+1 to soic8_30degrees. The lightning bolt could be a a tiny bit smaller IMO, but no big deal either way.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Stefan Tauner < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > we have used two logos in the past for flashrom. The one most are > familiar with is actually a generic icon stemming from coreboot's > "Related Tools" section, i.e.: > http://www.coreboot.org/images/a/ae/Chip_tools.png > This is not only set up as the "Mediawiki" icon on flashrom.org but is > also used on our Twitter account and other sites like openhub > (https://www.openhub.net/p/flashrom) > > The second logo was specifically designed for this purpose and was used > at various occasions in presentation slides and on marketing materials > (e.g. posters). Namely > > http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PTt3TWYKjnQ/TI_oZ3cqvaI/AAAAAAAAALY/eLvM6K16Glw/s400/logo9white.png > (the one described as "Different style of bolt" on > http://kmacphail.blogspot.de/2010/09/flashrom-logos.html) > I think that one is way lesser known since even I was not really aware > about the fact that it kind of the "official" logo at the moment. > > > I am not too happy with either. The hammer logo has grown dear to me... > the hammer perfectly symbolizes the force we have to exert to get some > systems to work and the logo as such is very recognizable. But... I > only have it in very low quality... is there a better source for it? > It also does not represent our generally gentle and cautious approach > when dealing with hardware and our focus on stability. > > The DIP logo on the other hand is available in SVG (at least > Carl-Daniel has it AFAIK), but it looks a bit inanimate. The major > problems I have with it are that it is not even nearly rectangular and > it is very complex. There is the text with the lightning bolt replacing > the h character and the DIP32 chip. Both is ok for posters and other > big displays but sucks for other uses where simple, rectangular icons > are required. > > I have spent the last weekend with playing around with Blender and its > freestyle renderer that is able to output SVG directly. I have managed > to render a 3D model of a SOIC8 chip that way as a base for a possible > new logo. It required some cleanup afterwards but it looks way better > than everything I could draw by hand ;) > > I have made two logos that I think are worth sharing. They are quite > similar and the only major difference is the orientation of the chip... > I have created 3 versions of each: one fully colored, one with outlines > only and a two-colored simple version (e.g. for PCB silkscreens). I > have attached the Inkscape SVGs as well as 96 pixel-wide PNG exports. I > have not decided on an appropriate license... probably something > similar to how the coreboot hare is licensed. > > What do you think about my suggestions and the whole matter? I would > love to see proposals for alternatives as well! > -- > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom >
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