Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-06 Thread Roman Ivanov
On 7/2/2011 6:09 AM, James Fisher wrote: I'm keeping this organized at http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/. Feedback and additions (or subtractions) welcome. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:51 AM, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com mailto:jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-06 Thread Jose Armando Garcia
This is pretty cool it can probably be modify to look more like mars and make the vertical line the orbit of mars' moons. http://www.amorian.org/images/temp/D.jpg PS. found the image using Google...

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread James Fisher
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:09 PM, David Nadlinger s...@klickverbot.at wrote: On 7/4/11 7:56 PM, David Gileadi wrote: One concern I have is that the D site has a lot of pages, and the navigation can be a bit hairy. I'd like to see a mockup of a sub-page, a Phobos or Language Spec page for

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread James Fisher
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: If it's worth anything, I like the coloring and logo scheme of the current site, but I like the design of James' mockup better. Do you mean the current one is good, but I prefer James' mockup, or James' design is

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread James Fisher
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote: On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 11:56 -0600, David Gileadi wrote: [ . . . ] One concern I have is that the D site has a lot of pages, and the navigation can be a bit hairy. I'd like to see a mockup of a sub-page, a Phobos or

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:39:31 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: If it's worth anything, I like the coloring and logo scheme of the current site, but I like the design of James' mockup better.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 7/5/11 6:21 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:39:31 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: If it's worth anything, I like the coloring and logo scheme of the current site, but I

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread James Fisher
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: Speaking of the recurring appearance of the shortcut d-p-l.org, it's worth mentioning that Brad Robert graciously bought that domain and forwarded it to d-programming-language.org. Hey, look at that!

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread David Nadlinger
On 7/5/11 1:52 PM, James Fisher wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org mailto:seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: Speaking of the recurring appearance of the shortcut d-p-l.org http://d-p-l.org, it's worth mentioning that Brad Robert

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Gibson
Am 05.07.2011 16:27, schrieb David Nadlinger: On 7/5/11 1:52 PM, James Fisher wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org mailto:seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: Speaking of the recurring appearance of the shortcut d-p-l.org

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Russel Winder
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 16:27 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote: [ . . . ] That should be just a trivial change to the redirection rule used with most web servers… Shouldn't the redirect be at the DNS level rather than the Web server level? Currently it isn't, perhaps it should be? This would solve

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Brad Roberts
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Russel Winder wrote: On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 16:27 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote: [ . . . ] That should be just a trivial change to the redirection rule used with most web servers? Shouldn't the redirect be at the DNS level rather than the Web server level? Currently

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread David Nadlinger
On 7/6/11 1:03 AM, Brad Roberts wrote: I meant to change the redirect config to keep the trailing path, but didn't get around to it this weekend. I'll do that tonight. You might also want to change the redirect status code to 301 (moved permanently), but I'm not sure, maybe the search

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Brad Roberts
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Brad Roberts wrote: On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Russel Winder wrote: On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 16:27 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote: [ . . . ] That should be just a trivial change to the redirection rule used with most web servers? Shouldn't the redirect be at the DNS

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
I was just trying out various domain names when I stumbled onto this: http://www.dlang.org/

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-05 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
Hey look it hosts the docs: http://dm.dlang.org/

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: On 7/3/11 12:35 PM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org mailto:SeeWebsiteForEmail@**erdani.orgseewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Andrej Mitrovic andrej.mitrov...@gmail.comwrote: I'd rather not have a website where I have to click on 10 links to get to the information I need. The current site has everything on its homepage, and that's a good thing. Fuck these iPad-friendly poser-sites.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.comwrote: Overall, I'd say that I have to agree. I like the current look and feel of d- programming-language.org, and I don't see anything wrong with its logo either (and it looks _way_ better than any of the logos suggested

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread James Fisher
A second draft: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup2.png Changes: Swapped out logo for more conservative change. Reduction in size of the tabs. Search bar. Quick-download thing. Would have to use OS/arch detection to be effective. Moved code down into page. Could expand. And important point

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:52:07 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: On 7/3/11 7:15 AM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com mailto:d...@me.com wrote: On 2011-07-02 23:01, James Fisher wrote: So, here's a

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:42:42 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: I think you are way overthinking this... I've never quite understood what overthinking actually means. If you mean exploring

