[Mageia-discuss] finalising my mageia branding logo look

Mon Sep 20 11:02:37 CEST 2010

+> <dglent at gmail.com>  wrote:
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+Because it is currently the best logo I have seen so far, I have a few 
+suggestions to give it a final shape.
+
+1. Use a white background only for your logo. It must be clear and look 
+good everywhere it is would be placed and used.
+By the way, I really like the shadow, even though it looks a little bit 
+too low perhaps.
+
+2. A really liked the various colours you applied to the letters 
+previously. It is really fashionable, and contrasted a little with the 
+serious font you have chosen, offering an interesting balance between 
+the serious and the eye candy in the logo.
+
+3. The logo, as an image, is currently limited to the name and it's 
+letters. There is no icon in the logo that could represent the 
+distribution by itself. Yet, I do see on your pics some blue bubbles 
+going up on the right. You should try to replace them by something that 
+would clearly remember the magic there has always been in the system 
+since Mandrake : flying stars I would say.
+VirtualBox OSE has done a representation of all the major Linux distros, 
+ours included, but without copying exactly the logos (except for 
+Ubuntu). You can probably inspire yourself from this : 
+http://www.virtualbox.org/about_1600px.png
+
+What I mean here is that your logo is, according to me, the most 
+polished and the one who just feels the best I believe. The only detail 
+missing is important : the identity to which we have been attached to 
+for so long. Add the magic in your logo and it should be among the best 
+suggestions for good. :-)
+
+You will also have to deliver a monochromatic version of your logo, once 
+it will be finished, once again on a white/transparent background.
+