Re: [atomic-devel] Project Atomic Logo - please comment/vote

[Stephen Milner <smilner redhat com>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Sanja Bonic <sanja redhat com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the votes and the discussion. Noone contacted me that
> they don't have a Twitter account (I for example don't) so I'll take that as
> everyone who wanted to vote did so. Dusty expressed his vote here and on
> Twitter, Michael Singh voted here (unknown whether also on Twitter).
>
> https://twitter.com/projectatomic/status/965693089179488256
>
> With a clear result that reflects the various opinions I've heard over the
> last weeks, we're introducing the new logo on Twitter and on the website as
> well as on new orders of swag.
>
> More news regarding events and website to be announced via the mailing list
> and on Twitter. Have a great day!

Great! Thanks Sanja!

> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Dusty Mabe <dusty dustymabe com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 02/19/2018 07:38 AM, Sanja Bonic wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > TL;DR: Vote on 1 | 2 | 3.
>> >
>> > 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVSN-bU7zNrut_taSRn4M28muIrrn8jm
>> > 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WnaH8gLXZY6iqPCRdAob0a41KW4AOnyc
>> > 3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mRpKPq6UhKf9wjOKhL-sr22DhPYp0Mhx
>> > (and https://drive.google.com/open?id=16uejewWmJsUQh2q82J4awKNOskGnjaix and
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BSTwqols4pyhpx4nFhzCvkBlr9jKsr-B)
>> >
>> > Note that if we stay on 1 or 2 now, we will have to change at a later
>> > point in the future in case we want to introduce FAH and FAW logos (unless
>> > someone knows the original designer or knows the original font used and can
>> > tell whether it's an open source font).
>>
>> I like #2 (voted on twitter). The only question is: what do we do for the
>> logo on white backgrounds?
>>
>> > ----
>> > I propose a slight logo change keeping the current atom and its
>> > differently coloured core while changing the font and atom colour for the
>> > following reasons:
>> >
>> > 1. The current atom is bright grey on dark grey background with white
>> > font and green "Project" font as well as green core. The combination of
>> > these colours (light grey on dark grey) is not good for people with visual
>> > disabilities as the contrast is too low. In addition, for practical
>> > swag-related reasons, I propose having less colours (or more, high-contrast
>> > colours and a one-colour version). The current logo on the website:
>> >
>> > http://www.projectatomic.io/
>> > (standing alone:
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVSN-bU7zNrut_taSRn4M28muIrrn8jm)
>> >
>> > 2. For one recent swag item I could only order with 1 or 2 colours, I
>> > had to change the atom into white, see here:
>> >
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WnaH8gLXZY6iqPCRdAob0a41KW4AOnyc
>> >
>> > 3. Now, since we were talking about specific logos for FAH and FAW, we
>> > will need a font change as well - unless someone knows the original designer
>> > and knows the font used in the old logo? The new font used is Overpass which
>> > is an open source font.
>> >
>> > See example of usage here on the new website which will be in beta to
>> > vote and give feedback for a week from the moment it is announced (I am
>> > still working on content but am travelling until Wednesday, so please
>> > disregard content and content styling). There will be a separate
>> > announcement email with GitHub links for change requests via issues and PRs
>> > once the community beta officially starts. This email is solely for the
>> > logo.
>> >
>> > http://new.projectatomic.io/ using
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mRpKPq6UhKf9wjOKhL-sr22DhPYp0Mhx and in
>> > the future possibly using
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=16uejewWmJsUQh2q82J4awKNOskGnjaix and
>> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BSTwqols4pyhpx4nFhzCvkBlr9jKsr-B where
>> > applicable.
>> >
>>
>> It would be great if we had something in the FAH/FAW logos that identified
>> more with fedora. Maybe use the fedora F as the F in FAH and FAW?
>>
>> https://goo.gl/images/Go7j5H
>>
>> Dusty
>
>



-- 
Thanks,
Steve Milner

Atomic | Red Hat | http://projectatomic.io/