Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Steve Greenland
On 18-Feb-99, 17:33 (CST), Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk wrote: Martin Schulze wrote: I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the following simple rules: . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string Debian rendered very nice is ... a picture

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Adam Klein
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:30:19PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: Question: does anybody else think that the debian with the line back to the dot in the 'i' that Rob Malda did for Slashdot is best logo yet done? I like it, but I like the chicken better. Adam

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote: No, no! Think of Mars. Everybody immediately recognises that word, in that colour and typestyle: they think of chocolate -- not of a planet, a Roman god or a piece of music. Written in ordinary type, it could be any of the four, or maybe something

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Steve Greenland wrote: Question: does anybody else think that the debian with the line back to the dot in the 'i' that Rob Malda did for Slashdot is best logo yet done? Not me and so I wouldn't answer this posting, but please check your mail agent. I've got your mail

[RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Martin Schulze
I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the following simple rules: . The logo must NOT be linux-centric. Thus a penguin in any form is inacceptable. We have Debian GNU/Hurd and people are working on something similar to Debian Solaris. Please accept that. .

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the following simple rules: . The logo must NOT be linux-centric. Thus a penguin in any form is inacceptable. We have Debian GNU/Hurd and people are working on something

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Chris Waters
Martin Schulze wrote: [a bunch of stuff I agree with, except] . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string Debian rendered very nice is ... a picture but not a logo. Forget that. Um, IBM's logo is just letters. Sun's logo is, well, just letters, technically. I wouldn't rule out a

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Chris Waters wrote: Um, IBM's logo is just letters. Sun's logo is, well, just letters, technically. I wouldn't rule out a logo based on letters, but it should *be* a logo, which most of the entries in the GIMP contest aren't. The should *be* a logo question in my opinion

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Martin Schulze wrote: I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the following simple rules: ยทยทยท . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string Debian rendered very nice is ... a picture but not a logo. Forget that. No, no! Think of Mars. Everybody