There is an open alternative for Myriad: Vegur. N.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015, 4:11 AM Tim Cuthbertson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Daniel Peebles <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone feel like the S in the NixOS typeface in the new logos is too > > narrow? I love the new graphical logo proposals, but the typeface > bothers me > > a little. > > Ahh yes, I meant to mention that - I don't really care about the > typeface much (well I care, but the existing one looks fine to me). > But I don't have it installed. According to the current logo svg, it's > "Myriad Web", which comes with various Adobe products (Photoshop, > Illustrator, etc). Since I'm using Linux/Inkscape, I don't have access > to it, and haven't seen any legal way of getting / using it outside of > purchasing Adobe CS. It apparently comes with acrobat reader, but that > license does _not_ cover use outside of reader. Or so I read on the > internet somewhere ;) > > So it may be legally OK for someone who has bought Adobe CS to render > out the logo with the "Myriad Pro" font. But I can't do it, and being > an open-source project, it's probably a better idea to opt for a more > openly available font. > > So, yeah.. I don't have any motivation to change the font for > aesthetic reasons, only for practical reasons. > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Tim Cuthbertson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I've now updated this form with the remaining options, so I think it > >> is nearly ready to go. > >> > >> I'll let it stew for a few days in case anyone has suggestions for > >> improvement before we start collecting results, but does anyone know > >> who we'd talk to to get a link somewhere official (twitter / planet / > >> etc)? > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Oliver Charles <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:35 PM Tim Cuthbertson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> If nobody authoritative wants to set up a poll, I can certainly do > one > >> >> :) > >> >> I'm a little bit busy at the moment, but as long as we're not in a > >> >> hurry... > >> >> > >> >> To prevent overwhelming people with options, and after letting these > >> >> stew for a little while, I'd be happy to limit choices to: > >> >> > >> >> * shapes: just circle and hex. I think circle is strictly better than > >> >> "straight", and I think "slant" is too disorganised / unclean to be a > >> >> winner. > >> >> > >> >> * colours: "feature" and "half". The plain versions are probably too > >> >> boring to bother with. > >> >> > >> >> So that only leaves 4 proposals, across those two axis. I can include > >> >> more if people think it's worth it, but I don't want to overwhelm. > >> >> > >> >> I've made a start here: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oMKuPCIz5bmUokrN6mllYpIDH7cmVQTzuZAcUdGH1HM/viewform > >> > > >> > > >> > Looks like a step in the right direction! I can't think of anything > else > >> > I'd > >> > add. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> nix-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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