Re: The GNOME logo: Tango Guidelines vs. Logo Guidelines

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

Luca Ferretti wrote:
> The "start-here" icon in g-i-t don't follow guidelines for GNOME foot
> logo[1]:
>
>         "Elements such as outlines, reflections, drop shadows, etc. also
>         may not be added to it."
>         
>         "The GNOME foot's fill color may be modified (preferably to
>         colors in the GNOME palette.) Patterns appropriate to the
>         subject matter of the subproject (e.g., a globe pattern for the
>         translation team) may be used to fill the GNOME foot logo."
>
> This means that the "start-here" icons shouldn't add the light outline,
> and the gradient used to fill it could be inopportune.
>
> But we need both outline and gradient to make icon readable on screen:
> the outline, particularly, is useful to distinguish the icon on dark
> background (see [2]). So, we can't follow Tango guidelines to produce a
> GNOME logo icon.
>
> Could we propose an amendment to logo guidelines? It could be a good
> topic for GUADEC.
>   
Hi Luca!
Sounds a bit anal to me.
The first icon guidelines is for (small) interface elements and the logo 
guidelines are more for print and web.
As long as it's fair use, I don't see any harm.
Are you coming to GUADEC btw? I totally owe you a beer!
- Andreas