Logos: everybody wants one but nobody seems to have any constructive comments. (was Re: Cool Fedora schwag idea)

Greg DeKoenigsberg gdk at redhat.com
Thu Jun 30 21:04:18 UTC 2005


I love the idea of putting a hat in negative space.

Like a fedora inside the O of a type treatment.

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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, seth vidal wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 16:08 -0400, Matt Frye wrote:
> > > so the project is named fedora - but no hats in the logo.
> > > 
> > > /me thinks being suggestive of a hat like a hatbox - or a giant hatpin
> > > might be a bit too subtle :)
> > 
> > That's what I am thinking.  But what sense does it make to have a
> > project named for a hat, but not be allowed to illustrate said hat. 
> > We might as well call it "The Swim Trunks Project."
> > 
> 
> I think a logo that has a number of characters and the placement of the
> characters describe the shape of a hat in their positioning. So the hat
> exists in the blank space left by the other characters of the logo!
> 
> or maybe I'm kinda wonko
> 
> -sv
> 
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