Re: Git Branding Overview, Re: Git.or.cz Experimental Design

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm> writes:
> Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 21.07.2008 13:20:
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Michael J Gruber wrote:
>>>
>>> I like that new logo (plusminus G), too, it's very descriptive.
>>> I just want to raise one question which I can't answer myself:
>>>   Are there any potential issues with the Helvetica license?
>>>
>>> In any case it may be safer do redo it with a GPL sans serif
>>> font. If one wants to keep the association of the shape of "G"
>>> with a circular arrow then FreeSans and Nimbus Sans L seem to be
>>> the only options.

GPL license for a _font_?  Besides I think that _using_ font in
a work, as opposed to adding it to some software to use, is permitted
by any proprietary font license / trademark, but IANAL.

>>> Alternatively, it may be easier to redo it in plain PS. I'll
>>> attach 2 KISS variants. 1.5k for the eps, 3 colors only.
>>
>> You could have spared yourself the trouble:
> 
> Thanks for the appreciation ;)
> 
>> http://repo.or.cz/w/msysgit.git?a=blob_plain;f=share/resources/gitlogo.svg;h=c0d67e70ab31394f0635c141998e512437a138b4;hb=HEAD
>> Done without the use of any font at all.
> 
> I don't think that was on the wiki before. Henrik's version (which
> was, and was being discussed here) *is* based on Helvetica.

Both SVG version mentioned above, and your logos can be now found at
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitRelatedLogos (please correct any mistakes).

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Jakub Narebski
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