Re: [Vala] Vala logo symbol voting

[Tobias Bernard <bertob93 gmail com>]

ok, i'll try that.
after choosing a symbol, there should be a voting on the logo text too,
so thanks a lot for the proposal.
for now: ignore all the text and focus on the symbols ;)

tobias

2011/8/27 august <august alien mur at>

> Hi Tobias, All,
>
>        I hope you don't mind me making a suggestion here.  I find all of
> the
>        graphics you've made to be very professional.  I really like the
> wing
>        and definitely prefer the 2 tone graphic over glass effects.
>
>        I was only wondering if it would be possible to see the wings with
>        another text graphic below it.  The "vala" with the sharp edges kind
>        of turns me off.  Vala is more of a rounded and soft word with lots
>        of vowels.  It rolls off the tongue.  The graphic I see in your
>        logos, however, expresses a lot of consonants and pointedness.  To
>        me, the current text graphic contradicts the forgiving and welcoming
>        feel of the vala language.  To me, vala takes the snagging edges out
>        of programming.  It's a more human and organic language, less
>        machine.
>
>        Would it be possible to round off the points on the text graphic?
>        I'm not sure it would be better, but I think it would be interesting
>        to see.  For sure, it will set other things in the logo out of
>        balance, but it just might fit the wings better.
>
>
>        best -august.
>
>
>
> Tobias Bernard say:
> > Hi
> >
> > Since there were no further comments on the logo drafts, I thought I'd
> > propose to vote on the logo symbol.
> > here <http://ubuntuone.com/p/1DBL/>'s a revised version of the logo
> symbol
> > part of my proposal document <http://ubuntuone.com/p/1AW8/> (alternative
> > download <
> http://tobias.bluestain.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vala01.pdf>
> > )
> >
> > I don't know how you organize votings here, so I have some questions on
> > that:
> > What is needed to start an official voting?
> > Is there a some kind of a leader who offcially announces votings?
> > Who is allowed to vote and how many people need to vote to take a
> decision?
> > After thinking a bit more about it, I changed certain poposals, deleted
> > others and added new ones. Of course I tried to always keep your feedback
> in
> > mind. So here's the changes in detail:
> >
> > 1) Putting the symbol inside a circle for the main logo is a bad idea. In
> > some cases the symbol could be used this way, but as a variant, not as
> the
> > main one. This is why I deleted all proposals inside a circle.
> >
> > 2) The symbolism of "ancient warfare" is hard to understand. Probably too
> > hard to be understood instantly by most people, so I put that proposal
> away
> > too.
> >
> > 3) The simplicity of the first proposal (horizontal wing) was liked by
> many,
> > so I added a similar symbol with a simple vertical wing.
> >
> > 4) Thanks to XY, I used your idea for proposal 04, however I am still not
> > sure if
> >  a) The V is readable
> >  b) The wing is recognizable
> >
> >    I thought I'd let the community decide this by voting ;)
> >
> > I'm looking forward to hear from you, so the votings can begin.
> > Of course,  any kind of feedback is welcome and any changes can be made
> to
> > the current proposals.
> >
> > kind regards
> > tobias
>
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