Hi All, @ Simon, Malte, Davide and Hraban, Thanks !! And yes, I definitely have to stylized the petals.
Cheers, Pierre 2016-08-05 17:09 GMT+02:00 Pierre-Luc Gauthier <p.luc.gauth...@gmail.com>: > Hi Andrew, > > > I still do not see why the web graphic waterlily has suddenly been > assumed > > to be the lilypond ‘logo’. > > To my knowledge it is the only graphic representation of the LilyPond > project. > I think it sort of made its way as the official unofficial logo. > > > One could always say that I am free to not use a logo, but this argument, > > which will certainly be raised, is not valid in my opinion. > > Could you elaborate? > > > Logos are for branding and marketing. Why do we need one? > > Without falling into proselytism, I think the LilyPond project needs > more visibility. > And this logo would one of other tools for those who *want* to make > this project more visible. > Finale and Sibelius (to name what most musicians I talk to reference > as "the only two 'professional' alternatives") all are pretty > obnoxious and intrusive in their marketing and promotion strategies > and even them do have that default "tag line". > I happen to think there should be no *default* LilyPond tag line. > > But, I chose to make it really clear and as un-intrusive as possible > that all my engravings were made using LilyPond. > I do want people to know that there is free/libre software capable of > beautiful professional score engraving. > > For example, this [1] is the tagline I use. > It would not fit in "professional" prints but that is not what I do. > There is so much editing from day to day that I need this "noise" as > you said and I found this explicit version numbering and software > identification to be a load off my mind and an aid for people working > within the project. > As a bonus, if I could, I would use a simple, elegant, logo > representing the software. > > So my question to you is : > Provided some logo is agreed upon, > What would be the problem making an elegant and professional logo > available for those who find a need for one ? > > -- > Pierre-Luc Gauthier > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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