Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Thoughts and drafts for logo-type

There's already a discussion about the same argument. I also improved
the logo in a similar way, see
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Logo.svg
Maybe you should post your thoughts there. You can also add your drafts to
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas

Joey.

2010/11/13 Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@freenet.de>:
> Hi!
>
> I see some issues with the type of the preliminary logo. The combination
> of the top of the 2nd f and the dot of the i is a little unfortunate.
> The b and r might work for body text, but not here. Setting Libre in
> bold only emphasizes the unfortunate proportion of the 2 words (close
> to, but not quite the same width).
>
> I don’t get the "The Document Foundation" tag-line. Usually you put
> something there that further describes the thing in question. Would have
> to be "By the Document Foundation", then, but that’s not hot, either.
>
> http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/libreoffice_logo-type_set_01.png
>
> The current logo on top, followed by the name set in the same type
> (Vegur), without bold. My drafts below the line. I just had to play with
> the ffi ligature, but the connected-dot variant requires a thinning of
> the stroke that would be the wrong style if applied elsewhere.
>
> Of course I thought a bit about the desired characteristics of the type,
> what it should express, ideally. LibreOffice is a very sophisticated
> piece of software and project. Suitable for use in business. There has
> to be a sense of reliability, precision, performance. It’s an open
> project, welcoming contributors, so I looked for wide and round shapes.
> The design should be contemporary (to not say modern), but not trendy
> (as in short-lived).
>
> (http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/libreoffice-logo/)
>
>
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>
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