[Foundation-l] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh at 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.
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> 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.
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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