Thanks, Nathan. This indeed looks very close to Myriad so I've updated the poll images to use Vegur now. Now that I see them side by side I actually prefer the tighter "s" of Carlito, but I'm not too fussed either way.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Nathan Bijnens <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
