these are wonderful, yes. Thank you. I'm all of adopting these asap (where it's easy - i.e. add to the WP page, add to the repository. @Rintze - why would d) have been dropped? I think Sylvester and Johannes's point here is compelling - we should have a version with version number as we think towards later versioning. Best
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Charles Parnot <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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