First, congratulations all around on arriving at a logo without any associated death and mayhem (that I know of).
I like script myself. Script is friendly, human, and goes with the cartoony dragon. The script here though is staid IMO. Poke around some more I'd say (I like google fonts...). St.Ack On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Ken Holt <knhknhknh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems like the dragon logo itself is a winner - most everyone liked that. > But the combined logo and name was definitely not popular. > > Here are a couple of new suggestions for the combined logo and name. > > Option 4 > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c1EkzsNnw4T3o3YVBDakNtQkU/view?usp=sharing > > Option 6 > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c1EkzsNnw4Y082OHhNNXBwazA/view?usp=sharing > > Don't ask for options 1-3, & 5 - they didn't make it passed my limited > field testing! > Comments on 4 & 6? > > Cheers, Ken > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Sandhya Sundaresan < > sandhya.sundare...@esgyn.com> wrote: > >> I’d say there is enough “curliness” going on with the dragon. So we >> could try with a simple bold font . Perhaps with an outline of a different >> color like Hadoop’s/Mahouts is and tie it in with the dragon’s colors as >> well. >> >> >> >> *From:* Hans Zeller [mailto:hans.zel...@esgyn.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 9, 2016 3:46 PM >> >> *To:* user@trafodion.incubator.apache.org >> *Subject:* Re: Logo Proposal >> >> >> >> +1 for the dragon as well. We used to have an informal logo with another >> somewhat cursive font, it shows in one of the carousel pictures on the >> trafodion.apache.org site. That might be better (although still not my >> favorite). >> >> >> Hans >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Ken Holt <knhknhknh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> By the way, the size of the example logo is arbitrary. The original is a >> vector graphics file that will scale up or down with no loss of quality, >> which I will make available when the debate has settled on something. >> >> >> >> I'll make a stab at changing the font and size relative to the dragon and >> post another version of that. >> >> >> >> Agree that separating the dragon from the name/font makes sense. >> >> Cheers, Ken >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Stack <st...@duboce.net> wrote: >> >> +1 on dragon. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Carol Pearson < >> carol.pearson...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> +1 on the Dragon!!! Looks great! >> >> >> >> On the writing, cursive is hard to read, so I'm up for replacing it >> separately. Maybe we vote on each separately (as Sandhya and Amanda did)? >> >> >> >> >> >> Voting separately is a good idea. Having engineers vote on 'designs' is >> always a tough one. Sounds like folks like the dragon but not the >> cursive... so suggest splitting out what we vote on so at least the dragon >> carries. >> >> >> >> St.Ack >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Carol P. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Email: carol.pearson...@gmail.com >> >> Twitter: @CarolP222 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Sandhya Sundaresan < >> sandhya.sundare...@esgyn.com> wrote: >> >> +1 for Dragon. >> >> The Trafodion cursive writing and color -1. IMHO we need to rework the >> writing for sure and try various colors. It’s looking cluttered and >> complicated with the cursive. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Amanda Moran [mailto:amanda.mo...@esgyn.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:13 AM >> *To:* user@trafodion.incubator.apache.org >> *Subject:* Re: Logo Proposal >> >> >> >> +10 for dragon! Very cute! >> >> >> >> Not a huge fan of the cursive writing myself... but if everyone else >> likes... I give it a +0 >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Christophe LeRouzo <c...@esgyn.com> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks Ken, the standalone dragon looks really good. It complements >> really well the yellow elephant! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -clr >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Dave Birdsall [mailto:dave.birds...@esgyn.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 9, 2016 9:53 AM >> *To:* user@trafodion.incubator.apache.org >> *Subject:* RE: Logo Proposal >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I like both. I do agree that the font for “Trafodion” makes a’s and o’s >> too much alike. Would be nice to switch to another font that doesn’t have >> that issue. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> *From:* Ken Holt [mailto:knhknhknh...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 9, 2016 9:48 AM >> *To:* user@trafodion.incubator.apache.org >> *Subject:* Logo Proposal >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> Apache Trafodion needs a logo. >> >> >> >> I believe there was some discussion about a logo for Trafodion quite some >> time ago, but we never really resolved it. In the very early days of >> Trafodion, before becoming an Apache project (incubating) I devised a logo >> that leveraged the Welsh connection of the project name, and that was a >> simple cute dragon. >> >> >> >> I now have a much improved version of that original logo and propose that >> we use this as the official Trafodion logo going forward. >> >> >> >> Dragon standalone - >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c1EkzsNnw4QmttYnBzZDdFSTQ/view?usp=sharing >> >> Trafodion name & dragon - >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9c1EkzsNnw4Y3RRdVQwb0owSFU/view?usp=sharing >> >> >> >> I’m not thrilled with the font choice for “Trafodion” – the o’s and a’s >> look too similar. >> >> >> >> Thoughts? Should we vote on this? >> >> >> >> Cheers, Ken >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Amanda Moran >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
