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Re: Additional Logo Idea for the RIng


From: Jaft
Subject: Re: Additional Logo Idea for the RIng
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:17:46 +0000 (UTC)

I like the adjustment to the lambda; it better emphasizes that it's meant to evoke an A, which is nice.

Regarding the color, it feels muted, to me; but, likewise, I'm not a designer (anything I do know has only been via observation) and I don't know enough regarding Chinese color schemes to confidently offer any alternative, unfortunately (at least, not without forming likely nonsensical symbolic significance).



The one thing I would feel (relatively) confident in saying is, perhaps, not having the lambda host all the colors in the more compact version. Part of why I'd shifted two of the colors from the lambda when parentheses were introduced was to avoid overloading the viewer.

When the only symbol in the logo is just the lambda, having all of the colors there makes sense as it's the only area which draws the viewer to have to digest what's going on; they already have to register that it's not, in fact, an "A" but a "λ" so registering colors in the same location should be O. K.

But, with the parentheses (which aren't just additional characters but also at both the beginning and end of the logo), you then have to register the lambda, that that parentheses are invoking LISP/Scheme, the different colors going on, and that those colors are in multiple places.

Using a single color for the lambda, with your new design for the compact form, does have the advantage of emphasizing (or making more clear?) that the "A" is made up from a "λ". You do have the drawback that it looks different from how the A/λ is designed in the longer/spelled-out form of the logo but the strict usage of all the original colors should, hopefully, reduce any possible confusion.



Using the previous image I'd attached to compare against other, existing logos, I've put your new design and then the same one but with the simplified color scheme to hopefully make it easier to say whether I'm making any sense or not.
On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 09:53:05 AM CST, Nala Ginrut <mulei@gnu.org> wrote:



Hi Jaft!
I love this design!

And if folks like to add some Chinese factors, I'd suggest use Chinese
style color scheme.

Here're my two modification, the complete logo and the brief logo.

A short explaination for the color:

The top part is 炎 which means "the flame". #FF3300
The left part is 水 which means "water". #88ADA6
The right part is 赤金 which means "pure gold". #F2BE45
The middle part is 茶色 which means "tea". #B35C44
The rest of the characters are 紫檀 which means "red
Sandalwood". #4C211B

The reference site:
https://boxingp.github.io/traditional-chinese-colors/

I'm not a designer, so the color may not be reasonable. Comments are
welcome.





Best regards.


Jaft writes:

> It's very much not thinking outside the box, using lambdas and all, but I threw together an idea.
> The colors were just some I thought looked nice together; they could easily be swapped for others or some which might be more meaningful.
> The second attachment is a variation on the first one.
> And, then, the last could be a shorter (and, obviously, more compact) version that could be used in specific cases where called for.
>
>
> For example, the longer, spelled out, version wouldn't make sense in a situation like the fourth attachment but the shorter, more symbolic version would.
> I'd, originally, tried to come up with, like, a wireframe globe icon but using parentheses with a lowercase lambda in the middle of it and, maybe, a mouse arrow hovering over it, to evoke those logos of the World Wide Web that're pretty common but the parens just kept looking awkward and it felt really busy, for a logo (very last attachment is one saved attempt, for amusement).
> In any case, the parentheses are Fira Code, the lambda is Hack, and the rest of the letters ("rtanis") are Gidole. I'm pretty certain all are free and open-source.



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