Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Steve Greenland wrote: > Question: does anybody else think that the "debian" with the line back > to the dot in the 'i' that Rob Malda did for Slashdot is best logo yet > done? Not me and so I wouldn't answer this posting, but please check your mail agent. I've got your mail

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote: > No, no! Think of Mars. Everybody immediately recognises that word, in > that colour and typestyle: they think of chocolate -- not of a planet, a > Roman god or a piece of music. Written in ordinary type, it could be > any of the four, or maybe someth

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Adam Klein
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:30:19PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > Question: does anybody else think that the "debian" with the line back > to the dot in the 'i' that Rob Malda did for Slashdot is best logo yet > done? I like it, but I like the chicken better. Adam

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-19 Thread Steve Greenland
On 18-Feb-99, 17:33 (CST), Oliver Elphick wrote: > Martin Schulze wrote: > > I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the > > following simple rules: > > > > . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string "Debian" rendered > > very nice is ... a picture but

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Martin Schulze wrote: > I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the > following simple rules: > ยทยทยท > . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string "Debian" rendered > very nice is ... a picture but not a logo. Forget that. No, no! Think of Mars. Every

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Chris Waters wrote: > Um, IBM's logo is just letters. Sun's logo is, well, just letters, > technically. I wouldn't rule out a logo based on letters, but it should > *be* a logo, which most of the entries in the GIMP contest aren't. The >>should *be* a logo<< question in my o

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Chris Waters
Martin Schulze wrote: [a bunch of stuff I agree with, except] > . A logo is NOT a set of letters. Thus the string "Debian" rendered >very nice is ... a picture but not a logo. Forget that. Um, IBM's logo is just letters. Sun's logo is, well, just letters, technically. I wouldn't rule ou

Re: [RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the > following simple rules: > > . The logo must NOT be linux-centric. Thus a penguin in any form is >inacceptable. We have Debian GNU/Hurd and people are working on >someth

[RfS] Request for Submissions: Upcoming Debian Logo

1999-02-18 Thread Martin Schulze
I'd like *everybody* think about a possible logo. Please notice the following simple rules: . The logo must NOT be linux-centric. Thus a penguin in any form is inacceptable. We have Debian GNU/Hurd and people are working on something similar to Debian Solaris. Please accept that. .