[Buildroot] Vector Buildroot Logo

[Shawn J. Goff <shawn7400@gmail.com>]

On 12/21/2012 07:49 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 20/12/12 19:54, Shawn J. Goff wrote:
>> I've been working on a vector Buildroot logo. You can see it here:
>> http://i.imgur.com/BP9K7.png . I have it in SVG format as well, but I'm
>> not sure if the list allows image attachments. I went with one that was
>> reasonably faithful to the original, then I progressively tried to make
>> the logo more like a logo - abstract/symbolic instead of photorealistic.
>> Nobody who didn't know would look at the bottom one and say it's a
>> hardhat; I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but I definitely prefer the
>> simpler one. Any feedback? Would the project maintainers be 
>> interested in
>> using one of these instead of the current one?
>
>  I like it!
>
>  I'm more in favour of the third one. Only the left corner looks a bit 
> unnatural (but IANAGD - I am not a graphical designer :-)
>
>  I also prefer the bright yellow of the third one. Removing the shadow 
> and choosing a narrower typeface looks like a good idea. A sans 
> monospace font would be nice. Oh, and I'd remove the capital R - we 
> never capitalize it in reality.
>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
>
Here are some variations with your suggestions, but I had to include my 
favorite symbol, too :-). I started out with different fonts, then chose 
my favorite and tried different stroke and background color treatments. 
I quite think the dark grey/black either for the stroke or background 
make it look more constructioney. My favorite here is the thick dark 
stroke on the hat, but I don't like the thick stroke on the letters; 
pairing the thick dark stroke on the hat with a thin stroke on the 
letters didn't look good. The yellow letters on a light background don't 
work too well, so my favorite is the thick stroke on the hat, no stroke 
on the letters, dark background.

http://i.imgur.com/WFmB4.png