Very nice design. s/geared for the web/designed for the web/ ?
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Paweł Stawicki <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the new design. Font is not so important for me, can be old one, can > be new one. > > -- > Paweł Stawicki > http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com > http://szczecin.jug.pl > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 22:35, J Chris Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:22 PM, James Fisher wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM, J Chris Anderson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:21 PM, James Fisher wrote: >> >> >> >>> Apalling internet connection atm. Try: >> >> http://i41.tinypic.com/156aeds.jpg >> >>> >> >> >> >> I really like the simplicity. >> >> >> >> >> > Thanks. >> > >> > >> >> I think you will have a hard time convincing people to change the word >> mark >> >> associated with the current CouchDB / Relax logo. If you can go back to >> the >> >> old (less relaxing) font and type-setting for that, >> > >> > >> > Mmm, I do wonder how ingrained it is. I suppose the pros and cons are: >> > >> > --- >> > >> > Myriad (if that is what it is) pros: >> > >> > * Expensive. Possibly gives a subconscious feel of luxury. >> > * Already used. If (if) CouchDB already has a well-ingrained brand >> > identity, it's wise to keep it. >> >> I think the "Already used" point is the most salient. There are already a >> ton of t-shirts, releases, etc all using the current logo. >> >> I think if we were gonna move from the current logo / word mark, we'd only >> move to something even more expensive. But that's my opinion... >> >> CouchDB is relaxing, but overplaying that too much can scare away people >> who want to use it for serious things. >> >> > * Presumably has a much better character set if it's ever going to be >> used >> > extensively (I doubt it). >> > >> > cons: >> > >> > * Expensive. Even my own warez collection of fonts hasn't managed to >> hoover >> > it up. I doubt many people except professional graphic artists own a >> > genuine copy. >> > * Extensively used by Apple (http://www.apple.com/ I don't think there's >> > much they produce that *isn't* in Myriad). I suppose you could call that >> a >> > pro if you want to piggyback; but I don't think the CouchDB identity fits >> > very well with brushed aluminium. I don't want to kick back on an >> aluminium >> > couch. >> > * (my own feeling is that it is) a bit too formal. It has a "friendly >> > high-class business" feel (can't find the words there). E.g. >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_%28typeface%29 mentions it's used by >> All >> > Nippon business class flights. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > Candela pros: >> > >> > * I think it looks like a couch, in a hard-to-define way. >> > * Free (and libre) (at least for the purposes of @font-face and any other >> > CouchDB literature, AFAICT from the license). >> > * Untrammelled by other prominent commercial use -- making it potentially >> > highly distinctive as "that CouchDB font". >> > >> > cons: >> > >> > * CouchDB community rebellion against it? (?!) >> > >> > --- >> > >> > >> > >> >> and perhaps drop the saturation on the Cyan (light-blue-grey would be >> nice >> >> I think) you'd be getting somewhere. >> >> >> > >> > I agree with you there, I think. Alternatively, turn up the brightness. >> > Doing a bit of both helps. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Julian Moritz < >> [email protected] >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Hi, >> >>>> >> >>>> James Fisher schrieb: >> >>>>> I've no idea if I can attach PNGs here, but here goes. Find attached >> >>>>> one proposed design. Only Inkscape atm, but I should be able to >> >> convert >> >>>>> to HTML with little fuss. A few notes: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Let me know if >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> no png attached. Seems you've been interupted while writing this >> email? >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards >> >>>> Julian >> >>>> >> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected] >> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On 13 Apr 2010, at 13:54, James Fisher wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Certainly will do. I'm doing some rough sketches now; might get >> >>>>> something >> >>>>>> up in the next couple of days. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Please take a look at these designs: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Homepage: >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pme28/full >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Homepage/Downloads: >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmetj/full >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Homepage/Screenshots: >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmevr/full >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Wiki: >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmexo/full >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Wiki/Syntax reference: >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmf2r/full >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I think we all agreed at the time that this was a good way forward >> >>>>> for the site. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Search the dev mailing list for "Website redesign" and maybe get in >> >>>>> touch with: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> maddiin <[email protected] <mailto: >> >>>> [email protected]>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> He was doing most of the work on this last time! >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Thanks, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> N >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
