I have just went ahead and replaced the logo on https://twitter.com/freemarker with #1.5.
-- Thanks, Daniel Dekany Saturday, January 28, 2017, 6:08:16 PM, Daniel Dekany wrote: > So this meant to be kind of a survey, rather than a proper vote, and > for now we use the logo only on Twitter, and it can be changed > anytime. Here's what we have: > > Logos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5BwTaGcWGtNS2VaTDhCcDVLQTQ > - #1: "<F>" with the infinitely long dropshadow, no gradients or such > - #1.5 #1 with fading out (somewhat) the shadow on bottom-right > - #2: #.5 with brighter top-left > - #3: Totally flat "<F>". The cornets of the square aren't rounded in > this one, though that's not up to us, as Twitter will round it. > > The votes: > Sergio Fernández (PPMC): #3 > Christoph Rüger: #1.5 > Denis Bredelet: #2 > Mauricio Nuñez: #3 > Jacques Le Roux: #1 #2 (counted as two 0.5 votes) > Jacopo Cappellato (PPMC): #1.5 > Piyush Mor: #3 > Julien NICOLAS: #1.5 > Barrie Selack: #3 > David E Jones (PPMC): #3 > Kirys: #1.5 > Daniel Dekany (PPMC): #1.5 > > Thus the result: > #3: 5 total (2 PPMC) > #1.5: 5 total (2 PPMC) > #2: 1.5 total > #1: 0.5 total > > (I have checked, and no opinion was expressed on the related tweet.) > > I guess both the #1 and #2 votes would gravitate towards the more > similar #1.5, rather than #3. (Also note that while minimalism is > trending, it still stands that simply typing something, choosing a > standard font and a color, and a flat background color, then calling > it a logo is... Let's just say, users won't necessarily realize that > the product has a logo at all.) > > So, Nicolas, can you provide: > > - What font is that, with what license? Do we have right to use it? > - An SVG version of #1.5 without and without the round corner > - A 200x200 px rendering of #1.5 *without* the round corner (because > Twitter will do the rounding) > > Thank you! > > BTW, I guess it could fade out the shadow faster a bit... but, let's > not complicate the matter. We want replace that blurry JPEG artifact > demonstration that we have on Twitter currently ASAP. > -- Thanks, Daniel Dekany