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Rockbox Logo...
ZincAlloy:
--- Quote from: Llorean on October 06, 2008, 10:31:41 AM ---Speaking of "Communication", what elements of your logo actually communicate anything about what Rockbox is? I see an R and a musical note, and that's about it. Nothing about that communicates "software" or "a continually developed project" or "many rough edges are to be expected" or anything else about the project other than "there's a letter R, and it involves music."
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but are logos supposed to communicate that much? most logos I know are very simplistic and abstract. some text and/or a graphical symbol.
Llorean:
http://images.google.com/images?q=logo
Logos can vary quite a large amount in the terms of graphical detail and information conveyed. Some logos exist to grow brand awareness, these are often very simple and easy for someone to remember.
That's probably not our goal here, though.
Other logos try to convey information. Since our logo is, primarily, just a page header, it really needs to reflect the project more than act as a brand awareness front, I think.
And, frankly, all the Rockbox logo is, anyway, is "Formatted text and a symbol." The bit of code on the side, and the box that contain it are more presentation than "logo". The drive here, from one group, seems to be, from my perspective "remove the formatting so the text doesn't carry any symbolism" and "create a logo that says nearly nothing about the project itself".
denny:
--- Quote from: soap on October 06, 2008, 08:56:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: Llorean on October 06, 2008, 06:27:00 AM ---Could we see that latest logo with a lower-case "box", and perhaps (I'm not sure how this will look) shaving the point off the upper left corner so that it's also a right angle?
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Perhaps also some shading on the right side of the note so the line between it and the yellow background is more distinct @ lower resolution?
:D
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As requested :) :
I blunted the point but a right angle looks very unbalanced (i can still mock one up if you would like) and the 'box' is now lower case as per the original. Added a shadow around the right hand side of the note too. Not really sure which version I prefer personally, I like them both. Thanks for the interest :D.
karashata:
It just gets better and better as it goes...
The only thing I can see potentially being a problem is the black border being lost in the black background on the DAPs themselves. Then again, I think the current logo already has this problem on the DAPs too...
Then again, perhaps it isn't so much of a problem...
denny:
Thankyou :)
I think to avoid that problem, and to deal with the fact its not a quadrilateral logo like the original, it would have to be displayed in a white strip or rectangle. Or perhaps given a white outer glow on a black backgrounded bmp so it would appear to merge seamlessly with the boot screen black... but this is just fanciful talk methinks.
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