I think you're right-on in suggesting this. If we're going to create a style guide, I think it's worthwhile to cover all details of an ideal execution, including this offset.
Again, personal preference, I like the Chebyshev Territorial best. It looks like you used 2 or 3 basic units of offset. It seems especially useful when thinking about small circuit boards where space is at a premium, and it also includes an open-ended enclave where other logos or info can be placed. It's algorithmic, so easy to scale, and visually simple. And with anything (text, components, etc.) flowed around it would give the logo a bit of a "glow" without requiring that any radii be cut. [a] On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Werner Almesberger <[email protected]> wrote: > The next thing to consider is whether we should recommend (*) any > areas that should be kept clear from other items around the logo. > And if yes, how they should be defined. > > (*) The Qi-Hardware logo isn't a registred trademark, so all we can > do here is give recommendations and guidelines for what we > consider good use. Anyone is free to follow, ignore, or ridicule > them ;-) > > There's much more to borders than just a distance. I've illustrated > a few parameters here: > > http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/logo/border.pdf > > Source: > http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/wernermisc/source/tree/master/logo/border.fig > > First, with start with what I called the "Equidistant rectangle > from the extents": a simple rectangle, parallel to the x/y axis, > and a certain minimum distance (5 basic units in this example) from > any point on the logo. > > Going to the left, we could of course use a different basic shape > from which we calculate the distance. Given that the logo has a > very off-balance center of gravity, we could for example reduce > the part of the rectangle around the "foot". I called this "from > [a] derived shape", because it is derived in some way from the > actual shape of the logo. > > Of course, it doesn't have to be a rectangle. i've illustrated this > with a circle. > > Now the bottom row. We take again the logo's outline as a > reference. This time,the outline "hugs" the logo closer than > before. Now we can calculate the area that would correspond to the > "territorial" waters if this was a country. > > We can vary the geometry. Euclidian is the most natural but the > rounded corners may be inconvenient. Manhattan [1] distance yields > straight lines. If we use Chebyshev distance [2] instead, we even > get only right angles. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chebyshev_distance > > Note that "Chebishev territorial" is concave. If we don't want to > put other things into the logo's white space, we can make the > border a little more convex. Note that it's still concave around the > foot. If we were to eliminate this as well, we'd return to a > rectangle. > > Finally, a concave geometry could still accommodate an "enclave". > E.g., for a sub-project's logo, something that modifies or amends > the Qi-Hardware logo (such as a license logo/name), etc. > > So, do we want to recommend any keep-out areas ? And if yes, what > should they be like ? > > - Werner > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
