[racket-dev] new logo

On Feb 11, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

> 
> John and Neil, 
> 
> we seem to have lost momentum on this discussion. 
> 
> For the record, I like the idea of changing our logo a bit. 
> I like the direction in which is evolving, though I will admit
> that losing the lambda completely. 
> 
> Have you guys considered a small change that makes the 'r' more
> lambda-ish? 
> 
> In any case, I am all for keeping the new logo around for a while
> so that we can check whether we get used to it or not. 

Would it be productive to choose one randomly on startup? 

Also, in case it's not obvious, a rotated and flipped version of the logo does recall the lambda pretty clearly:

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Re-rendering the image with the lighting in the right place might change or improve this, though I agree that the weighting of the strokes is all wrong here.

John

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