On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:39 AM, BM <bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Albert Lee <tr...@opensolaris.org> wrote: >> I certainly don't parse the logotype text that way, since the colours >> separate the components. Perhaps this is prevalent with English >> speakers who aren't familiar with the proper noun "Indiana"? > > Normally, logo should be highly scalable, quickly memorable, fit in > square (or nearly that), monochrome or at least color-redusable in > order to be burned on wood, engraved on metal, sandblasted on a glass > or pressed as a bas-relief on your business card. Like Apple, IBM or > Mc Donalds. So normally, you don't want to do any 3D effects, > gradients, color separation etc. > > P.S. I've done this business for years long time ago. :-)
These are good points. Can we retain our logotype if we adopt a hopefully recognisable abstract logo in addition? I guess there are contexts where we'd want to use both in a outline-only/colour-reduced form. -Albert _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
