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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100924/001124.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100924/001124.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..716e25e04 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100924/001124.html @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Artwork%20-%20Mageia%20Logo%20contest&In-Reply-To=%3C20100924213318.GA19011%40shikamaru.fr%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="001123.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001126.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest</H1> + <B>Remy CLOUARD</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Artwork%20-%20Mageia%20Logo%20contest&In-Reply-To=%3C20100924213318.GA19011%40shikamaru.fr%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest">shikamaru at mandriva.org + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Sep 24 23:33:18 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001123.html">[Mageia-discuss] On the icons, desktop themes and related stuff +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001126.html">[Mageia-discuss] Some news about donations +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1124">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1124">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1124">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1124">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:13:02PM +0300, Mihai Dobrescu wrote: +><i> Indeed, a relation to the Mandriva is desirable to be avoided, IMHO. Not +</I>><i> because I hate or even dislike Mandriva. Just something fresh is needed. +</I>><i> This is, I guess, one of the success components of re-branding in the life +</I>><i> of any product. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I have not enough skills to draw (I will try though), but I propose some +</I>><i> logos, based on Mageia's meaning, but a bit derived: +</I>><i> - a black cat (+ some black stars instead of eyes' pupils, alternately) +</I>><i> - cat's eye or eyes (+ some black stars instead of eyes' pupils, +</I>><i> alternately) +</I>><i> - an owl ((+ some black stars instead of eyes' pupils, alternately) +</I>><i> - any of these above in the Moon (on the Moon's horn) +</I>><i> - an orb (my preferred) (in Edgar Allan Poe's stories the orb is a link, +</I>><i> like a screen - the monitor -, to other worlds ;) ) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What do you think? +</I>Let me put my 2 cents here :) + +All the above terms evoke nothing for me. They’re just lexically linked +to magic, superstition or something like that. + +The first word that come to mind when I think of Mageia is community. +Community evokes other terms for me : friendship, open minds, share, +doing something together, that’s to say terms that evoke exchange +between people. + +Luckily enough, the first lettre of Mageia is an M which can be +stretched enough to look like a man. If I think of friendship, I think +of the “emoticon” \o/, meaning you’re happy to see someone and welcome +him. + +This started as a base for a logo. I personnally like simple logos think +of the M of McDonalds for instance. + +And this is the result : + +<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464618/in/pool-1491252@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464618/in/pool-1491252@N24/</A> + +Black and white version : + +<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464608/in/pool-1491252@N24/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464608/in/pool-1491252@N24/</A> + +When I first looked at it again, it made me think of this picture : +<A HREF="http://www.asdfing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/facts_about_leonardo_da_vinci.jpg">http://www.asdfing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/facts_about_leonardo_da_vinci.jpg</A> + +I find this evocation very positive, it reminds the age of +enlightenment, I hope it’s not negative to some people, but the idea I +keep is the progress of human knowledge about life the universe and +everything (sorry for the reference :p) + +The nice thing is that it scales very well, even at small sizes (16 px +still looks good) + +Now, here are some guidelines to use it : +Leave at least half the diameter of the circle around the logo, don’t +put anything in this zone. The logo itself is blue, so it should not be +put on a blue or red background, the contrast will be either too small +or too sharp. + +The logo shall not be stretched, either vertically or horizontally. + +If you want to print it on paper, the logo should not exceed 1/5 of the +width/height of the paper + +The font used there is simply bitstream vera sans, except for the M and +the g, which has been a bit customized to remind a lowercase gamma (γ). + +Other letters are greeks alpha, iota, and epsilon. They’re not so +different from their latin counterpart and look more elegant IMHO. + +Only 3 colours are used in the colour version: 2 variants of dark blue, +and white. + +I’m no design expert, and did not want to customize it too much, in the +hope it could serve as a base for other logos. I didn’t use many colours +either so that we can change it, if we decide this colour does not fit. + +Unfortunately, as it is very simple in its design, I fear there is a +high chance that a similar logo exists as well, sorry if it’s the case + +I hope you like this idea, feedback would be very welcome :) + +Best regards, +-- +Rémy CLOUARD +() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail +/\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: not available +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 230 bytes +Desc: not available +URL: </pipermail/mageia-discuss/attachments/20100924/dc4917f7/attachment-0001.asc> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001123.html">[Mageia-discuss] On the icons, desktop themes and related stuff +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001126.html">[Mageia-discuss] Some news about donations +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1124">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1124">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1124">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1124">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |