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Re: Git Branding Overview, Re: Git.or.cz Experimental Design

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Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>
Date
Jul 21, 2008, 10:59 UTC
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Martin Langhoff venit, vidit, dixit 20.07.2008 23:50:
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> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:11:02PM -0400, David Baldwin wrote:
>>> http://baldwindev.com/git.or.cz/
>>  I'm not sure if this is really an improvement on the current state,
>> but then again, the current state pretty much matches my idea and maybe
>> others will agree that your proposal is better. Thus, it's better to
>> show this to the Git community at large. :-)
> 
> FWIW, I like it. I like both the better font and whitespace layout and
> the 3-color-spot-merge-to-white. As Petr says, we have had the
> (apologies, but to me) ugly logo for a while, so it is widely used,
> and perhaps it has even grown on people.
> 
> BazaarNG managed to grab the best concept logo of the lot, IMHO, with
> the 'merge' roadsign.
> 
>>  If you think you have a cooler logo, that's fine too, but then it's
>> again better to present it explicitly, I believe.
> 
> Can we separate the 2 things? The better fonts and layout look like a win to me.
> 
> WRT the logo, the current one is not a particularly strong image, and
> we haven't spent millions in plastering it over magazines or anything.
> So a good new logo would be something to take on.

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.

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.

Cheers, Michael

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  2. Matt GrahamJul 20, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiJul 20, 2008
  4. Petr BaudisJul 20, 2008
  5. Martin LanghoffJul 20, 2008
  6. Michael J GruberJul 21, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 21, 2008
  8. Michael J GruberJul 21, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiJul 21, 2008
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