Hello, thank you all again for your reactions. A lot of interesting comments here on logo design in general and a ConTeXt logo in particular. I'm honored that the new design has found its way into the Wiki, thanks Taco! @Lukas: I like the idea. Would be worth a try. @Floris vM: I'm glad that my nemesis on the matter felt himself challenged to make his own proposal. While I think it's too minimalistic (only insiders know what 'CTX' stands for), I like your idea of the subscript 'T'. Your concept with the crosses reminded me of the visual identity of Amsterdam. I do not see, however, how it reflects better "typesetting beautiful readable typography". And it lacks some colors ,-) Greetings! Paul
Although I don't think that it's a good idea to paint a car which doesn't work as it should in uncountable situations, I'd like to make a suggestion: When you're over the decision which tone the blues and reds should have, please put an .ico file or similar of the logo into the CTX distributions. My wish has to do with the way how Windows handles modifications to its user interface (UI). Having a fixed location and naming structure for a file icon would be a big improvement. If the CTX distribution always downloaded the logo.ico to some place which I just didn't find yet, ignore this mail. Thanks sincerly, Lars.
Am 2019-01-30 um 14:00 schrieb Paul Schalck
@Floris vM: I'm glad that my nemesis on the matter felt himself challenged to make his own proposal. While I think it's too minimalistic (only insiders know what 'CTX' stands for), I like your idea of the subscript 'T'. Your concept with the crosses reminded me of the visual identity of Amsterdam. I do not see, however, how it reflects better "typesetting beautiful readable typography". And it lacks some colors ,-)
You don’t need to understand the signs of a good logo (see e.g. Deutsche Bank). Floris’ proposal is clear and looks like math, that’s TeX-y enough IMO. Every good logo works without color, even if there is a color version. Myself, I suggest a Dodo as mascot. (Save the \dodo !) Greetlings, Hraban --- https://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.dreiviertelhaus.de GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD
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