ok, i'll try that. after choosing a symbol, there should be a voting on the logo text too, so thanks a lot for the proposal. for now: ignore all the text and focus on the symbols ;)
tobias 2011/8/27 august <[email protected]> > > Hi Tobias, All, > > I hope you don't mind me making a suggestion here. I find all of > the > graphics you've made to be very professional. I really like the > wing > and definitely prefer the 2 tone graphic over glass effects. > > I was only wondering if it would be possible to see the wings with > another text graphic below it. The "vala" with the sharp edges kind > of turns me off. Vala is more of a rounded and soft word with lots > of vowels. It rolls off the tongue. The graphic I see in your > logos, however, expresses a lot of consonants and pointedness. To > me, the current text graphic contradicts the forgiving and welcoming > feel of the vala language. To me, vala takes the snagging edges out > of programming. It's a more human and organic language, less > machine. > > Would it be possible to round off the points on the text graphic? > I'm not sure it would be better, but I think it would be interesting > to see. For sure, it will set other things in the logo out of > balance, but it just might fit the wings better. > > > best -august. > > > > Tobias Bernard say: > > Hi > > > > Since there were no further comments on the logo drafts, I thought I'd > > propose to vote on the logo symbol. > > here <http://ubuntuone.com/p/1DBL/>'s a revised version of the logo > symbol > > part of my proposal document <http://ubuntuone.com/p/1AW8/> (alternative > > download < > http://tobias.bluestain.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vala01.pdf> > > ) > > > > I don't know how you organize votings here, so I have some questions on > > that: > > What is needed to start an official voting? > > Is there a some kind of a leader who offcially announces votings? > > Who is allowed to vote and how many people need to vote to take a > decision? > > > > After thinking a bit more about it, I changed certain poposals, deleted > > others and added new ones. Of course I tried to always keep your feedback > in > > mind. So here's the changes in detail: > > > > 1) Putting the symbol inside a circle for the main logo is a bad idea. In > > some cases the symbol could be used this way, but as a variant, not as > the > > main one. This is why I deleted all proposals inside a circle. > > > > 2) The symbolism of "ancient warfare" is hard to understand. Probably too > > hard to be understood instantly by most people, so I put that proposal > away > > too. > > > > 3) The simplicity of the first proposal (horizontal wing) was liked by > many, > > so I added a similar symbol with a simple vertical wing. > > > > 4) Thanks to XY, I used your idea for proposal 04, however I am still not > > sure if > > a) The V is readable > > b) The wing is recognizable > > > > I thought I'd let the community decide this by voting ;) > > > > I'm looking forward to hear from you, so the votings can begin. > > Of course, any kind of feedback is welcome and any changes can be made > to > > the current proposals. > > > > kind regards > > tobias > > > _______________________________________________ > > vala-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list > > > -- > ------------------- > http://aug.ment.org > GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBTlkcQ8VXRY8APmlSAQLf+ggAkr+U8grKOvHAGi1OKXBJYXqZabHUaMik > ONHkcJrinfwctMfkv3+ERFrqsPRx0sgOUzCHWLyOxEOjnaFZkW7r84lXnvYiC1gr > Jgswbt39lUdMmbCHwszIYHvMLVu4r0soV8zSSARSBxAsgcOTqVY8SQMvcODid9ZL > rEFisXsLgRpYswj8/QjD7zKEQGGsu6IbdWg9smaYc+x2l31QIo3o68WQ6xS8UcZW > FXM5LPGbf10hlQVC+TF29q+FLqO4DzfEzfqzbyWXPGiT4e3Geebu9pW3Edn6W6Cq > rfCyP8/CmOmVC+evON/4T/Y/9NvVokuZCqp5tGqAJfeNMnXFuVtAXA== > =nk6C > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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