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That makes the public discussion open until +</I>><i> Wednesday Nov. 24th. +</I>><i> +</I>(I got a second identical message - this time it must be for mgaorange) + +Luckily, my red list choices are still in the orange list :) +So I mostly restate what I said then : + +First of all, I think that despite the guidelines, "Linux" should +usually be included with the logo and "Mageia", if not an integral part +of the logo. +After all, we are promoting/presenting the Mageia variety of Linux. +I like putting "mageia" in lower case - except maybe the "m" - and +putting "LINUX" in small caps below, to the right of the "g". + +My preferences, in approximate order are : +1) <<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42998910@N02/5078260989/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/42998910@N02/5078260989/</A>> + mageia_variations by gejobj. +These are 11 variations (by colour/font) of the same logo. +These are based on +<<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42998910@N02/5012718103/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/42998910@N02/5012718103/</A>> marisa_mageia_v2 +by the same designer, also on the selection list. +A cube showing 3 faces, forming an "M" below and an "L" above, with +"Mageia" to the right, and a small "Linux" below to the right of the "g". +My prefered colour scheme is column 2 row 2. (blue+green "M", orange +"L", violet "Linux") +My prefered font for "mageia" is column 2 row 4 (last), due to open "g" +(simpler) and "a" (not easily confused with "o"). +For "Linux" it is column 1 row 7 (last), non-serif proportional small caps. +---- + +2) <<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennael/5021614786/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennael/5021614786/</A>> + mageia_ftizzoni05 by ennael, from F. Tizzoni. +An "M" formed of 4 oblique rectangles, 2 tones of violet, 2 tones of +orange, with "Mageia" below to the right, an orange dot on the "i". +Very distinctive. +For colours, the orange is very nice. Maybe the violet could be light +green or blue-green instead ? +The font is ok, except I would use an open "a", to avoid confusion with "o". +(This was listed as my 4th choice last time, because it had been removed +from the MageiaRed pages.) +---- + +3) <<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5063070488/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5063070488/</A>> + mageia7_1-01 by alexn83 +compass with "Mageia" to the right. +I would use the "M" on the simpler dial above, oriented to NE so as to +hide the points NE and SW. This simpler image should scale better. +I would also make the circle regular. +These changes should make it more easily recognisable in different +contexts as well. +And without the direction letters, multilingual :) + +For the font I would use a sans-serif proportional, with the "a"s open +to the left, to be more readable. +I would apply this font to the "M" on the compass as well. +And no colour gradiant in the font. (Leave that to the image.) +The colours go well together. +Note that this proposal seems very similar to another computer logo that +I've seen in the past, but I can't place it. +---- + +4) <<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55329486@N03/5134846325/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/55329486@N03/5134846325/</A>> + mageia_logo_6 by sisopetron +Mageia in black with a green star for point of the "i", surrounded, in +background, by 5 circles, filled in progressively lighter blue. +The 5 spheres representing 5 continents ? +The font is ok, except I would use an open "a", to avoid confusion with "o". +The green star would be better reduced in size - so as to not overlap +the letters. The green makes a very nice accent. +The version with green-blue instead of blue in the spheres looks also +very nice. +---- + +my 2 cents :) + +- André + + + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003140.html">[Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3137">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3137">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3137">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3137">[ 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> |