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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100925/001129.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100925/001129.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3c24189dd --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100925/001129.html @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +<!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=%3CAANLkTi%3DSXzNX%2BwufjAFuKJLTXjZtgN3VYbMBU6No3ETb%40mail.gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001171.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest</H1> + <B>R James</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Artwork%20-%20Mageia%20Logo%20contest&In-Reply-To=%3CAANLkTi%3DSXzNX%2BwufjAFuKJLTXjZtgN3VYbMBU6No3ETb%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest">upsnag2 at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Sep 25 00:27:21 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001171.html">[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1129">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1129">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1129">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1129">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Remy CLOUARD <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">shikamaru at mandriva.org</A>> wrote: +><i> Let me put my 2 cents here :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> All the above terms evoke nothing for me. They're just lexically linked +</I>><i> to magic, superstition or something like that. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The first word that come to mind when I think of Mageia is community. +</I>><i> Community evokes other terms for me : friendship, open minds, share, +</I>><i> doing something together, that's to say terms that evoke exchange +</I>><i> between people. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Luckily enough, the first lettre of Mageia is an M which can be +</I>><i> stretched enough to look like a man. If I think of friendship, I think +</I>><i> of the "emoticon" \o/, meaning you're happy to see someone and welcome +</I>><i> him. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This started as a base for a logo. I personnally like simple logos think +</I>><i> of the M of McDonalds for instance. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And this is the result : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <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> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Black and white version : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <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> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> When I first looked at it again, it made me think of this picture : +</I>><i> <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>><i> +</I>><i> I find this evocation very positive, it reminds the age of +</I>><i> enlightenment, I hope it's not negative to some people, but the idea I +</I>><i> keep is the progress of human knowledge about life the universe and +</I>><i> everything (sorry for the reference :p) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The nice thing is that it scales very well, even at small sizes (16 px +</I>><i> still looks good) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now, here are some guidelines to use it : +</I>><i> Leave at least half the diameter of the circle around the logo, don't +</I>><i> put anything in this zone. The logo itself is blue, so it should not be +</I>><i> put on a blue or red background, the contrast will be either too small +</I>><i> or too sharp. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The logo shall not be stretched, either vertically or horizontally. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you want to print it on paper, the logo should not exceed 1/5 of the +</I>><i> width/height of the paper +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The font used there is simply bitstream vera sans, except for the M and +</I>><i> the g, which has been a bit customized to remind a lowercase gamma (γ). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Other letters are greeks alpha, iota, and epsilon. They're not so +</I>><i> different from their latin counterpart and look more elegant IMHO. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Only 3 colours are used in the colour version: 2 variants of dark blue, +</I>><i> and white. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm no design expert, and did not want to customize it too much, in the +</I>><i> hope it could serve as a base for other logos. I didn't use many colours +</I>><i> either so that we can change it, if we decide this colour does not fit. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Unfortunately, as it is very simple in its design, I fear there is a +</I>><i> high chance that a similar logo exists as well, sorry if it's the case +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I hope you like this idea, feedback would be very welcome :) +</I> +Nice logo Remy! :o) + +One trivia question: Do the darkened hands (but not feet) outside of +the circle represent something? +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001171.html">[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1129">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1129">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1129">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1129">[ 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> |