Re: DebConf 14 logo design
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:24:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Do you think there's room in the logo to incorporate other elements of
> Portland's skyline, as in the logo Brian proposed earlier? I have no
> strong feelings on this, and will defer to the more design-minded folks to
> sort this question out.
I'm not sure the skyline is as essenitial as the mountain, really. As much
as I think Portland is a fabulous, wonderful, beautiful city (and the
skyline takes my breath away everytime I see it as I drive along the
interstate bridges), I really like the simplicity of the mountain, rose and
river.
That said, my only few suggestions on the existing logo was to add a couple
of leaves to the rose stem and shape the mountain in the background to have
more of Mt Hood's silhouette shape; is that possible? Maybe toss our
Douglas Fir in there somewhere? Even without those suggestions, this design
still very much speaks to me (that might be because of how much time I try
to hide from buildings and appreciate the flora of the area) ;)
> The one thing that sticks out to me as needing improvement is the font,
> which I really don't care for at all. Perhaps we could use the font from
> the Debian logo? AIUI the font from the original logo is non-free, but
> there is a free approximation here:
> http://www.abstractfonts.com/search/laudatioc
This font is much softer - I do like it.
> If this font isn't a good fit, I don't mind this much either; this font has
> often been used for the DebConf logos, but not universally (DC11/12 used
> it, DC10/13 did not). But whether or not we want to use that font in
> particular, the current one is really quite jarring to me.
Agreed.
Thank you so much, Matto! I really look forward to meeting you and buying
you a beer (or wine, your choice!) at the next beering. :)
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