Opinion on Logo usage?

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Tue Dec 22 07:48:47 UTC 2009


On 12/22/2009 08:40 AM, Ian Weller wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 09:51:10PM -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
>> I need some advice on how to use the Fedora logo. According to
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines it's okay to use change
>> the typeface of the Fedora text to white if the color backing it is Fedora
>> blue (under "Never Use the Logo on Similarly-Colored Backgrounds"); Now, if I
>> wanted put the logo on top of the Constantine wallpaper, the contrast is very
>> bad, and nearly illegible, since it's very close to Pantone 2935 in many
>> places.
>>
>> Would it be a grey area to make the Fedora typeface white in this case? See
>> [1] for a screenshot of what we are talking about.. What would be the best way
>> to do this?
>
> CCing design-team's list -- good idea to ask logo-related questions
> there.
>
> It's definitely recommended to make the Fedora typeface white in this
> case -- if you can't read "Fedora" without squinting, change it.

+1, this is that the Usage Guidelines practically says.

>> The code currently loads the png from /usr/share/pixmaps/fedora-logo-small.png
>> and generates the "Welcome to" text from MgOpen Modata Bold in the same
>> Panotone 2935 of the logo typeface.

I bet you wanted to say here "the same hex value"

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