[Mageia-discuss] finalising my mageia branding logo look

[Thomas Lottmann]

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Because it is currently the best logo I have seen so far, I have a few 
suggestions to give it a final shape.

1. Use a white background only for your logo. It must be clear and look 
good everywhere it is would be placed and used.
By the way, I really like the shadow, even though it looks a little bit 
too low perhaps.

2. A really liked the various colours you applied to the letters 
previously. It is really fashionable, and contrasted a little with the 
serious font you have chosen, offering an interesting balance between 
the serious and the eye candy in the logo.

3. The logo, as an image, is currently limited to the name and it's 
letters. There is no icon in the logo that could represent the 
distribution by itself. Yet, I do see on your pics some blue bubbles 
going up on the right. You should try to replace them by something that 
would clearly remember the magic there has always been in the system 
since Mandrake : flying stars I would say.
VirtualBox OSE has done a representation of all the major Linux distros, 
ours included, but without copying exactly the logos (except for 
Ubuntu). You can probably inspire yourself from this : 
http://www.virtualbox.org/about_1600px.png

What I mean here is that your logo is, according to me, the most 
polished and the one who just feels the best I believe. The only detail 
missing is important : the identity to which we have been attached to 
for so long. Add the magic in your logo and it should be among the best 
suggestions for good. :-)

You will also have to deliver a monochromatic version of your logo, once 
it will be finished, once again on a white/transparent background.