On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 09:42:48PM +0000, Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 21:02:53 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: > >On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 19:46:18 UTC, Alix Pexton wrote: > >>I agree, it may be a happy accident that a shape that was meant to > >>be part of the glossy sheen on the image got interpreted as the > >>distant Martian horizon, but the D and moons look unbalanced without > >>it. > > > >Yep, I think it is a reflection, but used to balance the image. If > >you look at the other designs by Martin on his d-logo page it is kind > >of revealing. > > > >I also think you can ignore the importance of the background colour. > >The white D and cirlcle(s) have a pretty strong visual impact. Take a > >look at these variations: > > > >http://d.progdocu.appspot.com/test1 > > > >I think they are all easily recognizable.
I have to admit that only the first one, and perhaps the second one, is recognizable to me. The ones with black don't register in my brain unless I consciously look for the D logo in them. > >Besides, you should be able to represent the logo in monochrome for > >print. (E.g. light on dark background) > > Oh those all look good, personally I like the first one the best. I > agree that the horizon/sheen is not necessary, I never even saw it as > a horizon until it was brought up. Actually, I have a hard time recognizing the logo without the horizon / sheen. I'm not sure if this is bias caused by prior interpretation, but none of the black & white variations make me associate them with the current D logo. T -- Let's not fight disease by killing the patient. -- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
