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Re: FreeCAD Logo Design

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Ol_at_FC wrote: Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:11 pm FreeCAD_logo_1200x2000px.png
Nice, thanks for sharing.
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Damn, I also really like this one :) While we had quite a few suggestions over the time, some better some worse, the real problem was that the original logo has a really strong recognition. This logo keeps a lot of that in a really nice new style. Hopefully it is meant to be shared under a commonly usable license? :roll:
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Ol_at_FC wrote: Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:11 pm FreeCAD_logo_1200x2000px.png
Ooooooh...I dig this as well. Very cool design.
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Indeed, I like it a lot as well. The only feedback I'd offer is to suggest to make the gear in the C larger and maybe further to the right--for example, in your avatar or in smaller icon sizes it would be harder to tell what it is.
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Re: FreeCAD Logo Design

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Thanks for kind welcome and of course big thanks for the excellent software.

Here are improved vector logos.
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I really liked this last one too! And IMHO your choice of colors is the key that, although the logo is completely different, makes it instantly regognizable by who is a long-time user of FreeCAD.
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Ol_at_FC wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:35 am Thanks for kind welcome and of course big thanks for the excellent software.

Here are improved vector logos.

FreeCAD_logo_1200x2000px_v2.png
Why was the gear in black left as 2d instead of 3D?
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Mark Szlazak wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:40 pm Why was the gear in black left as 2d instead of 3D?
In logo design as in symbol design it is common to simplify things, the wheelchair symbol that marks for disability also does not really look like a real wheelchair doesn't it? :) Also, this is not a technical drawing and so Ol, as the author - designer of the logo, should have some artistic freedom to decide how it should look, it is his/her design.
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Re: FreeCAD Logo Design

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Mark Szlazak wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:40 pm Why was the gear in black left as 2d instead of 3D?
To keep it as simple as possible. That way the logo stays relatively clean in all possible sizes.
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Re: FreeCAD Logo Design

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The large size looks fine, but I do not think it scales down very well. The 24 px, and especially the 16 px icons are essentially unrecognizable blobs. I am by no means a graphic designer, but I would guess that the lack of clear spatial features, i.e. the basic shape is a cube, means that there is little definition left at small sizes.

The current logo and many of the proposals earlier in this thread have better shape definition and scale down a lot better.

Not saying to throw this one out; just that it needs a bit of adjustment to scale better.

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