[Mageia-discuss] finalising my mageia branding logo look

[Ahmad Samir]

On 20 September 2010 12:02, Thomas Lottmann <skiperdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> <dglent at gmail.com>  wrote:
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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.

Why will he have to do that?

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Ahmad Samir