You know, the reason I am here is that I love Python and suck at front-end stuff. So I would like to see something that appeals to my fellow backend toolsmiths, even if it is a cheap 3D depiction of a lathe or vertical bore mill.
But pay no attention to me; I sucjk at front-end. Michael On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net>wrote: > 2012/8/2 C Anthony Risinger <anth...@xtfx.me>: > [...] > >> > >> Personally I prefer "pyjs" before: Pyjs, PyJS or PYJS, simply because > the > >> lowercase letters are more geometrically "quiet" and don't steal the > >> attention of the main logo shape. But this is my personal opinion as > always. > > > > same -- i prefer the all lowercase as well ... i pretty much never use > > uppercase unless i'm corresponding with clients or something :-) > > I've taken the time to update the content articles (wiki) of the > current website, replacing all Pyjs occurences by their pyjs > counterparts. Also, I've tried to take care that all pythons read > "Python" (capital first letter), and all javascript reads "JavaScript" > (CamelCase) everywhere on pyjs.org. What I also did, I removed the > "Features" page and added its content as a new section to the > "Overview" page. > > Anthony, as the automatic re-generation is disabled, could you please ... > :-) > > >> No, the shadow is not part of the logo (neither is the light circular > >> gradient around the logo) all stuff beside the logo was only for "logo > >> presentation" purposes, to let things clear the logo is what follows :) > > > > this is looking really great Alex -- the 45deg snake head looks > > awesome, like he's (she's?) look straight ahead at what's coming :-) > > > > it might just be me nitpicking, but the text feels a bit cramped to > > me, ie. too close to the logo. it looks like the same space was used > > as other letters, but the logo part is so much thicker than a letter > > that it needs more whitespace ... but you're the pro so i defer to > > your judgement. > > Alessandro, as it looks like you're the perfect designer, graphic > artist, and font editor all in one person: Could you put the new logo > as well as the font you modified into a single web-font file? That > would just be great! > > I found a neat article on doing that: "How to make your own icon > webfont" [1]. We should then put all the logos and icons we need into > that font file in the Unicode Private Area [2]. More on best practices > aka neat tricks is described in [3] and [4] (taken from the comments > section of the article). > > [1] > http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/01/how-to-make-your-own-icon-webfont/ > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_(Unicode) > [3] http://www.heydonworks.com/article/using-icon-web-fonts > [4] http://jsfiddle.net/sujumaku/eNhUf/ > > I'd love to see all pyjs.org design resources in a single font file > (probably except for a few large graphics or so...), wow! :-) > > > if anyone has any additional final input, let's hear it now! the logo > > bits look great as Alessandro has been kind enough to donate time in > > refining it ... seems a good time to direct our energies to other > > parts of the site that require some design thought. > > Styling the logo is easy with CSS3 as soon as we have a web font with > logos and icons. We could even put the new logo on the current > website, and adapt the color scheme accordingly, all with CSS only. > > Anyone having a great design idea, or at least a color preference for > the pyjs.org website? > > Cheers, Peter > > -- > > > > --
