On Friday, November 14, 2014 4:17:53 PM UTC+1, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Friday, November 14, 2014 3:22:19 AM UTC-6, Emanuel Palm wrote: > > Hey! > > > > So, I was thinking about the Vim Logo. The Logo really has most of the > > characteristics of a good logo. It's unique, its distinguishable, its > > clear, etc. > > > > But I thought it was lacking one thing. > > > > An open source project logo ought to represent the community and the > > product they are producing. Both the community and the product have been > > continuously evolving since 1991. I'm not aware of the revisions the logo > > has gone through over the years. A search on Google Images only reveals two > > major versions of the logo, which are both very similar. > > > > I, basically, thought that maybe the time for another logo revision would > > be today? > > > > Using Vim reminds me of my favorite SEGA or SNES games from the nineties. I > > associate it with brands like Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari, Tetris, and > > Pacman. Even though the products are not directly related, there is some > > kind of retro-sensation shared between these brands and Vim. Vim feels old > > and intriguing, but at the same time its very relevant and modern. I > > thought that marrying the sci-fi feel of logos such as Sega or Tetris with > > the gradient minimalism of today, would produce a logo I would be proud to > > label Vim with. > > > > I tried out some revisions just because I could, and attached the one I was > > most happy with in this post. If you like it, then you may have it under > > any license agreement suitable to the project. > > > > Thoughts or comments? Thank you! > > I think it's too radically different. A logo should change incrementally so > that it is still recognizable as the same product, with maybe a refreshed > look. This is a complete redesign that looks nothing at all like the > original. If I saw that icon somewhere I would never think for a moment it > would launch Vim when clicking it.
You've got a point. I attached a revised version with a V that resembles the old one a lot more. I also understand that the logo might be a sensitive issue. There might have been someone of great significance to vim that made it. I'm not part of any of that, anyway. I just wanted the GVim logo on my desktop looked better with the other icons, and then figured maybe someone else wanted it too. I guess there is fashion in logos, and when you don't update one in a while it goes out of style. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
