[OpenID] OpenID logo revisions for smaller sizes

[Randy Reddig]

The gray could go darker still. Although for presentations, I’d  
almost lean towards using the monochrome version.

The isometric angles/perspective should match up now. I built the  
current glyph on a set of 5 nested ovals, and the arrowhead from  
scratch. The previous iteration was too locked to a square grid.

Yes--the stem on the I in ID is fatter. That was intentional--I  
widened it. I can see your point though, I’ll tweak it a little.

Randy



On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:37 AM, Andy Powell wrote:

> It's better I think...
>
> At our recent OpenID event in London we lost the light grey in  
> people's
> slides because of color limitations with the data projector at the
> venue... so something definitely needs doing.  I can't easily test  
> that
> this grey would have worked on that projector, but darker is better
> anyway I think.  I can't remember but I think we may also have lost  
> the
> orange??
>
> Does the new isometric angle on the stem match the arrow head  
> properly?
>
> My only other comment is that the 'I' (in 'OpenID') looks slightly too
> thick and this (I think) causes a weird optical illusion,  
> especially in
> the smaller versions), that it is both longer and fatter than the
> surrounding characters - at least for me!  I don't know if this was  
> your
> intention or just a feature of the font you've chosen?
>
> Andy
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: general-bounces at openid.net
>> [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Randy Reddig
>> Sent: 28 November 2007 05:12
>> To: openid-general
>> Subject: [OpenID] OpenID logo revisions for smaller sizes
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I felt that besides having some shortcomings at small sizes,
>> the existing OpenID logo suffered from a few other design
>> flaws. These flaws are present in the color, the glyph/icon
>> and the typography. A prototype of this revision can be viewed here:
>>
>> <http://shaderlab.com/openid/v3/openid-logo-3.pdf>
>>
>> Changes are documented here:
>>
>> <http://shaderlab.com/openid/v3/openid-logo-3-process.pdf>
>>
>> Overall, I think this new version is both stronger and
>> cleaner. It works better at small sizes (there's a
>> reduction-specific version) and can carry weight at normal
>> size with more confidence than the previous iteration.
>>
>> Comments, feedback welcome.
>>
>> Randy
>>
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