Re: Gambda Logo

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 17.10.2015 16:50, Luis Felipe López Acevedo wrote:

My mind seems to interpret the icon as the ear of a cartoon character


Hmmm, I can see that if I really want to. Associations like this 
absolutely should be mentioned. Recalling one or the other high-profile 
logo design case, ears are one of the less problematic body parts :)

It could mean Guile listens ;)


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Re: Gambda Logo

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 17.10.2015 18:10, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:

It looks really nice!  I think I still prefer the original logo for its
minimalism.  However, it would kind of be a shame to let the Gambda,
which is probably the nicest Lambda-including logo I've ever seen, go to
waste.


Thanks!


I wonder even if it doesn't get used for Guile (and maybe it will?) if
it could be used for some other Guile using project that's up and
coming?  Hell, "Gambda" would be a great name for a library.


Iff it won't be used for Guile, I see nothing speaking against using it 
for a different project, as long as the lambda and the implied G make 
sense for it.



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Re: Gambda Logo

[Thorsten Wilms]

Hi!

I guess the silence (with the one exception, thank you Amirouche!) means 
I should stop and go away, but I couldn't help it ... here's a 
comparison using Luis's work and a small refinement:

http://i.imgur.com/qM0k0Xq.png


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Re: [PATCH] Fix and-let*.

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") writes:

> Mark H Weaver  writes:
>
>> Anyway, are you willing to assign copyright to the FSF for your
>> contributions to Guile?  If so, we can get that process started.
>
> Definitely. :-)
>
> Tell me what's needed.
>
> I guess they'll have to wait but here's the patches, with only FSF
> copyright headers in the files:
>
> [...]

Pinging this thread since my copyright assignment is now complete. :-)

Taylan

Re: Gambda Logo

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

Thorsten Wilms  writes:

> I guess the silence (with the one exception, thank you Amirouche!)
> means I should stop and go away, [...]

No need to be so self-critical. :-)

Personally I was silent because I found both nice in their own ways and
could not decide.  (Your second logo is definitely much nicer than your
first though, IMO.)

In the mail you originally posted, the logo it looked somewhat pixelated
(needs more anti-aliasing?) but in this on-website comparison it doesn't
have that issue so it looks very nice.

And I have to say it looks almost like a somewhat better fit on the
website, due to the rest of the site looking quite "organic" (due to the
drawing, I think), and your logo too (due to the curvature of the
lambda, I think), whereas the other logo looks a bit more "mechanic" and
more bold (literally as well as figuratively).  Not sure if my words
make sense, describing feelings is difficult.


All in all I find both very nice, but have a slight preference for your
logo, at least when placed on the website.

Taylan

Re: Gambda Logo

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Thorsten Wilms writes:

> Hi!
>
> I guess the silence (with the one exception, thank you Amirouche!) means 
> I should stop and go away, but I couldn't help it ... here's a 
> comparison using Luis's work and a small refinement:
> http://i.imgur.com/qM0k0Xq.png

It looks really nice!  I think I still prefer the original logo for its
minimalism.  However, it would kind of be a shame to let the Gambda,
which is probably the nicest Lambda-including logo I've ever seen, go to
waste.

I wonder even if it doesn't get used for Guile (and maybe it will?) if
it could be used for some other Guile using project that's up and
coming?  Hell, "Gambda" would be a great name for a library.

Re: Gambda Logo

[Luis Felipe López Acevedo]

On 2015-10-17 06:38, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:

[...]


I think the logo on the left could be improved by fixing the right part
of the round “G” and by adding a serif to the “l” (to reduce the gap
between “l” and “e”).


Yeah, you mentioned that before. I'll make a revision trying to apply 
that (this Sunday, or Monday, hopefully)


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Re: Gambda Logo

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 17.10.2015 13:38, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:

The transition from the lambda to the arc of the stylised “G” is very
harsh, though.  It’s a very sharp edge and I prefer the friendly
“roundness” of Luis’s logo.


Funny, as my initial sketches had one flowing curve instead of a hard 
bend. I moved away from that, at it made both the G and the lambda 
harder to recognise. I will try rounding it out a bit.




Also, the lambda and “Guile” don’t seem to relate to one another; they
just sit next to each other, whereas in the logo on the left the
stylised parentheses “cooperate” with the text in that the embrace the
curve of the “G”.


I could likely improve on that with custom font, but that takes a lot of 
time, so the symbol should be nailed down, first.




I think the logo on the left could be improved by fixing the right part
of the round “G” and by adding a serif to the “l” (to reduce the gap
between “l” and “e”).


The thing is, if you adjust the G to have that hook it has in so many 
fonts, it will work better with "uile", but sit less well alone in the 
(implied) circle.



Thanks to you and Taylan, this is feedback one can work with :)


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