Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kubuntu-default-settings

Kubuntu lucid, kubuntu-default-settings of package version
1:10.04ubuntu23.1 from lucid-updates. Images linked taken randomly from
Google Image search hits.

The Kubuntu plymouth logo text image factors in the Kubuntu gears at the
end of the 'kubuntu' text when determining where the center of the logo
is, making the actual name of the distro off-center of the screen. This
is in comparison to the Ubuntnu plymouth logo text, which favors the
'ubuntu' text.

1. See http://digitizor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/plymouth4.png. Note how 
the first and fifth progress dots are aligned with the first and second 'u' in 
'kubuntu', making the text off-center of the screen.
2. Compare with http://www.indigo-bird.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/boot.png. 
Note how the first and fifth progress dots are aligned identically to how they 
are in the Kubuntu logo, despite the 'kubuntu' text having an extra character.

To illustrate it in text, imagine that the pipes in the following
examples mark the center of the screen. You may want to copy/paste this
into a text editor, or somewhere where you can view them in a fixed-
width font.

kubu | ntu*
 . . . . .

 ubu | ntu*
 . . . . .

I haven't had a look at the source image, so I can't say if the designer
reused the Ubuntu theme image and prepended a 'k' to the beginning of
the 'ubuntu' text, and then just replaced the Ubuntu logo with the
Kubuntu gears - or if the logo placement is hardcoded somewhere in a way
that favors the width (and padding) of the Ubuntu theme.

It's obviously a design decision, but I'd say the Kubuntu logo should be
padded to center the 'kubuntu' text, to mirror the behavior of the
Ubuntu logo plymouth theme. The Ubuntu behavior makes much more sense to
my eyes.

** Affects: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Kubuntu plymouth logo text is centered with gears sign factored into total 
width, placing 'kubuntu' text off-center
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580571
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