[racket-dev] new logo
I do actually like the combination of lambda and r, though I am sure the color scheme could benefit from some variation.
On Feb 13, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Norman Gray wrote:
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> On 2012 Feb 13, at 14:54, Philippe Meunier wrote:
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>> For some reason it slightly reminds me of a symbol for some religious
>> cult or political party, which might or might not be a good thing.
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> Whoa! Doesn't it just!
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> Another thing that occurred to me, on the same model as before, is to go for an almost completely typographical logo. At <http://nxg.me.uk/temp/lambda-r5.pdf> is a possibility. It's just '\r.', really, but with the lambda in a cursive font, the 'r.' in a modern one (Gill Sans), and some pretty aggressive tracking to make it into a unit.
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> That doesn't have the shinies of other suggestions, but it's obviously very adaptable and (to my aesthetic at least) matches the chiselled restraint of a Scheme.
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> I think that's exhausted my visual creativity for the day, so I'll shut up now....
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> All the best,
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> Norman
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