No worries. I'll compile all the changes raised in this thread and come up with 2 - 3 variations and then we can take it forward.
Cheers! On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > On 10/14/14, 9:11 PM, "Deepak MS" <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Okay. So what is the next step now? > Maybe a bit more discussion. > > >Are we planning to send the new design to them? Or do we need any more > >changes in new design? > I am not any good at visual design, so I don’t know what is possible and > how much time folks have. My instincts say that spending a few more > emails on this thread to try to nail a design that satisfies everyone who > has said something negative so far would be worth it, but I’m not the one > who is making the new artwork. If we think it will be more efficient just > to see if the ASF is open to changing the outer ring, I will go and ask, > but usually folks will want to see how much better it will look if > changed, which is why I think we should try to nail a “perfect” design. > > So far, I’ve heard about the rotation of the stars, then what I’ll call > the “y” position of the two stars, plus someone pointed out some kerning > issues, which I think reference the difference in inter-character spacing > between “Powered By” vs “Apache” (“Apache” has more space between the > letters). > > If you or someone can come up with a design that tightens the > inter-character spacing in “Apache” we can see how that looks. It might > leave too much space between the stars and “Apache” or make you want to > drop the stars even further down. > > If someone has time, I’d like to also see a design where the star’s “y” is > below the mid-point vertically, but the Flex logo is shrunk a bit and > moved down so its “waist-line” lines up with the stars. We might even be > able to stick the word “Flex” or “Apache Flex” on top of the logo after > doing that. > > Thanks for your offerings so far, > -Alex > > > > >On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> I was hoping we’d come up with some design we all like better so we have > >> something that looks really good when we petition for a change. Then we > >> can say, “we like this better because, a, b, c” and maybe list some > >> concerns and then the original design team can respond to it. But if it > >> looks like everything we can think of has trade-offs, maybe it is better > >> to get feedback from the original design team about why the stars aren’t > >> horizontally aligned? And maybe ask questions about kerning? > >> > >> The original design team donated their services so they aren’t obligated > >> to make improvements. If folks here have the time to work on the next > >> iteration of these designs, the original design team may take us up on > >>it. > >> > >> -Alex > >> > >> On 10/14/14, 2:35 AM, "Deepak MS" <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Agreed! > >> >If they agree, we can make any number of changes to it. But if they > >>wont > >> >agree, there is no point in discussing\working on changes at all. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Tom Chiverton <t...@extravision.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> At this point it might be worth contacting pr...@apache.org <mailto: > >> >> pr...@apache.org> to get their view on the matter, as the guidelines > >>on > >> >> http://apache.org/foundation/press/kit/ are fairly stern about not > >> >> changing the outline elements because then it breaks the branding > >>with > >> >>all > >> >> the other Apache projects. > >> >> We may just be repeating issues another design team has already had, > >>and > >> >> come up with the current best compromise. > >> >> > >> >> Certainly they'd be able to send the raw version of the 'stamp' I'd > >>have > >> >> thought. > >> >> > >> >> Tom > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On 14/10/14 09:27, jude wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> I think you could get away with moving the stars down a little bit > >>but > >> >>>the > >> >>> more major issue is fixing the kerning, the space between the > >> >>>characters, > >> >>> in the, "Powered by" text. If you know what the font is I can try to > >> >>> recreate it. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >>______________________________________________________________________ > >> >>> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > >> >>>service. > >> >>> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > >> >>> > >>______________________________________________________________________ > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >
