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Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 15:10:46 +0200
From: Der Tiger <der.tiger.alpine@arcor.de>
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To: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>, 
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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] New logo and website design?
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Hi Natanael,

Brilliant work by Tobias!

One tiny suggestion, if I may: The "Linux" part of the logo should be
made darker, to ensure it stays readable if any electronic document
containing the logo is printed in black and white on paper.

Does the hexagon shape stand for a certain aspect of Alpine Linux or is
it just some backdrop? My first association was a stop sign as
representation of the firewall in Alpine Linux, but that, of course,
would have been an octagon. It is difficult to represent "small" and
"simple" from the Alpine motto "small simple secure", but maybe the
"secure" aspect should be more prevalent in the shape of the logo.
"Security" is a good seller, nowadays. ;-)

Regarding the graphics in the alpine-logo-ideas* files, I see the term
"alps" best represented by the main logo as used in the mock-up. Most
mountains in alpine regions (e.g. New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and
Europe) are highly weathered and as a result do have slopes of about 45
degrees (therefore a 1:1 grade). Only a few, very tall mountains like
the Himalayas or Mount Cook in New Zealand have much steeper inclines. I
would find a baseline closing the triangular shape of each of the two
mountains quite irritating, since the term "foot of the mountain" is a
concept, that does not exist in reality.

The different colour schemes of the logo could be used to differentiate
between the main web page, the wiki, the bug tracker page et cetera.

Keep Up the Good Work, Tiger


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