Hi!
I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some feedback.
The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a high technological barrier.
The current logo is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1]
It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct...
I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of [1].
After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be distributed at workshops:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg
The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green are here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg
I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the text to maximize the recognizability.
Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree reply.
-Tobias
+1 just for being much better looking than the current one. Python logo, Wikimedia colors, and a good-looking gear… I like it very much.
I do have a minor feedback (but no suggestion on how to address it, and I support your proposal as is, regardless of this issue): Since the MediaWiki reference is just the colors of the Python logo, we loose it if we change the logo to black and white (common for T-Shirts).
2016-07-13 23:37 GMT+02:00 Tobias Schönberg tobias47n9e@gmail.com:
Hi!
I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some feedback.
The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a high technological barrier.
The current logo is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1]
It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct...
I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of [1].
After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be distributed at workshops:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg
The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green are here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg
I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the text to maximize the recognizability.
Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree reply.
-Tobias
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
I like it. My one suggestion is to fix the kerning on "pywikibot" -- the letters are spaced too far apart and make the overall logo too stretched out horizontally. I suspect with tighter kerning the entire image could fit into a square aspect ratio, which is typically what you want for logos. What font did you use?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM Tobias Schönberg tobias47n9e@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some feedback.
The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a high technological barrier.
The current logo is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1]
It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct...
I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of [1].
After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be distributed at workshops:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg
The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green are here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg
I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the text to maximize the recognizability.
Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree reply.
-Tobias
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
@Adrián
I didn't even think about that. Will people recognize mediawiki from the sunflower? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot-logo-suggestion-mediawiki....
@ben
Thanks for the feedback about the text. I use the free and open http://overpassfont.org/ - I like how the small letters of the font are at an angle similar to the gears. But I am open for suggestions.
-Tobias
2016-07-14 17:46 GMT+02:00 Ben McIlwain cydeweys@gmail.com:
I like it. My one suggestion is to fix the kerning on "pywikibot" -- the letters are spaced too far apart and make the overall logo too stretched out horizontally. I suspect with tighter kerning the entire image could fit into a square aspect ratio, which is typically what you want for logos. What font did you use?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM Tobias Schönberg tobias47n9e@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some feedback.
The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a high technological barrier.
The current logo is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1]
It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct...
I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of [1].
After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be distributed at workshops:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg
The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green are here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg
I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the text to maximize the recognizability.
Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree reply.
-Tobias
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
The kerning still isn't perfect (which may be a problem with the font and/or gimp, and need some manual correction), but here's what I came up with when I set the letter spacing to -4 in gimp. I like this better. The default spacing on that font is set way too wide.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_text.png
The biggest kerning issue to my mind is between the p and y.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:24 PM Tobias Schönberg tobias47n9e@gmail.com wrote:
@Adrián
I didn't even think about that. Will people recognize mediawiki from the sunflower? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot-logo-suggestion-mediawiki....
@ben
Thanks for the feedback about the text. I use the free and open http://overpassfont.org/ - I like how the small letters of the font are at an angle similar to the gears. But I am open for suggestions.
-Tobias
2016-07-14 17:46 GMT+02:00 Ben McIlwain cydeweys@gmail.com:
I like it. My one suggestion is to fix the kerning on "pywikibot" -- the letters are spaced too far apart and make the overall logo too stretched
out
horizontally. I suspect with tighter kerning the entire image could fit into a square aspect ratio, which is typically what you want for logos. What font did you use?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM Tobias Schönberg tobias47n9e@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I have been already talking on the IRC about an update to the current Pywikibot logo and would like to also announce it here to gather some feedback.
The reason for the proposal is mostly to make the project a little more recognizable and to also communicate that the project and the community around it is fun and also accessible to people that have a high technological barrier.
The current logo is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pwb_icon.svg [1]
It uses yellow and blue that are used by the original Python logo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Official_Python_icons_and_direct...
I also looked at this logo and thought it looked quite nice, but I think that removing the gear is loosing a lot of the uniqueness of [1].
After some talks on the IRC I made this version, which I think would work really well on stickers and t-shirts as well, which could be distributed at workshops:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_suggestion_3.svg
The logo uses the WMF colors and some variants that also use the green
are
here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal_2.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pywikibot_logo_proposal.svg
I also think it is good to leave the colors more or less open to adapt them according to taste or event theme. So I would mostly like to propose that we change the shape of the logo slightly and include the text to maximize the recognizability.
Would be very nice to get more feedback or a simple disagree/agree
reply.
-Tobias
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot
pywikibot mailing list pywikibot@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikibot