Re: A few PROJ Logo propositions

Hi,

Thanks Thomas for your feebacks.

Here are a few new tries (work in progress) :
http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_4.png (lines 10 and 11),
inspired by your suggestions.

Sylvain.






Le mar. 17 sept. 2019 à 07:48, Thomas Knudsen <[email protected]> a
écrit :

> I am unconvinced (or actually rather strictly against) the “globe and
> plane” style logo candidates: They focus too narrowly on the projection
> side of things, which is already indicated quite clearly through the name
> PROJ.
>
> I kind of like 3C, with the phi and its shadow - the shadow somehow
> indicating a “related but not identical reference frame”, i.e. a datum
> shift.
>
> I do, however, not like the shape of the phi (or actually “varphi”: phi is
> the “O with bar strikethrough” often used to indicate a clock phase): The
> very open-to-the-left varphi looks too much like the word “up”.
>
> I would like the logo to indicate more clearly that geodesy is a
> four-dimensional science, and the operations PROJ provide support that.
>
> So perhaps something like 3C, but with the letters “P R O J” casting the
> shadows “varphi lambda H t” - or for the sake of simplicity and
> recognizability in small sizes: Just the four letters “varphi lambda H t”
> on one line, and “P R O J” below that:
>
> φλHt
>
> PROJ
>
> (where the phi was supposed to be a varphi)
>
> It may be a challenge to make it work graphically, since varphi descends,
> and lambda, H and t ascends - but I am sure this can be made to work by
> someone more graphically skilled than myself.
>
> /thomas
>
>
> Den man. 16. sep. 2019 kl. 16.27 skrev Sylvain Beorchia <
> [email protected]>:
>
>> Thanks for the feedback  and suggestions.
>> Let's wait some more reactions of the community for my propositions, and
>> also for the other's (Nicolas, Janne...) one.
>>
>>
>>
>> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 15:55, Kristian Evers <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>>> Thank you! I’ve come to the conclusion that of your proposals I like 5B
>>> the best. I like the wire-frame globe and that the plane below it is sort
>>> of the projected footprint of the globe. Additionally I like that the
>>> colors are simple (no shades and gradients) which I believe is more
>>> suitable for a logo. Additionally the red can be replaced with other colors
>>> depending on the context, for instance the OSGeo website which uses a black
>>> and green colorscheme.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /Kristian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Sylvain Beorchia <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* 16. september 2019 13:55
>>> *To:* Kristian Evers <[email protected]>
>>> *Cc:* Even Rouault <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kristian,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've added a new version there
>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_3.png including your
>>> suggestion (9B)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 09:51, Kristian Evers <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Thanks Sylvain,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> These are indeed some good logo proposals. Like Even I also like the
>>> 2B/9A logo. I also like the 5B version. It would be interesting to see a
>>> combination of 5B and 9A. I like the wireframe globe and the red from 5B.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /Kristian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* PROJ <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Sylvain
>>> Beorchia
>>> *Sent:* 14. september 2019 00:08
>>> *To:* Even Rouault <[email protected]>
>>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry bad link,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le sam. 14 sept. 2019 à 00:07, Sylvain Beorchia <
>>> [email protected]> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Even,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I added your suggestion to the list (A9)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
>>> <http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le ven. 13 sept. 2019 à 23:49, Even Rouault <[email protected]>
>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> On vendredi 13 septembre 2019 23:26:48 CEST Sylvain Beorchia wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > Here are some few propositions for the PROJ logo :
>>> >
>>> > http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png
>>>
>>> Thanks Sylvain. My preference would go to 2B, but perhaps with a
>>> uppercase J.
>>> Wondering if it wouldn't be better to enlarge a bit the green plane so
>>> that
>>> all letters (especially the P) are on it ?
>>>
>>> Even
>>>
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