Hi, I totally forgot about that discussion. Actually, I like the SVG you have sent, Markos. Aside from the "TM" (which we need to follow up on), it looks fine, imho.
What does the rest think of it? Gruß Richard On 2025/07/17 19:43:19 Markos Volikas wrote: > Hi there, > > I play around with inkscape from time to time and I had attempted to > create a minimal version of the stormcrawler logo :-) > > The spider was generated mostly by chatgpt with some tweaks by me > afterwards, but I was not very satisfied with the result. The text part > follows the apache style and I think looks nice. I share it anyway. > > Best, > > Markos > > > On 7/17/25 11:26, Julien Nioche wrote: > > It was someone I found online more than 10 years ago. Here are the original > > files he delivered > > > > https://dw3i9sxi97owk.cloudfront.net/uploads/stream/2015/11/452959/25183545/Logo.ai > > https://dw3i9sxi97owk.cloudfront.net/uploads/stream/2015/11/452959/25183555/Logo.png > > > > and the individual parts > > > > https://dw3i9sxi97owk.cloudfront.net/uploads/stream/2015/11/452959/25183909/Spider.png > > https://dw3i9sxi97owk.cloudfront.net/uploads/stream/2015/11/452959/25183917/StormCrawler.png > > > > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 09:01, Sebastian Nagel > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> [2] is a formally PDF (created with Adobe Illustrator): converting it > >> using > >> pdf2svg [4] results in a small (40 kiB) SVG. > >> > >> > The current tooling doesn’t handle the .ai file well > >> > >> Looks like it's because of the canvas. > >> > >> > >> > Possibly add “Apache” to our logo > >> > >> We need the font as well. Looks like, [4] was used. > >> > >> Or is there an "official" ASF font to switch to? > >> Need to look into [5,6] or ask about it. > >> > >> > >> But maybe the main question: > >> @Julien, do you still have contacts to the creator of the logo? > >> We should first ask them before anybody "amateurishly" modifies the logo. > >> > >> > >> ~Sebastian > >> > >> > >> [3] https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/pdf2svg.1.html > >> [4] https://fontm.com/adam-font/ > >> [5] https://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/ > >> [6] > >> https://apache.org/foundation/press/kit/ApacheFoundation_StyleGuide.pdf > >> > >> On 7/16/25 13:44, Richard Zowalla wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> We uploaded our StormCrawler logo for automatic logo generation [1]. The > >> source file is available here [2] or in our StormCrawler website > >> repository. > >>> Does anyone have decent Photoshop skills? I think we should consider the > >> following: * > >>> Update our logo by creating an SVG version that scales properly for > >> graphics. The current tooling doesn’t handle the .ai file well, which makes > >> the generated “powered by” logo look terrible [1]. * > >>> Possibly add “Apache” to our logo similar to how it’s done with the > >> Storm logo here [3]; I believe it would improve the overall look. This > >> might also be important, if we plan for the Trademark route. > >>> What do you think? > >>> > >>> Gruß > >>> > >> Richard______________________________________________________________________________ > >>> References: > >>> [1] https://www.apache.org/logos/poweredby/stormcrawler.png > >>> [2] > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/project-logos/originals/stormcrawler.ai > >>> [3] https://www.apache.org/logos/poweredby/storm.png > >>> > >>
