From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: Git Branding Overview, Re: Git.or.cz Experimental Design Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <5fb1d2400807022011w7f8d79dbk68a64dc1b8b01d98@mail.gmail.com> <20080718103918.GO10151@machine.or.cz> <46a038f90807201450w57fdb523m42bc628f2dce7f87@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 21 19:24:29 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KKz7Q-000168-SU for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:24:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751373AbYGURXS (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:23:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750971AbYGURXS (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:23:18 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]:14576 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750736AbYGURXQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:23:16 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id h2so282099ugf.16 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:23:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to :message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; bh=z/9Z69GkDSE4nuXaVtLerVumVkwqWN8IMKhsBY+Mq5w=; b=Rfm5qQk7kR1S+/Yn3ih++IMay3Wh44ptTQh5b5V2VMhfwNm6iVmTJcp64FMMP9Dnpn yNuIo7MXtptbbzeyLTmyvKnLI9B3s4UaTDJTIhT5WSfekb6L41tQqIU7OtdCCwj7GkBp vpL19R7V6+g50ZyvMJOoG6fUxk0hOA3r9lCug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to :message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; b=Weo4ymQQTslX9zmzw7XMBxBSOAVlG7c+ZpvwuIMJ+LUUVk9cbPKvp7MFEFCNLxs2jl jUAEJsMRnxP87C5Ik7rtTtn0ILYG52i2Pe/pD1eozqcTkiFm2cIBpGe5/ROQynxB7SAh aUjYGR411qC163UgojDBDNgONEjioKZk2Zr8s= Received: by 10.67.106.19 with SMTP id i19mr1764631ugm.81.1216660994752; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:23:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ( [83.8.212.51]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 32sm857194ugd.53.2008.07.21.10.23.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m6LHNCgg015512; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:23:12 +0200 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id m6LHN9de015509; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:23:09 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Michael J Gruber 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). -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git