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<B>R James</B>
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<I>Sat Sep 25 00:27:21 CEST 2010</I>
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<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 :)
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Nice logo Remy! :o)
One trivia question: Do the darkened hands (but not feet) outside of
the circle represent something?
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