From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 18:25:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2BF16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:25:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from engine140.deployzone.net (engine140.deployzone.net [193.17.85.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 181C943D31 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:25:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@czv.com) Received: from adsl-212-90-218-5.cybernet.ch [212.90.218.5] by engine140.deployzone.net; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:24:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <420CE63B.7090509@rakhesh.com> References: <3eb7abf62bd14b74a7ce8eaa32f31efb@czv.com> <420CE63B.7090509@rakhesh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1c4c28d5cc6f041c3734c39c31bddecf@czv.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Zumbrunn Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:25:29 +0100 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo and website design X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:25:32 -0000 On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > Nice. Pleasant colors, simple layout. :)) > > Just one point that struck me though -- the way the words "FreeBSD" > are written on the top-left corner. "Free" and "BSD" separated like > that. Dunno, gave me the feeling that a first-timer could get the > impression this is about a BSD that is Free (money-wise). Just my > 2cents. This really is a drawback of the FreeBSD name - however you write it. You are just used to seeing FreeBSD so much that you do not notice it anymore. When somebody new to FreeBSD first reads "FreeBSD" for the first time, they have the exact same experience that you just had when you saw this new logo for the first time. I thought about this when I was designing it, too - and I'm convinced that the way FREE and BSD are both emphasized in different ways by this design is a good thing. Both interpretations of FREE are true, of course, so both are allowed. And BSD is also emphasized in an equal way, which communicates clearer that this is not Linux - that the roots and the philosophy of this project are based on BSD UNIX and the BSD license. Chris chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum