Troy's one and only criterion (I think) was that the layout be something
like:
The
SWORD
Project
So if you took #3 and set "PROJECT" as right aligned, like
THE
S W O R D
PROJECT
then that would fit.
I think there's a problem with having black text in the foreground
overlapping black text in the background. It kind of makes the
foreground text appear to have a strikethrough when the background text
goes through the middle of it. My suggestion would be to use a warm
tone for the background like the pink/red of David Trotz's logo. But if
you want to stick to cool tones, adding blue until the background text
reaches a light indigo like the central burst would probably work too.
A completely different direction might be for the background to feature
different scripts that we support, or just the more prominent Biblical
scripts, Greek, Hebrew, & Latin. BibleWorks, ICU, and Unicode all
feature this sort of artwork in their logos, covers, etc.
Just some thoughts. If no one likes them, please ignore. :)
--Chris
