On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Máirín Duffy <duffy@fedoraproject.org> wrote:

Hi!

So I played around with this idea (which I like a lot) a bit, and the
results are E, F, and H. I am uncomfortable with F though - after
staring at it for a while, I think it looks like the Vicks (the cold
medicine people, I don't know if they are international so this is what
it looks like for non US folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicks )
logo. I tried it first at the normal Fedora bubble rotation but it
doesn't give you the feeling of 'broadcasting' anymore, it just kinda
looks like a cheesy late 70's disco effect thing.

I like the concept and I particularly like H (it might be my favorite) - I like the riff but different enough to have its own identity. F doesn't look too much like Vicks to me, but that's just my lay opinion. What I like about F (and the horizontal version in E) is that you have a full logo where appropriate (like the home page title bar) but then you have nice compact icons that can be used on subsections, etc.

> On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 10:25 -0500, Pamela Chestek wrote:
> > I'm not a fan of D or the variants; I think the Fedora logo, which
> > should be the dominant element, gets overwhelmed, then you go
> > through a thought process of "oh, the infinity symbol again, I get
> > it," which is too much thinking for a logo.

Ah okay, I get that. I poked at it for a bit and came up with a revision
(marked D revised) on the sheet, which is a bit of a riff off of the
Four Foundations artwork (e.g., 'with smaller bubbles' here
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Permitted_logo_variants_3 ) What do you think about that configuration instead?

I wonder if it's too busy and requires too much landscape? Also, if for some reason the word "Magazine" is dropped (because, well, duh, it's a magazine) is it too close to Four Foundations, which means we would essentially be using the same logo for two different concepts?

> > I like C better; it adds an extra element to create a new look for a
> > magazine but still honors the original logo. But I thought the
> > Fedora logo portion was too small so I made a version with the
> > proportions changed.

Hey you are a regular Inkscape whiz, Pam! :) I like what you did with it
- I think you might not have the font installed though because your
version seems to be using the default Sans font. I did up your version
using Comfortaa, it's C on the sheet.

Thanks for letting me know. I have to get my act organized as a contributor!

Overall I like F because it has the full logo and smaller icons, which I think would be useful. I like the concept of H and might like it the best if there was a sweet little colored icon for it too, but nothing is coming to mind for me. C is the closest tie to the Fedora Project since it uses the regular Fedora logo, so part of the decision is how closely related you want them to be. C might be awkward to use; because of the diagonal it might be hard to compose around without it looking like it's in the middle of a big field (but you would know better than me). It will also lose crispness if it's used in a small version as an icon - although maybe for the icon version you could take the word "magazine" off and reduce the size of the color bubble to make it smaller. And D is too busy for my taste.

Design opinion only, not legal. Not thinking with that part of my brain.

Pam