[Ardour-Users] "made with ardour" logo

[Ross Johnson]

My suggestion, how about making the wording a little more abstract:

ARDOUR
CREATE FREELY

Or, maybe since it's going on a CD:

ARDOUR
CREATED FREELY

A shorter phrase will allow a bigger font size and so be easier to see.

Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
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>> hi thorwil, hi *!
>>
>>
>> i just stumbled upon this really slick "made with ardour" logo:
>> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/logo-design/
>>
>> in fact this is something i've been looking for, cause it's way sexier
>> than just a note saying "created with ardour". the problem with this
>> particular logo is that it doesn't work very well when space is limited
>> (such as on a cd jewel case inlay), because the fontwork that expresses
>> the actual message is rather small compared to the total size, and that
>> it imposes too many design constraints through its color.
>>
>> what i'm looking for is something that
>>
>> a) will advertise the fact that this product here has been created with
>> ardour and other free software
>> b) will look really cool and professional
>> c) will scale down to ridiculously small size while still transporting
>> the message
>> d) will work in black and transparent, or alternatively a set of two or
>> three (at most) custom-chosen colors matching whatever sleeve design i
>> have to deal with (because usually clients will need to be talked into
>> accepting it, so it has to blend in)
>>
>> needless to say it should also foster world peace, stop global warming
>> and be able to make a decent cup of coffee.
>>     
>
> here's my attempt - 99.8% is due to thorwil, but i hopefully made it
> work in outline (that's the main idea).
>
> shamelessly borrowed from the well-known cd digital audio logo
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:CompactDiscDigitalAudio-Logo.svg&filetimestamp=20061229140248
> because it helps with b), c) and d).
>
> the phrasing may sound a bit odd (why not "free audio software"?) but i
> wanted to emphasize that first of all it's about professional audio. and
> i wanted to keep "free software" in there so it's recognized as a kind
> of brand thing...
>
> the other colored samples are just to show that in theory you could make
> it work in any color context as dictated by the sleeve design.
>
> your comments are welcome. still working on world peace and coffee.
>
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