Looks like we are retaining almost the current logo with some small changes
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 28 May 2013 04:51, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On May 27, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > > [This was cross-posted, so I'm not clear what list was intended. Makes > tracking the discussion difficult.] > > > > I'll bite: > > > > I prefer Chris's latest. The weight of the lettering is more powerful. > I think the "Apache" should not be so thin. The form used by Samer works > better. I also think down-scaling will work better in this case. > > > > As far as the orb goes, Chris's could be a tad larger, but not by much. > I prefer the orientation of the foreground bird to Kevin's, which has a > more threatening feel in my subjective experience. > > These are good observations. > > I would like to see it with an "ffi" ligature. > > I think we should leave the 4 out. Others have mentioned that 4 is an > unlucky number is some cultures. Perhaps we have compromise and have both > versioned and un-versioned logo designs. If so then I think a treatment > like "Version 4.0" in grey and blue might work. > > Regards, > Dave > > > > > > - Dennis > > > > PS: Interesting that we've come around to a close variant of the current > logo. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] > > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 03:22 PM > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org; market...@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection > > > > What we've done so far: > > > > 1) Called for logo submissions from the community > > > > 2) Many designers responded and we received 40 submissions. There was > > a lot of "cross-fertilization" of ideas, as designers saw what others > > had come up with, what worked, and borrowed ideas. > > > > 3) We did a survey of user responses to the 40 logo submissions. Over > > 5000 users offered their ratings and written comments. > > > > 4) Publish report and blog post on the results of the logo survey. > > > > 5) Invited the designers of the top-rated logos to read over the > > survey comments and refine their designs and submit an updated > > version. > > > > That's where we are now. The updated logos (three of them) are on the > wiki now: > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Stage+2+Logo+Refinement > > > > As you can see there is quite a bit of convergence on a design occurring. > > > > So what next? > > > > I'd like to propose some next steps. > > > > A) Let's discuss the three designs on the mailing list for the next > > week. The discussion might lead to further refinement. > > > > B) If at the end of the week there is consensus on a single design > > we'll go with that one. > > > > C) If at the end of the week there is not consensus on a single > > design, and the discussion is not leading us closer toward consensus, > > then we'll have a 72-hour vote of PMC members to pick the logo. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >