[gmx-developers] hi-res peregrine for logo

Tue Nov 4 16:28:15 CET 2014

On 04 Nov 2014, at 16:04, Lee-Ping Wang <leeping at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hi there,
>  
> I’m not a graphic designer, but here are my thoughts:
>  
> 1)      If the text is to the right of the peregrine falcon, it looks like it’s flying into the words.  I think it’s better for the words to be behind the bird, and for it to be looking beyond the image.  I like Mark’s latest design best (gromacs-logo-square-gromacs-on-top.jpg).
>  
> 2)      I would explore different fonts.  With the current font, the first two letters of “flexible” are running together which looks a bit weird.
It’s called a ligature and probably intended :)

>  Helvetica is a good sans serif font. 
>  
> 3)      I liked the dark blue for GROMACS on the first page of the manual since it provides a subtle color accent (in addition to the bird’s yellow beak and feet).
>  
> I’m attaching a slightly modified version of Mark’s latest logo where I changed the fonts and moved things around a bit.  I tried to give the bird more space, and made the words “fast flexible free” follow the outline of the bird’s wing and tail.
We should keep in mind, though, that space is often limited for a logo 
(not on the cover of the manual, but on other places like in the edge of a slide).
That means, the more space you are putting around the letters, the smaller
they will be in a space-limited environment. Especially thin fonts could
get difficult to read then. That is not really a problem, if one can not
read the “fast flexible free” but it would be sad if one cannot even read
the ‘Gromacs’. Therefore, I vote for using a somewhat bolder font at least
for the word ’Gromacs’.

Carsten

>  
> If you’re interested, here’s the Dropbox link to the Photoshop file (it’s 300 KB and too large to post to this list):https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5381783/gromacs-logo-lpw.psd
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> -          Lee-Ping
>  
> From: gromacs.org_gmx-developers-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se [mailto:gromacs.org_gmx-developers-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se] On Behalf Of Dallas Warren
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:40 PM
> To: gmx-developers at gromacs.org
> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] hi-res peregrine for logo
>  
> Suggestion from a random user … I would be very surprised if there is not a graphics designer on the emailing list, someone to volunteer to give it a real professional, polished look?
>  
> Having said that, some of the ones coming through are nice, clear and clean.
>  
> Catch ya,
> 
> Dr. Dallas Warren
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> From: gromacs.org_gmx-developers-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se [mailto:gromacs.org_gmx-developers-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se] On Behalf Of Mark Abraham
> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2014 10:45 PM
> To: Discussion list for GROMACS development
> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] hi-res peregrine for logo
>  
> Hi,
>  
> Here's a sample. I ditched the landscape and portrait ideas (the latter was too hard). I'm no graphic designer, so criticise away! :-)
>  
> Mark
>  
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Thanks, David has supplied the originals off-line (and he has the rights to their use for Gromacs).
>  
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Szilárd Páll <pall.szilard at gmail.com> wrote:
> An alternative logo design that includes both name and falcon could be
> nice too - and I think it's been considered before.
>  
> Yes I was thinking of something like
>  
> Gromacs
>   Fast
>   Flexible
>   Free
>  
> plus falcon on various sides, so we have landscape and portrait variations.
>  
> I plan to skip the Groningen Machine for Chemical Simulations thing, unless anyone feels strongly about it.
>  
> Mark
>  
> --
> Szilárd
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was considering making some official Gromacs logos (if we don't have such
> > already?). Does anybody have an original hi-res version of our favourite
> > peregrine
> > (https://github.com/gromacs/gromacs/blob/master/docs/manual/plots/peregrine.jpg).
> > Hi-res is important if someone ever wants to print it on a poster, etc.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mark
> >
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