[TriZPUG] Triangle Built?

[Jesse Bikman]

Hi all, sorry this had to be my first posting to the list, but I figured I'd provoke some more direct inspiration.

I just wanted to chime in and say that this is my favorite of all the designs I've seen posted. Now for the inspiration...

First off, I would suggest sticking with the anvil rather than incorporating a musical triangle into the design. The Triangle is a location, and has little to do with the purpose of the Triangle Python community, which as I see it is indeed to "forge" things with computers. Also, how would you design a logo around a musical triangle that relates to a Python usergroup? The most resonating mental image I can associate with a musical triangle is dinner time on the farm.

Secondly, drop the Arial typeface. This is a proprietary typeface owned by Monotype Imaging, and it's a shabby knockoff of Helvetica (also owned by Monotype Imaging). I would recommend finding a typeface that is both beautiful and open sourced. Cabin could be a good humanist sans alternative.

Thirdly, I would recommend figuring out a way to make the kerning look better. Here is a game that teaches you how to do that. Additionally, it appears as though the word TRIANGLE is smaller than the word FORGED. Maybe eliminating the black border, and making the anvil smaller would help out with the kerning aspect. 

Finally, some cool (but slight) text effects could be used to give this logo a more polished feel. Maybe something that looks like it is made from hot metal? 

I also think that the background color is too dark in comparison to the black text, and would recommend using a different color such as #ff4500. That is all bound to change once hot metal text effects are added, so for now I would worry about color last once the other stuff is taken into consideration.




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Jesse Bikman
Department of Marine Science Graduate Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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On Aug 7, 2012, at 12:40 AM, Calvin Spealman wrote:

> If anyone is still interested in the idea, what do you think of the
> badge I whipped up?
> 
> I've also registered @triangleforged and triangleforged.org if running
> with this name, which I like quite a bit.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think we need to have something a bit simpler, we need them to look
>> nice on whatever site someone is building. Anything that could lead to
>> a design clash will make them less likely to use. Also, I don't think
>> "Tried & True Triangle" reflects the idea well, I'm sorry.
>> 
>> I'm really liking "Triangle Forged" and I've got my ideas sketched up
>> but need to put them up digitally, this evening.
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:26 PM, David Burton <ncdave4life at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Very nice looking... but they don't convey the fact that the thing bearing
>>> the label was created in the Research Triangle.  They're kind of like those
>>> wonderfully entertaining ads that, at the end, leave you wondering what
>>> product they were for.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Rob Lineberger <rob.lineberger at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I had a few cycles and put some ideas together.  Images here:
>>>> 
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/cpz5l9n
>>> 
>>> 
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