[ubuntu-uk] loco logo

[Yorvyk]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:22 +0100
Alan Bell <alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com> wrote:

> On 02/07/10 17:06, Alan Bell wrote:
> > I have been mulling over a few logo related ideas, I think we have to
> > have a decent idea of the core image we want prior to redesigning the
> > website.
> > Here is one idea
> >
> > http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logoconcept.png
> >
> > I am hoping it is fairly simple and professional looking, just like
> > Ubuntu is these days. Those are the right colours from the design team
> > Ubuntu GIMP palette, but obviously it would be re-done in inkscape as an
> > SVG. The UK bit is capital letters, but reduced in size to the size to
> > line up with the lower case letters, I would make the UK a bit bolder I
> > think, it looks lighter than the ubuntu bit at the moment.
> > I haven't tried to incorporate the union flag or colour bits of the
> > circle of friends red white and blue, mainly because I think that ends
> > up looking a bit odd. We are showing it to people in this country and
> > they know where they live already.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> >   
> well now we have the Ubuntu Sans Bold font in beta I have done the logo
> as an SVG in Inkscape with the UK bit in bold and the ubuntu- bit in a
> larger regular weight. This ends up with the UK bit looking a little
> heavier than the first part rather than the really close match I did in
> the Gimp version, but I kind of like the bolder UK. The roundel that
> contains the circle of friends lines up with the top of the ascenders
> and the baseline of the text. The font colour is, I think, "cool grey".
> It would probably be possible to manually make the weight of the weight
> of the UK a little less, or wait for the release of the Medium weight font.
> 
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo.svg
> 
> What do you think?
> 
Sorry Alan, but, the 'UK' bit looks out of place to me.

...or the 'UK' bit may be right but, the rest is out of place :D

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