[ Closed ] #! CrunchBang Logo Competition (Page 1 of 11)

Oh no.. yet another thing to sap away more of my free time.

so I moved the ! to the right giving..

I'd use the first one.

Extent the two prongs of the # up one more, but leave the middle one where it is, that deals with the phallic look, and still leaves the ! in a solid white.

(just a suggestion)

it's using the definition of the "#" to make a whitespace "!"

Ahh. I hate to be a negative-nancy, but I don't think it works.

While I haven't had a chance yet to come up with any ideas, I have a few points that might (or might not) be useful for discussion:

1. Though there's not much in the way of guidelines, I think it's valuable that the logo be usable and legible at a variety of sizes (maybe from small icon size up to web banner size). Though if the winning entry comes in created in a bitmap editor like the Gimp, I'm sure I (or anyone else) could or should produce a final version in SVG format so that it is scalable for use in a variety of resolutions.

2. It hasn't been mentioned anywhere that I can find, but I'm assuming that the logo should work on a variety of backgrounds as well. I'm assuming the primary focus is for use on the web, although you might get into labelled CD's and labelled USB keys or something as well I'd assume. This kind of goes with point #1.

3. There's been no discussion of any text to go along with it, so I'm not sure if the 'crunchbang' text itself is up for modification. I know that the current logotype is based on Helvetica (which is non-free). I wonder if now is a good time to entertain something done in a free font face. I'm also not sure if such a thin font style will be applicable to the winning logo. I think both things should work together in the end or else it might look a bit slap-dash if you know what I mean.

4. If it's valuable, maybe there should be separate threads for submissions and for logo discussion. There might be some great ideas that people come up with on paper sketches or in rough form that merit discussion or critique. I'm notorious for revamping and reworking my own ideas (ad nauseum sometimes ) So it might be valuable to have a discussion/ideas thread in addition to the submission thread so you don't scroll through 8 pages of this thread with very similar but slightly different entries. I think it's valuable to get feedback on stuff.

Anyway, some stuff to think about.

IMO, according to crnchbng's simplicity (in a visual way), the best solution for the logotype is to leave it as it is. i mean the "#!" symbol here from header image / usplash theme / default wallpaper.

anything additional would be redundant and it can't look better than now. maybe made more color variations (eh, that's just black & white). no frames, more shapes, glass-effects, make-up.. just keep it simple.

that's just what i think..

redid it in the gimp

the ! is 50% transparent, the black # is 80% transparent

Last edited by pitje (2009-03-04 00:55:04)

Hope you don't mind, I was just playing a bit with your submission and found this to be less confusing visually (to me anyways):

Here's my first crack at it. I've shown it in a few different forms. The font is Nimbus Sans L. Not quite as light as the current font used, but otherwise it's just about as identical as you can get IMO.

I gotta say, I really like the direction the first was going in.  While the second set definitely exploits the "crossword" feel the block design created, I think it just ends up looking messy when all the extra lines are added in(with the notable exception of the slanted white on grey background one...that one looks quite slick).  The other issue of course is legibility when scaled down to small levels.  The nice thing about the "#!" is that it's easily recognizable at just about any size.

#!, enough said