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Daniel Gibson
Am 04.07.2011 12:50, schrieb James Fisher: A second draft: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup2.png Changes: Swapped out logo for more conservative change. Reduction in size of the tabs. Search bar. Quick-download thing. Would have to use OS/arch detection to be effective. Moved code

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Jose Armando Garcia
Hey, in general I like what you are doing and I find it an improvement on the current site. I quickly looked at your site and I notice the ubuntu logo. I really like their logo and what in represent (people holding hands, community, solidaridarity). Why don't we use something similar for

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread David Nadlinger
On 7/4/11 4:14 PM, Jose Armando Garcia wrote: […] Why don't we use something similar for inspiration for D's logo. For D we can use duality and have the two moons of mars represent that duality. For example these are dualities that are first class citizens in D: Functional vs OO, Stack (struct)

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread James Fisher
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jose Armando Garcia jsan...@gmail.comwrote: Hey, in general I like what you are doing and I find it an improvement on the current site. I quickly looked at your site and I notice the ubuntu logo. I really like their logo and what in represent (people holding

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-07-04 12:50, James Fisher wrote: A second draft: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup2.png Changes: Swapped out logo for more conservative change. Reduction in size of the tabs. Search bar. Quick-download thing. Would have to use OS/arch detection to be effective. Moved code down

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread David Gileadi
On 7/4/11 4:50 AM, James Fisher wrote: A second draft: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup2.png Changes: Swapped out logo for more conservative change. Reduction in size of the tabs. Search bar. Quick-download thing. Would have to use OS/arch detection to be effective. Moved code down into

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread David Nadlinger
On 7/4/11 7:56 PM, David Gileadi wrote: One concern I have is that the D site has a lot of pages, and the navigation can be a bit hairy. I'd like to see a mockup of a sub-page, a Phobos or Language Spec page for instance, that shows what sub-navigation would look like with your design.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread David Nadlinger
On 7/4/11 7:56 PM, David Gileadi wrote: One concern I have is that the D site has a lot of pages, and the navigation can be a bit hairy. I'd like to see a mockup of a sub-page, a Phobos or Language Spec page for instance, that shows what sub-navigation would look like with your design.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-04 Thread Russel Winder
On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 11:56 -0600, David Gileadi wrote: [ . . . ] One concern I have is that the D site has a lot of pages, and the navigation can be a bit hairy. I'd like to see a mockup of a sub-page, a Phobos or Language Spec page for instance, that shows what sub-navigation would look

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-07-02 23:01, James Fisher wrote: So, here's a website mockup: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png Comments appreciated. In general I like it. I think the top tabs are a little too big. You could cut the height in half I think, it's wasting a too much vertical space. You can

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-07-02 20:48, James Fisher wrote: At the bottom of http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ I'm working on a palette. You'll find a list of the colors currently at d-p-l.org http://d-p-l.org. If nothing else, this list can be massively shortened. I don't think the lime green color belongs in

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote: On 2011-07-02 20:48, James Fisher wrote: At the bottom of http://eegg.github.com/d-**brand/http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/I'm working on a palette. You'll find a list of the colors currently at d-p-l.org

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread James Fisher
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Torarin torar...@gmail.com wrote: Jumbo tabs great. Open Sans is pretty. I miss the colors in this: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/d-logo-11.png. I even like the font you used on that one, but I don't know how well it would work in combination with Open Sans.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread James Fisher
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Matthias Pleh j...@konrad.net wrote: Am 03.07.2011 00:00, schrieb James Fisher: WRT the code sample, I think I remember seeing somewhere a web-hosted D installation? This for Go http://golang.org/doc/play/ is one of my favourite features of their site

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote: On 2011-07-02 23:01, James Fisher wrote: So, here's a website mockup: http://eegg.github.com/d-**brand/mockup.pnghttp://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png Comments appreciated. In general I like it. I think the top tabs

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread SimonM
Ooh, don't forget about the dsource logo: http://www.dsource.org/chrome/dsource/img/dsource-logo.gif and also the d-programming-language.org site's favicon: http://d-programming-language.org/favicon.ico On 2011/07/02 17:29 PM, James Fisher wrote: I've vectorized the Digital Mars logo.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 7/3/11 7:15 AM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com mailto:d...@me.com wrote: On 2011-07-02 23:01, James Fisher wrote: So, here's a website mockup: http://eegg.github.com/d-__brand/mockup.png

