Re: [gnugo-devel] New logo from Ebba Berggren

[Måns Ullerstam]

Based on the feedback from Marco and Daniel here is a new logo. The new
logo has the right proportions compared to a real goban. It is also the
version where the relationship between black and white is the nicest (even
though the penguin is on a black background). There is good balance in
this logo between the colors, compared to the other ones.

Also, the logo is vector based, which means there is no problem with
contrast. This file is a scaled down JPEG of the original, which might
lead to less contrast.

I suggest that we change the logo now, as long as there is no strong
protest against it. My girlfriend will be much happier standing behind
this logo than the old one, which is overcrowded. Also, since the gnugo
logo is more and more used around the world, on internet go servers, etc,
it's time to make the switch now. The new logo works much better in a
lower resolution than the old one.

Mans Ullerstam

From:  Marco Scheurer
Subject:  Re: [gnugo-devel] New logo from Ebba Berggren
Date:  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:07:51 +0100

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On Jan 7, 2004, at 3:54 PM, <address@hidden> wrote:

http://sporadic.stanford.edu/bump/logo-3.6.jpg

My two cents: it seems to me that the field in the
Penguin should be white (snow, where the Penguine lives)
and the Penguin must have a white breast and black
head. This means that the background of the Gnu must be
black, and something like the lower left picture is
optimal. Maybe the contrast could be improved by some
tweaking.


I like them a lot. I think I prefer the designs with a penguin on the
black stone, even if that makes less sense as Dan pointed out (or can we
say that penguins live in semi-darkness half the time?).

The Go theme is more obvious on the grids (on the right) than the diagonal
squares, but maybe not as elegant. On the straight grid, the proportions
do not seem right: the stones should be larger. The opposite is true on
the larger design which is quite nice nevertheless.

In the end my choice would be between the large design and the penguin on
white.

marco

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