From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn J. Goff Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:35:32 -0500 Subject: [Buildroot] Vector Buildroot Logo In-Reply-To: <50D45AE5.2010308@mind.be> References: <50D35EEF.9070700@gmail.com> <50D45AE5.2010308@mind.be> Message-ID: <50D465A4.9060509@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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