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Михаил Страшун
Well, some just have completely missed that discussion and like this new mockup a lot more than current d-programming-language.org :) Hope no harm done! On 7/3/2011 5:52 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 7/3/11 7:15 AM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jacob Carlborg

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Alix Pexton
On 03/07/2011 13:32, SimonM wrote: Ooh, don't forget about the dsource logo: http://www.dsource.org/chrome/dsource/img/dsource-logo.gif and also the d-programming-language.org site's favicon: http://d-programming-language.org/favicon.ico Visual D has its own logo too, though it is partially

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Daniel Gibson
Am 03.07.2011 16:52, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu: One thing that's going somewhat unnoticed in this discussion is that the site is at the end of a major redesign cycle during which people in this group gave extensive input on the logo, the color scheme, the fonts, the page design - pretty much

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Jimmy Cao
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: On 7/3/11 7:15 AM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com mailto:d...@me.com wrote: On 2011-07-02 23:01, James Fisher wrote: So, here's a website

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread James Fisher
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: One thing that's going somewhat unnoticed in this discussion is that the site is at the end of a major redesign cycle during which people in this group gave extensive input on the logo, the color scheme,

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 7/3/11 12:35 PM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org mailto:seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: One thing that's going somewhat unnoticed in this discussion is that the site is at the end of a major redesign cycle

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
I'd rather not have a website where I have to click on 10 links to get to the information I need. The current site has everything on its homepage, and that's a good thing. Fuck these iPad-friendly poser-sites.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-03 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On 2011-07-03 11:03, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 7/3/11 12:35 PM, James Fisher wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org mailto:seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote: One thing that's going somewhat unnoticed in this discussion is that

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:09 PM, %u asm...@hotmail.com wrote: related http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/a-guide-to-creating-professional-quality-logo-designs maybe that help Perhaps, but not if their logo is anything to go by :-) ... good points nonetheless.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: I think you are way overthinking this... I've never quite understood what overthinking actually means. If you mean exploring all possible trains of thought the viewer, I'll take that as a compliment. By all means

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Daniel Gibson metalcae...@gmail.com wrote: [...] I think it's important that the logo makes sense for somebody who is not deeply familiar with D and its (digital)mars origin. I definitely agree, and that was kinda my point. Of two options, (1) a half-baked

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
I'm keeping this organized at http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/. Feedback and additions (or subtractions) welcome. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:51 AM, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Daniel Gibson metalcae...@gmail.comwrote: [...] I think it's important

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-07-01 18:02, James Fisher wrote: A couple of things to keep in mind: I see every suggestion so far, including mine, uses letterplay, but a logo does not *have* to do this. Note that Python's logo is not the word python made out of snakes, for example. I see a lot of ameteur-looking

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
I've vectorized the Digital Mars logo. http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ (I think it's Arial in the original, but the M and S of my Arial is different??) Perhaps this'll be useful some day. Barring the stretched text, there is something I like about the DM logo. The Mars there looks totally out

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread bearophile
James Fisher: I've vectorized the Digital Mars logo. http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ (I think it's Arial in the original, but the M and S of my Arial is different??) Perhaps this'll be useful some day. I like this most: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/dlogo.png I like this too, but I think

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
I've also been thinking about font choice. High up on my list of goals for a primary face are: - Transition. The D sites I've seen show a preference for a simple, common sans; there's no obvious reason to sway from that. - Legibility and dont-get-in-the-way-of-the-content-ness. -

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Daniel Gibson
Am 02.07.2011 17:43, schrieb bearophile: James Fisher: I've vectorized the Digital Mars logo. http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ (I think it's Arial in the original, but the M and S of my Arial is different??) Perhaps this'll be useful some day. I like this most:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread bearophile
Daniel Gibson: Like this: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/d-logo-5_2.png ? ;) The white border around Phobos is too much thin, I think. Bye, bearophile

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Jimmy Cao
What about this? http://i.imgur.com/toykT.png The main problem with the current logo is the gradient/faded background. When the D letter is in white, the extra white in the background just makes the whole thing look too bright and non-solid. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM, bearophile

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread bearophile
Jimmy Cao: What about this? http://i.imgur.com/toykT.png The white border around the biggest moon is too much thin, I think (just as before). Bye, bearophile

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
You'll find descriptions of D at the bottom of http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/. I'd appreciate anyone with a knack for editing or promotion to contribute. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, bearophile bearophileh...@lycos.com wrote: Jimmy Cao: What about this? http://i.imgur.com/toykT.png

