The kerning still isn't perfect (which may be a problem with the font and/or gimp, and need some manual correction), but here's what I came up with when I set the letter spacing to -4 in gimp. I like this better. The default spacing on that font is set way too wide.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_text.png The biggest kerning issue to my mind is between the p and y. On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:24 PM Tobias Schönberg <tobias47...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Adrián > > I didn't even think about that. Will people recognize mediawiki from > the sunflower? > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot-logo-suggestion-mediawiki.svg > > @ben > > Thanks for the feedback about the text. I use the free and open > http://overpassfont.org/ - I like how the small letters of the font > are at an angle similar to the gears. But I am open for suggestions. > > -Tobias > > > > 2016-07-14 17:46 GMT+02:00 Ben McIlwain <cydew...@gmail.com>: > > I like it. My one suggestion is to fix the kerning on "pywikibot" -- the > > letters are spaced too far apart and make the overall logo too stretched > out > > horizontally. I suspect with tighter kerning the entire image could fit > > into a square aspect ratio, which is typically what you want for logos. > > What font did you use? > > > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM Tobias Schönberg <tobias47...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current > >> Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some > >> feedback. > >> > >> The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little > >> more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the > >> community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a > >> high technological barrier. > >> > >> The current logo is here: > >> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1] > >> > >> It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo: > >> > >> > >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct_derivatives > >> > >> I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I > >> think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of > >> [1]. > >> > >> After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would > >> work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be > >> distributed at workshops: > >> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg > >> > >> The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green > are > >> here: > >> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg > >> > >> I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt > >> them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to > >> propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the > >> text to maximize the recognizability. > >> > >> Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree > reply. > >> > >> -Tobias > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pywikibot mailing list > >> pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pywikibot mailing list > > pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot > > > > _______________________________________________ > pywikibot mailing list > pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot >
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