From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 17:30:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88ECC16A4A5 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 17:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-0-0-cust107.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.104.168.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0197D43D4C for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 17:30:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from fenrirw.private.submonkey.net ([192.168.10.23]) by shrike.submonkey.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FdsWF-000PDl-Ar; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:30:45 +0100 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.3.060209 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:30:38 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Ted Mittelstaedt , Jonathan Horne , Message-ID: Thread-Topic: New FreeBSD Logo Thread-Index: AcZ0V3PGslp1HeBKEdq43wAUUSJIlg== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:30:52 -0000 On 10/5/06 09:18, "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Horne >> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:23 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo >> >> >> i dont mind saying that i think i must be about the only one >> who likes the >> new art. i think its very modern looking, crisp and abreviated, >> un-childish, but at the same time not too serious or ominous. >> >> ive actually thought about printing out some examples of both versions, >> carrying it down to our artists in our print studio, and "taste testing" >> them with professional artists who couldnt give one care about anything >> technical. *shrug* would be an interesting experiment, to say >> the least. >> > > Someone already posted a professional analysis. The summary was that > the new logo was amateurish with some serious flaws. Amateurish because > a ball is about the easiest thing you can produce in Photoshop and very > unoriginal. Serious flaws because due to all the shading this logo is > impossible to accurately reproduce on small items like business cards, > and on larger items the shading makes it very expensive to reproduce due > to the number of colors used. In fact, there are reduced colour versions for exactly that reason. Since you didn't bother to look for them, I guess this isn't the real issue for you, though. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere