The current logo is a cross between a lowercase "h" (slightly rotated) and a hand-bell. The bell's handle is the ascender of the h. The bump on the inside of the right leg of the h is the bell's clanger.
-- Randy Walker On Sep 3, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Sean T Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kaspars Dambis wrote: >>> The current h logo does have a mental association with Habari. >>> The >>> efforts are as always very much appreciated. However, I do not >>> think of the current suggested design as a hole to be way too >>> simple from what we want from a logo. >>> >>> >>> I apologies, I meant "I do think". >>> >>> Ali B / dmondark >>> <http://www.awhitebox.com> >> >> Thanks you for the feedback, Ali. >> >> Personally I wouldn't want to use the first letter of the name just >> because WordPress does it already with its famous W. >> >> After first seeing the "h" I honestly didn't think it is a letter. I >> don't know how the "h" logo was created and therefore the story and >> things that it stands for, but it would be really interesting to hear >> that, if anyone knows. >> >> Regards, >> Kaspars >> >> > The bell ties into the tagline of "Spread the News" in that it > represents the bell used by the town crier whose duty it was to spread > the news throughout the town. Most of the people at the time when town > criers were common, were non-literate, so the crier had a duty to make > sure the message came across clearly and simply so that everyone who > heard the news would know what was happening and be able to spread > that > news to others. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIvxaKmQpMBUWJpdsRAoFHAKDtDmOV9F9lvFZzmYBvwIIjy5dVEACfSp8W > 5J3hIdeE+pX17TJ49gaTBNY= > =9ND9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
