[PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions

Wed Sep 18 07:19:52 PDT 2019

I think 10B is pretty great, it shrinks well, and the phi would make a good
favicon. My only suggestion as a non-designer who knows nothing is to make
the phi a little more "earthy", but I've no idea how to do that.

Logos that are little maps don't shrink very well, and they are
non-descript from all the other geo logos that are little maps. 10B is
abstract enough that it doesn't have that problem but it still communicates
an essence about the project.

Thank you so much for these.

Howard

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 8:57 AM Thomas Knudsen <knudsen.thomas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Bonjour Sylvain,
>
> Thanks for another batch of hard work from you!
>
> 10B works surprisingly well, with the phi giving a quite convincing
> impression of the Earth and its axis of rotation. It does, however, not
> really hit the 4D point.
> 11A is, in my opinion, very good - extremely clear, both graphically and
> communication wise. I would probably suggest a slightly darker shade of
> grey for the coordinate designations (but you have probably tried that and
> found it worse)
> 11B is a nice humorous take. I see why it probably won't work with a
> varphi instead of the plain phi - but would like to see that as well if you
> have tried it out already.
>
> All in all, as of right now, I prefer the elegant, expressive and
> recognizable 11A, which will probably work extremely well in any size and
> angle, and provoke the right questions.
>
> /thomas
>
> Den tir. 17. sep. 2019 kl. 21.04 skrev Sylvain Beorchia <
> sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks Thomas for your feebacks.
>>
>> Here are a few new tries (work in progress) :
>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_4.png (lines 10 and
>> 11), inspired by your suggestions.
>>
>> Sylvain.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Le mar. 17 sept. 2019 à 07:48, Thomas Knudsen <knudsen.thomas at gmail.com>
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> I am unconvinced (or actually rather strictly against) the “globe and
>>> plane” style logo candidates: They focus too narrowly on the projection
>>> side of things, which is already indicated quite clearly through the name
>>> PROJ.
>>>
>>> I kind of like 3C, with the phi and its shadow - the shadow somehow
>>> indicating a “related but not identical reference frame”, i.e. a datum
>>> shift.
>>>
>>> I do, however, not like the shape of the phi (or actually “varphi”: phi
>>> is the “O with bar strikethrough” often used to indicate a clock phase):
>>> The very open-to-the-left varphi looks too much like the word “up”.
>>>
>>> I would like the logo to indicate more clearly that geodesy is a
>>> four-dimensional science, and the operations PROJ provide support that.
>>>
>>> So perhaps something like 3C, but with the letters “P R O J” casting the
>>> shadows “varphi lambda H t” - or for the sake of simplicity and
>>> recognizability in small sizes: Just the four letters “varphi lambda H t”
>>> on one line, and “P R O J” below that:
>>>
>>> φλHt
>>>
>>> PROJ
>>>
>>> (where the phi was supposed to be a varphi)
>>>
>>> It may be a challenge to make it work graphically, since varphi
>>> descends, and lambda, H and t ascends - but I am sure this can be made to
>>> work by someone more graphically skilled than myself.
>>>
>>> /thomas
>>>
>>>
>>> Den man. 16. sep. 2019 kl. 16.27 skrev Sylvain Beorchia <
>>> sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the feedback  and suggestions.
>>>> Let's wait some more reactions of the community for my propositions,
>>>> and also for the other's (Nicolas, Janne...) one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 15:55, Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you! I’ve come to the conclusion that of your proposals I like
>>>>> 5B the best. I like the wire-frame globe and that the plane below it is
>>>>> sort of the projected footprint of the globe. Additionally I like that the
>>>>> colors are simple (no shades and gradients) which I believe is more
>>>>> suitable for a logo. Additionally the red can be replaced with other colors
>>>>> depending on the context, for instance the OSGeo website which uses a black
>>>>> and green colorscheme.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /Kristian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Sylvain Beorchia <sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>
>>>>> *Sent:* 16. september 2019 13:55
>>>>> *To:* Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk>
>>>>> *Cc:* Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>; proj at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kristian,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've added a new version there
>>>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_3.png including your
>>>>> suggestion (9B)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 09:51, Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk> a
>>>>> écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Sylvain,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> These are indeed some good logo proposals. Like Even I also like the
>>>>> 2B/9A logo. I also like the 5B version. It would be interesting to see a
>>>>> combination of 5B and 9A. I like the wireframe globe and the red from 5B.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /Kristian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* PROJ <proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Sylvain
>>>>> Beorchia
>>>>> *Sent:* 14. september 2019 00:08
>>>>> *To:* Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>>>>> *Cc:* proj at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry bad link,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le sam. 14 sept. 2019 à 00:07, Sylvain Beorchia <
>>>>> sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Even,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I added your suggestion to the list (A9)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
>>>>> <http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le ven. 13 sept. 2019 à 23:49, Even Rouault <
>>>>> even.rouault at spatialys.com> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> On vendredi 13 septembre 2019 23:26:48 CEST Sylvain Beorchia wrote:
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Here are some few propositions for the PROJ logo :
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Sylvain. My preference would go to 2B, but perhaps with a
>>>>> uppercase J.
>>>>> Wondering if it wouldn't be better to enlarge a bit the green plane so
>>>>> that
>>>>> all letters (especially the P) are on it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Even
>>>>>
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