It looks really great. I like the arrangement of the guillemets in the square version, very clever.
On Apr 28, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Sylvester Keil <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > My friend and colleague Johannes Krtek has been working on a CSL logo. We > have uploaded SVG versions of it to a repository on GitHub. We're planning to > add EPS versions to the repository later on, in order to have both RGB and > CMYK versions available. > > Next, we're planning to add a 'logo generator' based on HTML5 canvas to the > repository which would be available via github.io – this way we need to track > only the SVG and EPS versions of the logo and everyone could quickly generate > high quality versions of the logo in different shapes, sizes and formats (PNG > etc.). Once we have this ready, we will move the repository to > citation-style-language/logo. Meanwhile, you can already access the logo here: > > https://github.com/flachware/logo > > Feel free to use it. The idea is that the logo belongs to the CSL community. > > For example, I would use this one as the logo on citationstyles.org: > > http://flachware.github.io/logo/assets/rgb/%C2%ABCSL%C2%BB.svg > > This one as the favicon on citationstyles.org: > > http://flachware.github.io/logo/assets/rgb/%C2%AB%C2%BB.svg > > And either of these on the GitHub profile: > > http://flachware.github.io/logo/assets/rgb/%C2%AB%C2%BB-inverse.svg > http://flachware.github.io/logo/assets/rgb/%C2%ABCSL%C2%BB-inverse.svg > > FYI, here are a few quick notes about the rationale that went into the design > process: > > a) CSL is an XML-application. This makes for a strong link to angle-brackets > < > which are very strong visual elements that we wanted to use. > > b) CSL is all about citations; citations are marked, typographically, using > quotation marks. A variant of quotation marks, the guillemet (used, for > example, in many French, German, or Swiss publications) is visually similar > to angle-brackets: namely «these» or »these« – we were quickly convinced by > the idea that a CSL logo should sport these kind of quotation marks because > they visually combine two of the essential features – XML and citations. > > c) Furthermore, the guillemet is reminiscent of arrows: since > citations/references point to something, too, we thought it made even more > sense to use them. > > d) Since a CSL logo will typically be used by third-parties to indicate that > a given product or publication supports or is powered by CSL in some way, we > realized that the version number should be part of the logo. For example, > when CSL 2.0 comes out at some point in the future a reference management > software will probably want to make it known that it supports version 2 of > CSL as opposed to other reference managers which 'only' support version 1. > With CSL being an open standard it is unlikely that there will be the means > to create new logos or re-brand CSL for every release; therefore, we think it > is a wise decision for a CSL logo to contain the major release number as an > integral part. In this way, each major release automatically has its own > branding – the logo can evolve with the standard. > > e) Having said that, the logo also needs to work without the version number; > especially because it is not even clear if the major release number will be > updated in the forseeable future. > > f) Even so, the potential of integrating the number has another benefit: we > could equally use the logic to create dependent logos for officially > supported projects (e.g., something like «CSL EDITOR»). > > g) The font of the logo is custom made. Even though currently we only need > the letters C-S-L Johannes has been working on a large portion of the > alphabet to find a better balance and harmony. If we ever want to utilize > dependent logos (like mentioned above) we're already prepared. > > Please let us know if you have any thoughts, suggestions, etc. about the logo > or about the kind of information we should put up on the logo page / readme > (e.g., information regarding usage, licensing and so on). > > Sylvester > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. 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