way I see it, =CE=BB is all too common among functional programming > languages and tools. So it=E2=80=99s both a rallying symbol and one that= makes > your project indistinguishable from others in the same domain. > > Thanks, > Ludo=E2=80=99. I agree. I thought the current Guile logo looks very nice and distinct and lisp'y. These days lispiness is a more defining feature than lambdaness, and less advertised.