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. * 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >
