[racket-dev] new logo

From: Eduardo Bellani (ebellani at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 13 07:55:07 EST 2012

+1 for something like

http://tmp.barzilay.org/cr.png

On 02/12/2012 04:50 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> An hour ago, Michael W wrote:
>>
>> Or something with the parenthesis "echo" motif on the main site:
>> http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5233/lambdarechopng.jpg
> 
> This one is great!  The noisy parens are not important as the "R"
> itself which is very recognizable as an "R" even with a clear "λ".  It
> inherits the benefits of the λ logo and maintains continuity.  It even
> has a semi-hidden visual pun: it combines "λ" and ")" to get an "R".
> All of this is just from the basic shape, which means that it will
> work well in other contexts and forms (printed on paper, shirts, and
> those ads that little piper planes drag around).
> 
> Here's a rough sketch that shows what I'm thinking of (using the shiny
> bg):
> 
>   http://tmp.barzilay.org/cr.png
> 
> The pun can even be taken further by adding a "(" on the left, smaller
> and fading out, so it looks like a curl on the top-left:
> 
>   http://tmp.barzilay.org/cr2.png
> 


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Eduardo Bellani

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