About the MX Linux logo

[Eadwine Rose]

Something to keep in mind: you cannot and will never please everyone. One will say yay, the other nay, and when you change a minor thing to please the nay, the yay goes ugh.


Another thing: your work may never get used, and things will stay as they are. It's up to you to throw in a lot of effort, but realize that you could very well be doing it for naught. You have to be ok with that.

[richb]

@Eadwine Rose
+1

[Huckleberry Finn]

Just a tiny addition to my examples:

There are also bad examples. The first one that comes to mind is "Subaru" .

Hoping not to be misunderstood, not the car/company/their quality ... just the logo.


Furthermore, the logo is "not ugly", it's even nice looking ..but just when it's a big picture..

When it's a badge on the car or a small icon on pc/phone.. all those stars (like the Australian flag) are lost, no one will even notice there are stars, one is bigger cause that represents the island A .. etc.. and they just cause the whole thing look misty, unclear... Therefore, even a plain SUBARU would be better imho.

[Freja]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/154078448 ... datetaken/

My passion for MX improvement is real.
I never gave up and improved.

Emphasizing the "stamp-like" feeling when built into the system,
following the conventional concept as much as possible,
I designed it in the direction of adjusting the overall balance with the
“design that hides the left leg of X” that dolphin_oracle liked.
(I also made a version with circles, just in case.)


https://www.flickr.com/photos/154078448 ... datetaken/

Even if you make this small or see it from a distance, it is OK.

PS. The SONY logo has also changed the overall balance,
such as the weight of the typeface,
several times to match the times. It's a keep concept.

Of course, this is just one suggestion.
I don't want to lose my friend, so I'll wait and see.


Latest more Bold line ver.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/154078448 ... datetaken/

[uncle mark]

At least it's not new KIA logo...

LOL. That's one I actually think was well done. We'll see how it ages.

[AVLinux]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/154078448 ... datetaken/

My passion for MX improvement is real.
I never gave up and improved.

Emphasizing the "stamp-like" feeling when built into the system,
following the conventional concept as much as possible,
I designed it in the direction of adjusting the overall balance with the
“design that hides the left leg of X” that dolphin_oracle liked.
(I also made a version with circles, just in case.)


https://www.flickr.com/photos/154078448 ... datetaken/

Even if you make this small or see it from a distance, it is OK.

PS. The SONY logo has also changed the overall balance,
such as the weight of the typeface,
several times to match the times. It's a keep concept.

Of course, this is just one suggestion.
I don't want to lose my friend, so I'll wait and see.

Wow, that's coming along very nicely!

[Freja]

only the balance changed
There is no change in the essence of the design.
In other words, even if renewed
To the user, "Is it a little new?"
I think it just seems

But if the left and right logos are
If it existed at the beginning of MX history,
Which would you choose?
(Although it is mostly a matter of individual senses.)

I'll admit, like Jackseller, I turned a blind eye to (the balance of) the logo.
I couldn't help but feel that it was a little unfashionable compared to other distribution logos.
My beloved MX wants the balance of the logo to be the coolest in the world.

People might think he(me)'s a silly passionate idiot.
You might think it's a small thing. It takes a lot of effort to system change.

But I figured if the logo of my beloved distro was even make slightly cooler, I'd give it a try.

Maybe this case will play out as Eadwine Rose says.
Hopefully, you think he(me)'s a lovable idiot.

[Eadwine Rose]

With that response most definitely haha!

[asqwerth]

Thanks for tagging me, @Jerry3904 @Freja . I have been really occupied with real life.

My thoughts:
1. I would not mind changing to a more modern font. Agree with @AVLinux 's points

2. I am ok with the current MX logo but the thing that bugged me about it was that it was not that symmetrical. It always felt slanted to the right in my eyes, esp when placed within a box.

3. So if I am to consider whether any of the proposals here would be an improvement in terms of balance, yet with a callback to the current logo, I would say that Freja's original logo, as modified by @8bit here: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 92#p709792 would be something I would consider. The partial circle surrounding the logo, with the "X" more centred within, makes it work. Then having 8bit's idea of hiding the bottom bits of the X helps by reducing the number of lines in the logo -- Cleaner look.

@Melber 's variation of 8bit's also works in this respect, https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 99#p709799 though I still prefer 8bit's take on Freja's original as being cleaner.

Overall this look is nice and square, and will fit on a button.

Freja's layout and proposed font here: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 68#p709868 , will work with 8bit's variation for things like say a banner or title.

Freja's subsequent logos give me the same lopsided feel as our current logo, so wouldn't be an improvement IMO.


4. If we wanted a complete change to something very modern, @Amigo 's logo here https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 37#p709937 is great, but because it's a bit too horizontally long, I would prefer it squashed as suggested by @ceeslans here: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 98#p709998

That way, it will fit in a more square button for things like icons. Otherwise it will take up too much horizontal space on a panel.

It's very cool, and I really like the "forward movement" energy it exudes. My one reservation is that for some reason I keep seeing a masked cartoon cat's face in that logo, haha.

5. I don't think we are big enough to suffer from loss of "brand" recognition just because of a change of logo. I think people know us more as MX Linux rather than know us from the logo.

6. No idea yet if we are actually going to change the logo, that is something for the Dev team to discuss (we hadn't thought about it!). But certainly, the 2 ideas above deserve some consideration.


Kudos to all involved in coming up with and/or modifying the various logos: in particular Freja, 8bit, Melber, Amigo, ceeslans

[Jerry3904]

Useful and insightful, as always.