FreeCAD Logo Design

[Joel_graff]

It seems I'm generally unaware about how often logo discussions happen...

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=11562

[AR795]

Andddd another one. Personally I like the caliper logo as well.

[chrisb]

I like the caliper F too. While the existing logo is well known and hopefully has some recognition effect you may try a combination of the current and the caliper and the nice 3D effect.

[AR795]

I like the caliper F too. While the existing logo is well known and hopefully has some recognition effect you may try a combination of the current and the caliper and the nice 3D effect.

Combined the two logos.

[RickDeckard]

+1
I really like the caliper logo. Personally I would prefer a silightly more abstract version of it.
IMHO many OpenSource projects struggle to establish a nice and professional looking "corporate design" and a consistent UX for there software/website. They keep their initial "programmers art" stuff until forever and reject everything else, even if someone offered them a set of very nice redesign ideas. I hope FreeCAD is not one of those projects
My suggestion: Why not do a little competition? Everybody who thinks that he can make nice new FreeCAD logo should do that. Make a poll (phpBB supports this) with a deadline. The logo that has the most community votes will be the new FreeCAD logo. Simple and democratic!

[chrisb]

It might be less correct but perhaps more pleasing to the eye when the thin lower end of the caliper is omitted and the broad end is prolonged down further; makes it more look like an "F". If it should be more accurate you could color the thin lower end in red.

[kkremitzki]

Something else to consider is that having that many measurement markers on the caliper may not look as great at a small (icon) scale.

[bitacovir]

I like the caliper as representation of "F". Maybe the two caliper's fingers can represent the "C" of CAD. And I think the gear is a valuable icon to keep in the logo too.

However, what I am missing is not a logo. It is a "mascot" as image of FreeCAD project.

[AR795]

It might be less correct but perhaps more pleasing to the eye when the thin lower end of the caliper is omitted and the broad end is prolonged down further; makes it more look like an "F". If it should be more accurate you could color the thin lower end in red.

Frankly, I didn't like the lower end of the caliper either. It made the logo look a bit unbalanced, the letter F was too tall and the gear was small. So I have removed it.

Something else to consider is that having that many measurement markers on the caliper may not look as great at a small (icon) scale.

Yes, this is a concern. I thought of removing the measurements altogether but the caliper looked less detailed to me that way. So I have increased the spacing in the measurements a little.

[bitacovir]

Why don't you try using the gear as ring rather than the circle in your logo?