Link for official F9 theme proposal

[Michael Beckwith]

Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Interesting. I am curious how this would look in full color. Do you 
> plan  for strong, full saturated colors?
I'm not sure what I was considering when it came to coloring. I think 
most of the time in my mind I was picturing more muted colors, so that 
it doesn't obstruct too much with desktop icons and whatnot, but also 
there is a lot of negative space that people could put their icons in 
and still get full view of the arm.
> You should avoid the "Freedom" text or *any* other text. It does not 
> work in our multilingual settings, I believe we have a guideline 
> somewhere saying the wallpaper should not include any text.
> You may want to replace such text with an icon, but I feel the broken 
> chain has the potential to work well enough as an icon.
I knew that part was questionable but put it in there anyway. There are 
definitely possible replacements for "Freedom".  One off the top of my 
head is the Fedora logo within the speech bubble. The broken chain part 
is, obviously supposed to represent the "breaking free" and I think the 
emphasis lines around it add a very nice touch that explains what's 
going on.
> Another thing to consider in an multi-cultural context like ours: in 
> some cultures hand gestures have completely different meanings that 
> you are used to (and may be offensive: one finger, two fingers, the 
> open pal, the fist, etc.).
Definitely going to have to be considered. Perhaps I or someone else 
could research what a balled up fist represents in multiple cultures so 
not to offend anyone.

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~Michael
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