[libvirt] [RFC] libvirt hexagon sticker design

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:02:01PM +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > > In terms of background & border, IMHO, it really should be the white
> > > background - the logo doesn't stand out well when you have it on the
> > > green background. Green background is ok for the wbsite banner as we
> > > don't want the logo to be too distrating, but for a promotional sticker
> > > having a prominent bold style is desirable.
> > >
> > > I'm undecided whether having a green border or not is neccessary. If
> > > we have the border, the logo has to be slightly smaller, to allow
> > > it space it breathe within the border. Do you have any reference of
> > > what other proojects have done wrt borders ?
> >
> > To answer my own question:
> >
> >   http://hexb.in/
> >
> > There's no real majority either with or without borders.

Actually, out of those which have a white background, the majority do have
a saturated colour border.

> In general, most probably no, but vast majority of the ones I have put around
> my working space follow a simple pattern - the border is just a few shades
> darker than the artwork area.

That works well for stickers with a coloured background. For those with a
white background, it feels like a saturated colour gives a good contrast.

I'd be inclined to prototype, the two top-left logos from this image:

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2MUyv0eo723F2rorWnmv1sTeCycUCN4/view

perhaps, variants with & without the  website URL (though the majority
on hexb.in omit the website URL and keep text to a minimum)

Do a clone of the hexb.in repo, and add our logo and see how nicely it
works when surrounded on all sides by other stickers.

Regards,
Daniel
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