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
At the bottom of http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ I'm working on a palette. You'll find a list of the colors currently at d-p-l.org. If nothing else, this list can be massively shortened. I've also got my own suggestion there. The orangered is faithful to the original Digital Mars logo rather

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
So, here's a website mockup: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png Comments appreciated. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 7:48 PM, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: At the bottom of http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ I'm working on a palette. You'll find a list of the colors currently at

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
My main concerns are - genericity - corporo-whore-ness - (the logo is pretty much a placeholder; I'm not pushing that over any others without approval) Things I like: - palette. IMO it's clean, not too dull, and faithful to the original. - Big Words. I think every site should have a

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Jimmy Cao
The mockup looks pretty good. I think the current D website should incorporate the idea of having those big tab-like links up at the top. See: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png http://ironpython.net/ http://cobra-language.com/ Right now there's just empty space. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Jimmy Cao jcao...@gmail.com wrote: The mockup looks pretty good. I think the current D website should incorporate the idea of having those big tab-like links up at the top. See: http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png http://ironpython.net/

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
Incidentally, for the code sample, does anyone fancy coming up with the most interesting code they can in about 5 lines at 30 chars per line? Hello World is pretty dull, but the sample at d-p-l.org is much too long for a 2-second glance. The main things I think it should get across are: - that

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread James Fisher
Also, a big resource at D's disposal that's not properly exploited is videos. YouTube has quite a few that might make good advertising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc (Google Tech talk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZqWGfv7bxw (Andrei is a big name, anything with him in is good)

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Torarin
2011/7/3 James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Jimmy Cao jcao...@gmail.com wrote: The mockup looks pretty good. I think the current D website should incorporate the idea of having those big tab-like links up at the top. See:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-02 Thread Matthias Pleh
Am 03.07.2011 00:00, schrieb James Fisher: WRT the code sample, I think I remember seeing somewhere a web-hosted D installation? This for Go http://golang.org/doc/play/ is one of my favourite features of their site (shame about the language itself). Such a thing for D would be a big

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread James Fisher
All images so far are in https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/ On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Jimmy Cao jcao...@gmail.com wrote: Those are too shiny. The current logo looks faded to me (would give me the impression that D is a non-serious for-fun language). On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:45 PM,

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Mafi
Am 01.07.2011 00:39, schrieb Chris Molozian: It's a great logo Mafi, is it possible to try it without the italics and see what that looks like? Here are a non-italic and it's corresponding as-path version. I think I like the italic version a little bit more. Mafi attachment:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-07-01 04:06, Adam Richardson wrote Hi, Just for comparisons, I've added some more variations, just playing around with the text that might be in proximity (hash tag, couple variations including programming language.) http://envisionic.com/images/d-logo-draft-2.png Adam I think it

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:41:30 -0400, bearophile bearophileh...@lycos.com wrote: Tyro[a.c.edwards]: Now there's an Idea. Simple yet elegant... no boobs and retains the historical reference to Mars and her two moons. I like it. I'll even take the italics. ++ Vote Oh wait, I only have

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:58:38 -0400, Daniel Gibson metalcae...@gmail.com wrote: Am 01.07.2011 00:44, schrieb Daniel Gibson: Am 30.06.2011 19:25, schrieb James Fisher: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Jeff Nowakowski j...@dilacero.org wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread James Fisher
A couple of things to keep in mind: I see every suggestion so far, including mine, uses letterplay, but a logo does not *have* to do this. Note that Python's logo is not the word python made out of snakes, for example. I see a lot of ameteur-looking logos around that seem to think that forcing

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Mafi m...@example.org wrote: This is my try. What do you guys think about it? So, I do think yours has merit. The one gripe I have with it is a lack of obviousness. Compare: New Python user: say, why's your logo made of snakes? Pythoneer: ... New D user:

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Adam D. Ruppe
James Fisher wrote: For example, we could run with the Mars theme, and *just* have a well-done stylized image of Mars. This made me think of Digital Mars: http://digitalmars.com/dmlogo.gif

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Nick Sabalausky
James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote in message news:mailman.1364.1309536134.14074.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... A couple of things to keep in mind: I see every suggestion so far, including mine, uses letterplay, but a logo does not *have* to do this. Note that Python's logo is not the

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread %u
related http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/a-guide-to-creating-professional-quality-logo-designs maybe that help

