Re: A logo

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi!

Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> skribis:

>> What about Junction?  http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/junction
>
> I tried it and I think that the current version is better.  Here's why I
> don't want to use Junction (in this particular case):
>
>   1. It's too thin; the logo just falls apart.  I can't use a different
>      weight because there's only one.  Even if I adjust the stroke in
>      Inkscape, it won't look good.

Too thin?

>   2. It's a humanist typeface.  Have a closer look at G and x.  These
>      letters have some script-like elements.  They don't fit because
>      the word is short.

Hmm, OK.

> Anyway, I think that there is room for improvement.  Do you have any
> other suggestions?

Not really.  Unfortunately, I’m not good at finding fonts.

Could you perhaps send several examples with a sample of sans-sérif
that you have?  :-)

>> Not sure about the colors too.
>
> I'm not sure either.  Red and blue are usually used to highlight
> symlinks.  And green is used for executables.  That's why I picked them.

Oh, funny.  :-)

It first made me think of an evocation of additive colors, which
reminded of TV-related things, such as this French TV broadcasting
company:

  http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:TDF_1975.png

> I think that each profile should have its own color.  So it'll be
> possible to distinguish them.

Yes.  Perhaps I’d use more pastel colors.

>> Dual-license GPLv3+/GFDLv3+, so it can be used both in documentation and
>> on-line (splash screen!).
>
> Are you sure?  This page [1] suggests to use either CC BY or CC BY-SA,
> but they are "incompatible with the GNU GPL and with the GNU FDL."  It
> also says that we have to "determine what the 'source code' is" if we
> want to use the GNU GPL.
>
> What does Guile use?

GPL + GFDL (but I’m the one who made that choice) :

  http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/graphics/

I think it covers all our practical use cases, and there’s not much at
stake anyway.  WDYT?

Anyway, I think it’d be good to converge quickly, so could you come up
with just a few variants of this design, so we can choose from there and
be happy?  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.