"Christian Brabandt" <[email protected]> a écrit: > On Wed, July 10, 2013 06:22, James Beck wrote: > >> What's wrong with it? > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Tony. > > > > I have a few complaints about the original logo. > > > > 1. It's very busy (seven colors?!) > > 2. It doesn't print well (seven colors, hairline borders, gradients) > > 3. It's inconsistent (some parts are embossed, others not. Shading is done > > in both blue and black.) > > 4. The font styles ("V" and "im") are different (this makes my eyes > > twitch) > > 5. The "m" looks like someone melted it with fire. Inelegant and weird. > > 6. As a general rule, when loud background texture (green diamond) cuts > > through text, it makes me twitch (see the treatment of "im") > > Good points. I don't really like the modern flat style of icons nowadays > (perhaps I am just not used to it yet), but I would appreciate a new > fresh look of the old logo.
I think the complaints are quite valid too, but I don’t really like James’s proposal either: - I think the logos would really fit a detergent. (I do appreciate the simplicity, though.) - Why a slab serif, and why a *slanted* slab serif? For me, that contradicts the simplicity of the design; you’re whispering with colors and screaming with the font. - Lowercase initial is trendy; but is that really Vim? I wonder whether all-uppercase wouldn’t be better. As far as I’m concerned, I’d like a simple logo in a simple yet stately font: a humanist serif or even Roman capitals like Trajan. After all “Vim” is the accusative of “vis”, meaning “strength, power”, and all those kinds of properties you associate with our favorite text editors (and tyrants, too). If the green diamond must be kept in the background, though, that really makes things hard. Thank you James for launching the idea and submitting proposals (I hope my criticism wasn’t too unpleasant). Best, Paul -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" 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/groups/opt_out.
