From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 17:47:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 2944416A45F for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 17:47:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93FEF43D46 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 17:47:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF63DE090; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:42:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:51:10 +0000 From: cpghost To: Ceri Davies Message-ID: <20060510175110.GE57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20060510172403.GB57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: Kep Woof , questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org 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 17:47:47 -0000 On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" wrote: > > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +0000, Kep Woof wrote: > >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it > >>> yourself. > >> > >> What is the procedure to fix a logo? > > > > use send-pr(1), of course! > > > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window > > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text, > > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the > > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it. > > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image > > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo? > > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy. > > There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'. Ah, good to know. Thank you. > The word > 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost. What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just because it's a word. Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/