On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:22 +0100 Alan Bell <alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com> wrote:
> On 02/07/10 17:06, Alan Bell wrote: > > I have been mulling over a few logo related ideas, I think we have to > > have a decent idea of the core image we want prior to redesigning the > > website. > > Here is one idea > > > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logoconcept.png > > > > I am hoping it is fairly simple and professional looking, just like > > Ubuntu is these days. Those are the right colours from the design team > > Ubuntu GIMP palette, but obviously it would be re-done in inkscape as an > > SVG. The UK bit is capital letters, but reduced in size to the size to > > line up with the lower case letters, I would make the UK a bit bolder I > > think, it looks lighter than the ubuntu bit at the moment. > > I haven't tried to incorporate the union flag or colour bits of the > > circle of friends red white and blue, mainly because I think that ends > > up looking a bit odd. We are showing it to people in this country and > > they know where they live already. > > > > Alan. > > > > > well now we have the Ubuntu Sans Bold font in beta I have done the logo > as an SVG in Inkscape with the UK bit in bold and the ubuntu- bit in a > larger regular weight. This ends up with the UK bit looking a little > heavier than the first part rather than the really close match I did in > the Gimp version, but I kind of like the bolder UK. The roundel that > contains the circle of friends lines up with the top of the ascenders > and the baseline of the text. The font colour is, I think, "cool grey". > It would probably be possible to manually make the weight of the weight > of the UK a little less, or wait for the release of the Medium weight font. > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo.svg > > What do you think? > Sorry Alan, but, the 'UK' bit looks out of place to me. ...or the 'UK' bit may be right but, the rest is out of place :D -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
