I had a logo idea: There is a fish called a penguin fish, which has quite simple but striking markings (google for images), I had a go at creating an Ichthux logo out of the fishes markings. Attached.
Stephen. -- Datacute - Acute Information Revelation Tools http://www.datacute.co.nz/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nigel Chapman > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:15 AM > To: l4c > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nigel Chapman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; sword-devel@crosswire.org; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [sword-devel] Re: Christian Debian distro talk / Report > > > Hi all, > > We're obviously going to need a logo for this ICHTHUX thing (which I > humbly suggest is the best title of those thus far mooted, in regard to > fishiness, for instant recognition amongst Christians, and > web-uniqueness, for domain name availability and search engine results). > > Here are my suggestions for what the logo needs to achieve: > > 1. It has to focus on the 'fish'; that's what signals to Christians the > nature of the project. > > 2. But it has to avoid the 'standard', horizontal, 2 dimensional, rather > static, Christian fish of bumper-sticker fame -- rather it needs to > communicate something living and vibrant. > > 3. In spite of the nice "HTH" in the centre of the word, it's more > important to reinforce the fish meme than to try and capitalize on the > possible 'cross' associations. They look rigidly geometric rather than > organic, in any case, which is bad. > > I've attached a photo of a sketch of one possible idea. I'm not going to > explain it at this point, since if logos need to be explained, then > they've already failed. > > Comments are welcome. If it gains mindshare I'll turn it into vector > art, colorize it, make GIFs and JPEGs, etc. > > I'm very excited about this project; my own work in the area (web based > Bible search tools) would not have been possible without the Sword > library and its Diatheke interface. I wasn't awake at 4am Sydney time > for the start of our talk, but I expect to be catching up with more of > you next time around. > > Blessings, > Nigel Chapman > > -- > > Nigel Chapman | Email,MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > p a n t a + s u n e r g e i + e i s + a g a t h o n > >
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