[TriZPUG] Triangle Built?

Tue Aug 7 22:40:01 CEST 2012

i added all the changes people asked for, don't quite understand the rainbow

-S

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy at gmail.com>wrote:

> What font is that? I'd like to try this with a few different color schemes.
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Sean Cavanaugh <sean at cavanaugh.pro> wrote:
> > here it is attached again
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jesse Bikman <jessebikman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, I didn't see your update, but I would like to see it. I only saw
> >> the logos designed by Rob Lineberger and the logo designed by Calvin
> >> Spealman.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 7, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Jesse, did you see my update to his design?  I don't think the
> >> triangle looks bad.  I also did not use arial so I am assuming not, I
> used
> >> two open source font from dafont.  I also know this is a python user
> group
> >> but I assume most of us use plenty of languages... I could add a python
> >> coming up out of the triangle but usually you don't want complicated
> bits in
> >> a logo.  I can see what I can whip up later.  I provided the .psd file
> along
> >> w/ my last email.  I think the easiest way to make suggestions is to
> try to
> >> edit the logo even if you can't get the full affect.
> >>
> >> -S
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Jesse Bikman <jessebikman at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jesse Bikman
> >>> Department of Marine Science Graduate Student/Graduate Teaching
> Assistant
> >>> Luettich lab
> >>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> >>> LinkedIn
> >>>
> >>> 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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