22 Dec
2014
22 Dec
'14
1:26 p.m.
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:14:26 -0600
James Gholston <jamesg(a)dimensionality.com> wrote:
On 12/21/2014 08:27 PM, Michele Calgaro wrote:
There are less common, visually distinctive corvidae that might have less
unfortunate connotations, like the collared crow. I'd be tempted to suggest
one of the petrels (great distance fliers), but they're in the albatross family,
which has even more unfortunate connotations for English-speakers,
thanks to Coleridge.
As for what mascot, although the
tux_tde_gradient.png looks nice, I
would prefer an "original" mascot,
something designed by us, not
something made up from another distro/DE. Otherwise we would just move
from a KDE-related mascot to another project-related mascot.<
What about a corvid? I must admit I seemed to have picked the wrong
time when I tried to make a push for branding earlier. Then I got
distracted by everything that wasn't TDE.
Dark gray beak and feathers? Common crows have some unfortunate
connotations, but they're tool users and have very good memories. They
also may communicate among each other better than we give them credit for. We also might want to think in terms of standardizing
on colors and
typefaces. An optimal typeface would have both one or more free
versions and an availability from preferably more than one foundry with
umpteen variants; optimal colors would have Pantone numbers and ideally
cable (textile) and FS-595 (paint) equivalents.
You're not going to find exactly the same font from more than one foundry
(they can be very similar and based on the same pre-computer typeface,
but there will be differences in the details, like exact angles and how specific
pair kernings work). The number of non-decorative open-source fonts with
decent Unicode support isn't really all that large--most free fonts are only
free-as-in-beer, not libre, and I see no benefit in standardising on a non-libre
font.
Having Pantone numbers for the logo and mascot colours would be nice,
but unless we're printing something physically on a press that supports spot
colours, it isn't really necessary. Besides, the only way to get an *accurate*
Pantone colour is with a physical swatchbook--does anyone even have one?
(The "Pantone colours" shown on-screen by Adobe software and the like
are only approximations even on a calibrated monitor.)
After all, at some point we might want a printed
manual, logo or mascot
hats, et c. 8)
Unless we're going pretty high-end we're likely to end up printing on a
CMYK press anyway.
E. Liddell