[gmx-developers] hi-res peregrine for logo

Tue Nov 4 16:38:26 CET 2014

On 4 Nov 2014, at 15:27, Carsten Kutzner <ckutzne at gwdg.de> wrote:

> 
> 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’.

I second that. That's also why I suggested a more compact, or should I say rectangular, logo.

> 
> 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
>> Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics
>> Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
>> 381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052
>> dallas.warren at monash.edu
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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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