New freebsd logo on freebsd.org

[cpghost]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" <cpghost at cordula.ws> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +0000, Kep Woof wrote:
> >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it
> >>> yourself.
> >> 
> >> What is the procedure to fix a logo?
> > 
> > use send-pr(1), of course!
> > 
> > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window
> > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text,
> > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the
> > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it.
> > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image
> > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo?
> > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy.
> 
> There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'.

Ah, good to know. Thank you.

>  The word
> 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost.

What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as
long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just
because it's a word.

Regards,
-cpghost.

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