On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Remy CLOUARD <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me put my 2 cents here :) > > All the above terms evoke nothing for me. They're just lexically linked > to magic, superstition or something like that. > > The first word that come to mind when I think of Mageia is community. > Community evokes other terms for me : friendship, open minds, share, > doing something together, that's to say terms that evoke exchange > between people. > > Luckily enough, the first lettre of Mageia is an M which can be > stretched enough to look like a man. If I think of friendship, I think > of the "emoticon" \o/, meaning you're happy to see someone and welcome > him. > > This started as a base for a logo. I personnally like simple logos think > of the M of McDonalds for instance. > > And this is the result : > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217...@n05/5021464618/in/pool-1491...@n24/ > > Black and white version : > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217...@n05/5021464608/in/pool-1491...@n24/ > > When I first looked at it again, it made me think of this picture : > http://www.asdfing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/facts_about_leonardo_da_vinci.jpg > > I find this evocation very positive, it reminds the age of > enlightenment, I hope it's not negative to some people, but the idea I > keep is the progress of human knowledge about life the universe and > everything (sorry for the reference :p) > > The nice thing is that it scales very well, even at small sizes (16 px > still looks good) > > Now, here are some guidelines to use it : > Leave at least half the diameter of the circle around the logo, don't > put anything in this zone. The logo itself is blue, so it should not be > put on a blue or red background, the contrast will be either too small > or too sharp. > > The logo shall not be stretched, either vertically or horizontally. > > If you want to print it on paper, the logo should not exceed 1/5 of the > width/height of the paper > > The font used there is simply bitstream vera sans, except for the M and > the g, which has been a bit customized to remind a lowercase gamma (γ). > > Other letters are greeks alpha, iota, and epsilon. They're not so > different from their latin counterpart and look more elegant IMHO. > > Only 3 colours are used in the colour version: 2 variants of dark blue, > and white. > > I'm no design expert, and did not want to customize it too much, in the > hope it could serve as a base for other logos. I didn't use many colours > either so that we can change it, if we decide this colour does not fit. > > Unfortunately, as it is very simple in its design, I fear there is a > high chance that a similar logo exists as well, sorry if it's the case > > I hope you like this idea, feedback would be very welcome :)
Nice logo Remy! :o) One trivia question: Do the darkened hands (but not feet) outside of the circle represent something? _______________________________________________ Mageia-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss
