On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:14 +0100, Denis Jacquerye wrote: > The Ubuntu logo was made by the same person as the font Ubuntu Title, > Andy Fitzsimon, unless I'm mistaken. Only the 't' has been modified > between the two. Nothing prevents you from keeping the 't' as in the > original logo.
Wrong. All letters have at least been straightened out a bit. Just take a close look at your own comparison. > Your 'r' and 'm' are better than in Ubuntu Title. But there's > something strange about the 'a', and the 's' is very distorted. I admit that I'm not too happy about the "s". But I tweaked it for what felt like an eternity and finally went with what I had. Nobody complained before the launch, although there was plenty of opportunity. > The problem is that if each Ubuntu artist start making new characters > to match the official Ubuntu title for every new project, we'll end up > with many typefaces. True. If. > If there's something wrong with Ubuntu Title, why > not fix it there so every one can benefit from it? This was no option, because as I said, there are changes to all letters between the official logo and either font. I don't have the energy or time to create yet another font, especially as I see no chance of getting everyone to use that one, then. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
