[racket-dev] new logo

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:18 EST 2012

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:

> 
> 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.
> 
> Whoa!  Doesn't it just!
> 
> 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.
> 
> I think that's exhausted my visual creativity for the day, so I'll shut up now....
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Norman
> 
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