I have just went ahead and replaced the logo on
https://twitter.com/freemarker with #1.5.

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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.
>

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Thanks,
 Daniel Dekany

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