[Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion

[Hoyt Duff]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Enrico Gsell
<thecandyman666 at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:57:35 -0600
>> From: spock at evansville.net
>> To: mageia-discuss at mageia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion
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>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010, Thorsten van Lil wrote:
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>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> Von: mageia-discuss-bounces at mageia.org [mailto:mageia-
>>>> discuss-bounces at mageia.org] Im Auftrag von Wayne Sallee
>>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 13:24
>>>> An: Mageia general discussions
>>>> Betreff: Re: [Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion
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>>>> Pascal Terjan wrote on 11/19/2010 06:53 AM:
>>>>> followed by
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54240048@N08/5017306285/
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>>>> Yea, I think that one looks nice too.
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>>>> Wayne Sallee
>>>> Wayne at WayneSallee.com
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>>> But stars arn't allowed I thought and as mentioned in the
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>> I don't think they're actually barred. I think a number of people just thought it wouldn't be a good idea if we want
>> to differentiate ourselves from Mandriva, which I think we do. That's why I wouldn't vote for that one.
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>>> My favorites are:
>>> 1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofaurax/5127775007/
>>> 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ueros/5099707080/
>>> 3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/54167983@N08/5038318001/
>>> 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigger-gg/5027064477/
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>> I don't like the other three but I like no. 3. It would look even better, in my opinion, if the encircling ribbon
>> was less visually overpowering, framing rather than dominating the central sphere. Also, and this is true of many
>> of the submissions, the lettering tries too hard to be original at the expense of legibility and attractiveness.
>> Any number of more or less standard fonts would be better. (I like Cheltenham myself.) It's the logo itself that
>> needs to stand out and be distinctive. "Mageia" isn't the logo.
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>> Dale Huckeby
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> For number 3 i agree with the logo, but i absolutely don't like the font.
> Those are my favorites:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofaurax/5127775007/in/pool-mageia-artSimple but still modern.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5141934927/in/pool-mageia-artI like that mix of different symbols, shows the variety of the distribution.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54167983@N08/5038318001/in/pool-mageia-artGreat modern looking logo, but still i am not really happy with the font.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54240048@N08/5013673327/in/pool-mageia-artJust somehow like it ;)
> Kind regards,Enrico
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>> For number 3 i agree with the logo, but i absolutely don't like the font.

I like that as well, but don't like the color. It looks too passive.;
not exciting


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Hoyt