Hi Joey, Sorry to disappoint after all your work but I took a poll at work and it was unianimous... people liked the original logo better. They thought it was easier to read (f's are too close) and they thought the f connecting to the i was out of place with the rest of the logo.
Vote: Original Jaron On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Johannes Bausch <johannes.bau...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey, > > okay, I've tried to set up a voting page for us, see here: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Joey/Ligatures > > <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Joey/Ligatures>Do you all have > write access to this page? I am not that experienced with wikis. > > @Bernhard: I've shifted the i more to the left. I've also redone the visual > kerning for some of the letters; have a look at the scaled-down versions, > it > "should" look more even now. > > @all: It would be great if you voted on the wiki or here on the mailing > list. Even if you disapprove of this poll it would be great to get some > more > opinions on this; so far it's only five people who talk about it. > > Thanks, > Joey > > PS: I'll be away until Wednesday next week. > > 2011/3/2 Bernhard Dippold <bernh...@familie-dippold.at> > > > Hi Joey, all, > > > > replying to both of your mails, so please scroll down until the end... > > > > Johannes Bausch schrieb: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> to gather some more opinions I thought it would be a good idea to have a > >> poll somewhere else, so I asked people in a forum to cast their vote. > >> Although I don't know whether this was a good idea (not really > >> representative, game design forum, so people might be programmers) I > >> thought > >> you might be interested in the results: > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Poll.png > >> > > > > It's impossible to see the different alternatives, because at my computer > > the background is nearly black. > > > > Ii updated the image with a slightly lighter grey background, so you can > > see the different alternatives, but keep the white text of the poll > results. > > > > Apparently noone likes the > >> too fancy ligatures. Most people also complained about the logo in > >> general, > >> so I tried to explain why this is (and remains, for now) the logo of > LibO. > >> If you're interested in the comments, too, I'll send you the link. > >> So... in the next days I'll make some final drafts and put up a voting > >> page. > >> If you have some final ideas please tell me. > >> > > > > People seem to like the last alternative (with "f" bow bent towards the > "i" > > dot) as much as the original. > > > > Even if this is far from being representative, I'd like to see a > finalized > > version of this proposal. > > > > Could you improve this by moving the "i" nearer to the "f"? I don't think > > that equal spacing for the dot between "f" and "i" looks best... > > > > Perhaps a combination of your third an my proposal? > > > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Joey > >> > >> 2011/3/2 Johannes Bausch<johannes.bau...@gmail.com> > >> > >> Hey Bernhard, > >>> > >>> 2011/3/2 Bernhard Dippold<bernh...@familie-dippold.at> > >>> > >>> In your reply to my last mail I understood you in a way that you wanted > >>> to > >>> > >>>> work on a new proposal. > >>>> > >>>> I added a third alternative (which I don't like very much). The logos > >>> on my > >>> page are only drafts; if we decide on one of them, I'll spend more time > >>> on > >>> it. At the moment I don't have another idea how to deal with the > ligature > >>> - > >>> do you? I'd be more than glad to try another one. > >>> > >> > > Like your poll members I like this proposal best, but it needs some more > > tweaking (I mentioned above). > > > > I don't think that there are so many alternatives to modify the two "f" > and > > the "i", so I don't have any other reliable alternative in mind. > > > >> > >>> > >>> [...] > >>>> > >>> > >>> But what we need to keep in mind: Changes being recognized by the > average > >>> > >>>> user / viewer will more likely be postponed until a new major or minor > >>>> version > >>>> than modifications leading "only" to a more balanced, professional and > >>>> consistent visual impression. > >>>> > >>>> +1, I agree. > >>> > >> > > In my eyes proposals (c) and (d) might fall in the "balanced" category, > > while (a) and (b) would be more recognizable as modified details. > > > > Who has the final word on that? > >>> > >> > > The SC, but they probably support a decision by the Design Team. > > > > Best regards > > > > Bernhard > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
