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Re: New logo gone vectorised. (SVG format)
- From: "Aaron W. LaFramboise" <aaronavay62 at aaronwl dot com>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
- Cc: Vladius <boxforsr at inbox dot ru>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:23:29 -0600
- Subject: Re: New logo gone vectorised. (SVG format)
- References: <41E534B1.1060606@inbox.ru> <m3llaypsag.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> The hypothetical new logo should represent the compiler. It should
> ideally represent what the compiler does, and what it aspires to do,
> albeit perhaps in highly symbolized form. It should be recognizable,
> look good in several different sizes on computer screens, look good in
> black and white, look good on a T-shirt or a book cover. It should
> inspire people and give them confidence. It should feed the hungry
> and create world peace. It should be only 1K. That is what I would
> like to see in a logo.
Anyone interested in designing a logo for an open source, community
project should check out what Boost is doing right now. They are
replacing their old, fairly unrecognizable logo with a new one, and
recently theres been tons of discussion on what the new one should be:
<http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostLogo>.
The Boost mailing list archives contain all sorts of very useful
information for anyone interested in creating a successful logo (search
for logo). Besides some very valuable informations, theres a whole lot
of nonsense, and a whole lot of excellent examples of why most
organizations don't let computer scientists and engineers design logos
in the first place.
Aaron W. LaFramboise