On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
It seemed like an opportune moment to take our 2D
globe, lovingly created by WP user:Nohat and improved/modified a cast of many other
volunteers back in 2003, and take it to a truly 3D object. If we were going to undertake
this process, we knew we would first need to populate the 'dark side of the puzzle
globe' - and of course we turned to our volunteers to do just that.
[snip]
You'll notice that the new variation of the
typeface uses Linux Libertine as an alternative to Hoeffler, the original typeface used to
create the wordmark. In order to facilitate the creation of so many new variations of the
Wikipedia identity it was important to find a viable alternative - Hoeffler is a
commercial typeface that not every project would have access to, nor own. Linux Libertine
is very close to Hoeffler in its shape and style, and for on-screen viewing is almost
identical to Hoeffler.
[snip]
I found the concept of these two improvements very exciting.
Here are direct links to the old and new images for comparison:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png