Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:23:43 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rework of the FreeBSD website[was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?] Message-ID: <420FD36F.7050302@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <aa2724f1176c200cf56aaf1503d2077b@czv.com> References: <BB0FF3A5-58B9-11D9-BA41-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><736EAA55-5B8B-11D9-ACB2-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><20050102110732.GB861@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050103232207.GA44980@gothmog.gr><9FC79942-5DE3-11D9-BEAB-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><AC17F3AB-5EFE-11D9-BEAB-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><ef7d8303afd97d5e51272fdcdaf4fec0@czv.com><517329304.20050213155432@wanadoo.fr> <420FB80B.7040209@nbritton.org> <aa2724f1176c200cf56aaf1503d2077b@czv.com>
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Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2005, at 9:26 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> Chris Zumbrunn writes: >> >>> I've updated the html based mockups to incorporate changes I made >>> resulting from the recent discussions (mainly on the advocacy list). >>> >>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1h.html >>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb2h.html >>> >> I see you've been pugging way at it sense your last post on www, I >> like even more then before... but still, respectfully, I don't like >> your logo(s) :-) and here's why (constructive criticism): >> >> *FreeBSD is FreeBSD not FREEBSD. Also "FreeBSD" is trademarked the >> other is not. > > > You're referring to the US/UK/German/Japanese trademark the FreeBSD > foundation recently got from Windriver, correct? Is that now a logo > trademark or a word trademark? Word trademarks never differentiate > between small and capitalized letters. If the trademark is limited to > just the "FreeBSD" version then it isn't a word trademark. I don't know, see my other post to you on what my thinking was. > >> *beastie.gif, the beastie in this logo looks disturbed and >> threatening. I get anxious and agitated when I look at him, make him >> more happy, playful, cute, etc.... >> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/glenda.html > > > I've since simplified the new Beastie silhouette even more, which > certainly doesn't help to make him more happy, playful or cute. Not > sure if I can help with that. Well the main thing(s) I don't like is he has a beer gut (beastie.gif) and the size and shape (nose/mouth area) of his head is werid. also the size of his pitch fork was/is almost bigger then him. > >> *freehorns.gif, looks like a Viking helmet. >> >> *freehornsntail.gif, looks like a Viking with a pointy tail. >> >> freehorns2.gif and freehornsntail2.gif are the ones I like most out >> of the bunch. > > > The point of all these logos was to show that while it would be > possible to go in that typical "more corporate" direction, ultimately > no such logo can beat Beastie. Here are some more... > > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap5.gif > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap4.gif I like 4... Can you humor me and make some mockups of some of the layouts here? (I'm useless without photoshop and now that I run 100% BSD at home I don't have it, until I get wine/ps working): http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/freebsdlogos1.png > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap3.gif > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap2.gif > > ...and my favorite of the bunch... > > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdlogo.gif > > But, in my opinion, none of them can beat this one: > > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsd.gif > > Chris > > chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 > Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ > Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum >
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