On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 at 09:30:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Reply to this with 1.1, 1.2, 2, or 3:
>
> 1) by ponce:
>
> Variant 1: https://github.com/p0nce/dconf.org/blob/master/2016/images/logo-sample.png
> Variant 2: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/p0nce/dconf.org/4f0f2b5be8ec2b06e3feb01d6472ec13a7be4e7c/2016/images/logo2-sample.png
>
> 2) by Jonas Drewsen:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png
>
> 3) by anonymous:
>
> PNG: http://imgur.com/GX0HUFI
> SVG: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4ef7282dfec9ab327084
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

3

On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 10:01:24 UTC, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> I prefer 3. It's simple, but effective. The graphic looks like an Olympic torch to me, which is good, indicating that D is a champion! :-)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Fernsehturm

:-)

On 2015-11-12 11:18, Nemanja Boric wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 10:01:24 UTC, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
>> I prefer 3. It's simple, but effective. The graphic looks like an Olympic torch to me, which is good, indicating that D is a champion! :-)
>
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Fernsehturm
>
> :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin

On Thursday, 12 November 2015 at 18:25:02 UTC, captaindet wrote:
> On 2015-11-12 11:18, Nemanja Boric wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 10:01:24 UTC, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
>>> I prefer 3. It's simple, but effective. The graphic looks like an Olympic torch to me, which is good, indicating that D is a champion! :-)
>>
>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Fernsehturm
>>
>> :-)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin

Sorry about that, it was just the first link on the Google!

On topic: 3

> 2) by Jonas Drewsen:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png

No. 2 - I like Jonas' Version, it's so great.

On 11/04/2015 04:30 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Reply to this with 1.1, 1.2, 2, or 3:
>
> 1) by ponce:
>
> Variant 1:
> https://github.com/p0nce/dconf.org/blob/master/2016/images/logo-sample.png
> Variant 2:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/p0nce/dconf.org/4f0f2b5be8ec2b06e3feb01d6472ec13a7be4e7c/2016/images/logo2-sample.png
>
>
> 2) by Jonas Drewsen:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png
>
> 3) by anonymous:
>
> PNG: http://imgur.com/GX0HUFI
> SVG: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4ef7282dfec9ab327084

By my count:

* 1.1:            xxxxxxx
* 1.2:            xxx
* 2:              xxxxxxx
* 3:              xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* 3, change font: xxxxxxxxxxx

So 3 by "anonymous" is it!

I created https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dconf.org/pull/94 and also preemptively uploaded the logo to http://dconf.org/2016/index.html. Had to adjust svg dimensions to 200x110.

Please help improve the size and placement of the logo.


Thanks,

Andrei

On 13.11.2015 15:22, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> By my count:
>
> * 1.1:            xxxxxxx
> * 1.2:            xxx
> * 2:              xxxxxxx
> * 3:              xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> * 3, change font: xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> So 3 by "anonymous" is it!

Whee!

As I said in the original post, I'm not much of a designer. So if anyone wants to improve details, I wouldn't mind. But I myself won't be able to improve much upon it, probably.

This also applies to the font. I just browsed through the local list, which is probably just the Ubuntu defaults, and picked one that looked good to me. I'm not attached to it by any means, and I don't know the first thing about fonts. So if anyone has something better in mind, go for it.

The D in "DConf" is currently bold. Unbolding it may be an option. I like it, though.

> I created https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dconf.org/pull/94
> and also preemptively uploaded the logo to
> http://dconf.org/2016/index.html. Had to adjust svg dimensions to 200x110.

I/we should make an SVG version that uses paths instead of <text>, so that it doesn't depend on a local font. Maybe agree on the font first, though.

Dne 13.11.2015 v 15:52 anonymous via Digitalmars-d-announce napsal(a):
> On 13.11.2015 15:22, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> By my count:
>>
>> * 1.1:            xxxxxxx
>> * 1.2:            xxx
>> * 2:              xxxxxxx
>> * 3:              xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> * 3, change font: xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> So 3 by "anonymous" is it!
> 
> Whee!
> ...
> I/we should make an SVG version that uses paths instead of <text>, so
> that it doesn't depend on a local font. Maybe agree on the font first,
> though.

Yes please. Although I have some reservations against the png font, it is way better and visually pleasing than the svg serif font (or at least the one I see).

On 13/11/2015 14:52, anonymous wrote:

> I/we should make an SVG version that uses paths instead of <text>, so
> that it doesn't depend on a local font. Maybe agree on the font first,
> though.
>

With the chosen font installed ("Droid Sans", Apache 2.0 licence) the text balances well (or at least better than with the font my system was substituting) with the graphic in both weight and spacing. I think the capitalised D works well enough too.

I have a personal dislike of narrow D glyphs, so I'd like to move the swoosh a small distance from the spire to add a horizontal hint to the outline.

I think the text could be closer to the glyph, and higher, such that the D is in about the 2-o'clock position on the swoosh, which I think would reflect the Dlang logo more strongly.

On 14.11.2015 13:07, Alix Pexton wrote:
> I have a personal dislike of narrow D glyphs, so I'd like to move the
> swoosh a small distance from the spire to add a horizontal hint to the
> outline.
>
> I think the text could be closer to the glyph, and higher, such that the
> D is in about the 2-o'clock position on the swoosh, which I think would
> reflect the Dlang logo more strongly.

Like so?
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e33f3354ff534fe7d99d

I think a wider stylized D works well. I'm not a fan of moving the text closer and up, though.

So I'd prefer this:
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/ba5018d0091744e00f8b

If I didn't quite capture what you had in mind, the SVG is handwritten and rather simple, maybe try tinkering with it yourself.