Hi to both of you!
Having looked at the guidelines and example designs, here are some
comments:
Just so you know - I'm working on a more elaborate version of the style
guide at the moment. The version that I previously sent around isn't
meant to be the final form of the thing.
Does this style guide apply just to the software design, or to the
marketing/brand content (website, business cards), or both?
The style just applies to marketing/brand content - it doesn't apply to
GNOME's software UI (this is covered in our prexisting Human Interface
Guidelines [1]).
Typography: Is there a reason for the switch from Cantarell (which
is already used throughout the website and such) to Source Sans Pro?
Both are fine and simple sans serifs but if you are already using
one, what is the reason for the switch?
Canterell doesn't render well on the web and isn't good in print. It is
primarily being maintained and developed as a UI font. SSP has
additional benefits like a greater number of weights and better
coverage. We're quite keen to make greater use of light weights in our
marketing and brand materials.
We did a fairly thorough investigation of the various options
available, before settling on SSP.
Secondary colors: It may be useful to see color gradients with
varying saturations and brightnesses. The purple comes off as a bit
heavy to me, for instance.
Nothing is settled and we could easily change the secondary colours.
Would you be interested in making a few suggestions?
Visual motifs: What is the context in which the three motifs in the
first row would be used in? While I understand that the rest of the
motifs are playing off the wallpaper designs, in the actual sample
designs, I'm finding that the simple and strong GNOME logo clashes a
bit with the delicate motifs.Though it does work better, in my
opinion, when it is filling a shape (for example, in website badges
or leaflets). Maybe it would be useful to play around with the motif
in different color schemes to make it stronger and less delicate?
Sure! Do you want to send some examples?
Generally, it may be useful to explain more contexts within the
style guide.
I certainly agree that the guide needs to be more elaborate. I'm not
entirely sure what you mean by "explain more contexts" though.
Allan
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