The correct answer is "you're the designer - you tell me". My fall back answers are:
> 1. what existing logos do we like and why GeoTools: compass / spanner logo (http://geotools.org/) because it's a simple and informative pun TED: big red letters (http://www.ted.com/) because it's obvious and memorable ScapeToad: toad logo (http://scapetoad.choros.ch/) because it's ridiculous with a certain elegance R (http://www.r-project.org/) because you just say Rrrr... > 2. what logos do we dislike and why Sonatype: horizontal bars and thin font (http://www.sonatype.com/) because it looks corporate and boring ESRI globe in grid (http://www.esri.com/) because it looks like they want to take the world prisoner Old Sun logo (as seen at: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/forDevelopers/jai1_0_1guide-unc/JAITOC.fm.html) because it's on the wrong side of the line between clever and wanky NetBeans: box figure and name (http://netbeans.org/) because what are you supposed to do with an empty box ? > 3. Preferred typography Either elegant or in your face, but not script (usually lacks immediacy) or very angular / geometric (e.g. the font used for the Oracle logo which looks fascist - though perhaps that's just my prejudice shining through). Michael On 26 September 2011 00:59, Terence Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > hi. Sam Harwell had the great idea that I should commission a logo or logos > for the ANTLR project. Perhaps there is a similar and consistent logo design > for the individual tools. I'm also considering a new layout and design for > the website. Basically v4 will have major new functionality and I want to do > some nice branding for it. Sam also recommend someone that seems very good > for doing the logo design. Questionnaire I have to fill out for this > designer, however, asks questions that I don't really know how to answer > exactly. I thought that I should appeal to you folks in the community so that > we can hone the answers for the designer to get something nice. Here are > some questions that you might know the answer to or have opinions on: > > 1. what existing logos do we like and why > > 2. what logos do we dislike and why > > 3. Preferred typography (heavy, light, modern, classic, handwritten etc.) > maybe we don't want text in the logo at all, but it seems like .g and .st > could work in the individual tool logos. Microsoft logos for example: > > > Here is the logo portfolio of the guy: > > http://www.logoholik.com/logo_portfolio/logo_portfolio.html > > any and all thoughts about branding are welcome. > > Ter > > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest > Unsubscribe: > http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.
