"KennyTM~" <kenn...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:iuikk3$2ucf$1...@digitalmars.com... > On Jul 1, 11 03:24, James Fisher wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Steven Schveighoffer >> <schvei...@yahoo.com <mailto:schvei...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> Also, that looks like a sideways snowman :) >> >> >> Here, have some cartoon craters >> https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-9.png >> > > This is too complicated. Quoting you, "A logo should be *simple*". If the > goal is to make a simple logo, I'd make it identifiable in monochrome > (e.g. d-logo-3, 5, 7, 8). Python, Perl and Haskell's logos satisfy these, > while Ruby is an obvious exception. If it's not monochrome I don't see > those options simpler than the original > http://d-programming-language.org/images/dlogo.png.
While a logo certainly should be identifiable in monochrome, that doesn't preclude an additional "detail-added" version for places where such would be appropriate. And too much monochome-orientation can lead to a very corporate-looking logo.