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:08:17 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Mafi m...@example.org wrote: This is my try. What do you guys think about it? So, I do think yours has merit. The one gripe I have with it is a lack of obviousness.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Mafi
Am 01.07.2011 18:08, schrieb James Fisher: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Mafi m...@example.org mailto:m...@example.org wrote: This is my try. What do you guys think about it? So, I do think yours has merit. The one gripe I have with it is a lack of obviousness. Compare: New

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Mafi
Am 01.07.2011 19:21, schrieb Mafi: Am 01.07.2011 18:08, schrieb James Fisher: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Mafi m...@example.org mailto:m...@example.org wrote: This is my try. What do you guys think about it? So, I do think yours has merit. The one gripe I have with it is a lack of

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-07-01 Thread Daniel Gibson
Am 01.07.2011 18:02, schrieb James Fisher: Note that Python's logo is not the word python made out of snakes, for example. Python's logo is a (pair of stylized) python(s), and D's logo contains a D, so whats the difference? It's not like we spell out Dee or something (although this may be

D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
(For the moment, I'm leaving the can of worms I've opened in the other thread, in favour of getting something done.) I'm proposing that D needs some form of official brand identity. This would include things like: - An official logo. I've seen a bazillion around. Something in SVG,

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Walter Bright
On 6/30/2011 12:38 AM, James Fisher wrote: (For the moment, I'm leaving the can of worms I've opened in the other thread, in favour of getting something done.) :-)

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Walter Bright
On 6/30/2011 12:38 AM, James Fisher wrote: (For the moment, I'm leaving the can of worms I've opened in the other thread, in favour of getting something done.) I'm proposing that D needs some form of official brand identity. This would include things like: * An official logo. I've seen a

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.comwrote: We've pretty much settled on the logo used on d-programming-language.org. It would be nice to get it rendered in various sizes. Fair enough. It seems there's no source for it around (just the PNG), so I've been

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-1.png More playing around. Criticisms: - it's a bit busy - as a rule, gradients don't add any worth - mixes planet/devil metaphors to a degree that the planet metaphor is lost On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:54 PM, James Fisher

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Trass3r
Am 30.06.2011, 17:38 Uhr, schrieb James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com: https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-1.png More playing around. The additional planet rather looks like a crescent and thus like something religious.

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:38:05 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-1.png More playing around. Criticisms: - it's a bit busy - as a rule, gradients don't add any worth - mixes planet/devil metaphors to a degree that the planet

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: To be honest, I don't think this is the right direction. D isn't the devil's language :) Fair enough; I suppose that old logo was an oddity :) I also don't like the crescents. They don't look right against

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
I note in passing how strangely similar D's logo is to Lua ... http://www.lua.org/ On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:28 PM, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.com wrote: To be honest, I don't think this is the right

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Jeff Nowakowski
On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote: Something like this? https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-3.png I think having the separator is good (that first planet/moon always looked like some kind of tumorous growth on D to me). However, instead of taking a bite out of D, I

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:50:27 -0400, Jeff Nowakowski j...@dilacero.org wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote: Something like this? https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-3.png I think having the separator is good (that first planet/moon always looked like some

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Trass3r u...@known.com wrote: Am 30.06.2011, 17:38 Uhr, schrieb James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com: https://github.com/eegg/d-**brand/raw/master/d-logo-1.pnghttps://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-1.png More playing around. The additional

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Jeff Nowakowski j...@dilacero.org wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote: Something like this? https://github.com/eegg/d-** brand/raw/master/d-logo-3.pnghttps://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-3.png I think having the separator is good

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread James Fisher
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.comwrote: On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:50:27 -0400, Jeff Nowakowski j...@dilacero.org wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote: Something like this? https://github.com/eegg/d-**

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:25:33 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Jeff Nowakowski j...@dilacero.org wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:28 PM, James Fisher wrote: Something like this? https://github.com/eegg/d-**

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Jimmy Cao
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.comwrote: On 6/30/2011 12:38 AM, James Fisher wrote: (For the moment, I'm leaving the can of worms I've opened in the other thread, in favour of getting something done.) I'm proposing that D needs some form of official

Re: D brand identity repository

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:12:58 -0400, James Fisher jameshfis...@gmail.com wrote: Sure thing: https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-5.png I have to say, I like this one the best. Even better than the original. And a more radical departure:

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