Fedora marketing - Logos

[Patrick Barnes]

Fabian M. Schindler wrote:

> Good day, Mr. Barnes.
>
> I am currently  the Graphic-Dept. Manager of Yoper Linux Ltd. and thus
> have to do with design of Logos, websites, icons and such things.
> Apart from Yoper I also use Fedora, thus I found the Fedora-Wiki and
> the logo design topic. I have thought a bit about solutions for Fedora
> and it is logical that an good logo needs to be simple, easy for
> printing, with minimal distraction, attractive, dynamic and easy to
> distinguish from other logos, like e.g. Nike or Mercedes. Most of the
> propositions in the Wiki do not really fit the one or the other basic
> aspect of logo-design.
>
> After some sketches, I came up with the following logo concept. I hope
> you can add it to the logo list in the Wiki.
>
> Now, some explanations to the design:
>
> - Blue is a "must" as it is already established as the "Fedora-color".
>
> - The circle shape is used as a reference to the RedHat logo, which is
> round, too. As Fedora is a testbed for RedHat, it is only logical to
> tie both Distributions one to another without making the logos twins.
>
> - The "F" got curved/smoothed down in order to make it look more dynamic.
>
> - At the "foot" of the Fedora-F there is enough space left for
> additions to the logo: Core, Extras, Legacy, etc.
>
> - The Fedora-Core logo (as seen in the sketch) will have the current
> number of the Fedora release added in a very light grey/silver shade.
> This adds some distinction to the logo without distracting the overall
> look.
>
> I hope that the concept will be useful. In case that the svg-sources
> should be required, I can mail them to you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Fabian M. Schindler
>
>
>
> -- 
> Fabian M. Schindler <fabianmschindler at yahoo.de
> <mailto:fabianmschindler at yahoo.de>>
> Graphic Dept.-Manager
> *Yoper Linux Ltd.*
> New Zealand
>
I will place your image on the wiki page.

-- 
Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
nman64 at n-man.com

www.n-man.com
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