Re: Lenya Logo (2)

Good evening all wyonistas,

>> Even if it is my second statement under the same subject, I would 
>> like to stress out, that I was appealed by your intention of taking 
>> the technology out of the logo. Therefore my vote went to a 
>> lightweight (like a feather <g/>) logo. Even if Lenya is still based 
>> on a lot of technology (and will ever be) in an ideal world, Joe 
>> Average as an user doesn't want to know this. He want's to use the 
>> software and using it, has to be fun. Why shouldn't this be reflected 
>> in a logo?
>
> Yes, I feel the same. But it will always depend on personal taste
> if someone feels good when looking at a logo.

... and the discussion about finding the right logo can become endless. 
Hope we will find a logo soon. ;-)
>
<snip/>

>> BTW: Let you be asured, I really like the actual Wyona logo. If I 
>> look at it on <http://www.computerworld.ch> then
>>           I even find a very valuable information. This 
>> cogwheel-thing called Wyona is a CMS!!!
>
> Well ... when I saw the Wyona logo the first time, I was a little
> astonished - why did they typeset such a nice sounding word in such
> a heavy and technical font? But it gained my attention and caused
> me to think about it. Maybe that's an important point, too ...
>

My impression as I first saw it was, that somebody with quite a 
graphical eye put some work in it. And that's very rare in the OSS 
world.

>>> Besides
>>> the two on lenya2.pdf (they're somewhat eye-catching) this is my
>>> personal favorite.
>>>
>> It could be mine too... But is the first letter a 1 or a l or an I???
>
> This is one of my favorite aspects of this logo. It can be read as
> a small "l", and a captial "L" as well. I guess most people would
> complain that you can't get the right spelling from the logo, but
> I like that.

Upps, a typo from my side: Wanted to type "2 or a l or an I"

I personally think, a logo for such a thing like a open source CMS 
should be as clear as possible, regarding the writing and the 
pronunciation. I don't see any sense in names like zeendeejay (xindice).

> BTW, it's a captial "L". The small one looks very similar but the
> relation between letter and meat (?) doesn't match the other letters
> as good.
>
> Hmmm, are we talking about the same one? Is it really possible to
> see a "1" or an "I"? I meant the blue one with either the red bow
> above it or the red flower.
>

I meant the second one. The one with the bow reminds of the logo of a 
telco solution provider I used to know. However, maybe next time we 
will add numbers to the examples so everyone can follow our discussion. 
;-)

--mv

> Andreas
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