From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 08:18:20 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 47F2016A409 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 08:18:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E6343D45 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 08:18:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k4A8IGx63093; Wed, 10 May 2006 01:18:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Jonathan Horne" , Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 01:18:16 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 In-Reply-To: <62840.24.1.139.244.1147227783.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> Importance: Normal 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 08:18:20 -0000 >-----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. At the end of the day you need to ask yourself, will having this logo help FreeBSD to sell more copies? That's the litmus test that is used for logos - after all if it does not help market penetration, it's a big waste of time. The problem here is that FreeBSD is noncommercial so the question is rather a moot issue. In short, the Project needed a new logo like a boar needs teats. Ted