On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Jay Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > It seemed like an opportune moment to take our 2D globe, lovingly created by > WP user:Nohat and improved/modified a cast of many other volunteers back in > 2003, and take it to a truly 3D object. If we were going to undertake this > process, we knew we would first need to populate the 'dark side of the puzzle > globe' - and of course we turned to our volunteers to do just that. [snip] > You'll notice that the new variation of the typeface uses Linux Libertine as > an alternative to Hoeffler, the original typeface used to create the > wordmark. In order to facilitate the creation of so many new variations of > the Wikipedia identity it was important to find a viable alternative - > Hoeffler is a commercial typeface that not every project would have access > to, nor own. Linux Libertine is very close to Hoeffler in its shape and > style, and for on-screen viewing is almost identical to Hoeffler. [snip]
I found the concept of these two improvements very exciting. Here are direct links to the old and new images for comparison: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
