streem Logo?

I was thinking a png icon along the lines of: streem

BTW, I'm not really that great at drawing, so any other icons would be great!

Dec 24 '14 20:12 alexispurslane

Streem A matz language.

Dec 24 '14 20:12 naturalethic

@naturalethic I like that. Hold on...... streem2

Dec 24 '14 20:12 alexispurslane

Now, back to working on a package manager............

Dec 24 '14 20:12 alexispurslane

How about using the actual pipe syntax for the logo? I believe we're currently using | but discussing something like |> if I remember correctly. Also, I don't think Streem should be in all caps. I can play around with making some SVG and PNG icons if you want.

@matz Did you have any logo ideas yourself, or any comments on what I said or anything else in this thread?

Dec 24 '14 21:12 nickserv

Also, I'm assuming that Streem is going to have at least a few Japanese speaking users. I noticed that the Ruby website is currently using Noto Sans, which if I remember correctly includes Japanese characters (or at least has a font for Japanese in the same family). Should we use Noto Sans or a similar font for Streem's logo and branding to provide a more consistent visual experience for non-English speaking users?

Dec 24 '14 21:12 nickserv

Yes, probably. Also, what do you mean by using |> in the logo?

Dec 24 '14 21:12 alexispurslane

For example, replacing the three waves with |> or some sort of similar stream operator.

Dec 24 '14 21:12 nickserv

I just noticed that the Japanese version of the Ruby website uses Latin characters for the Ruby logo (I probably should have assumed this before...), so I don't think we should need to limit ourselves to Noto unless we want the same body font for the website (which I don't think we would).

Dec 24 '14 21:12 nickserv

I'm thinking about either Raleway Regular or Noto Serif Bold for the "Streem" font, with some sort of blue (I'm liking "Blue" on http://clrs.cc/ so far).

Dec 24 '14 22:12 nickserv

How about this: streem2

Dec 24 '14 22:12 alexispurslane

@matz any suggestions?

Dec 24 '14 23:12 alexispurslane

I'm working on an SVG logo, it's tricky to get the |> to look right. I'll post it when it's done.

Dec 25 '14 01:12 nickserv

Cool!! I can't wait to see it. Mine we kinda ugly.

Dec 25 '14 01:12 alexispurslane

Here's my work so far. Let me know if you have any comments, or if you want the fonts/colors/SVG/etc.

Dec 26 '14 23:12 nickserv

That's really good. I can't see anything that should be changed.

Dec 27 '14 00:12 alexispurslane

Thanks! :smile: I'm open to suggestions though, I'm sure I/we can figure out some sort of way to improve it.

Anyway, if you like this, I can upload the SVG somewhere (I'm using Inkscape) in case someone wants to play around with it or export it in different ways.

Dec 27 '14 00:12 nickserv

By the way, I'm still interested in what sort of logos we can come up with that use wave symbols (like what @naturalethic posted), though I do like how the |> operator looks in the logo so far.

Dec 27 '14 00:12 nickserv

Personally, I prefer using the |> symbol in the icon. But maybe we could put another one on the other side, so it looks less like a command prompt?

Dec 27 '14 00:12 alexispurslane

Here's what it looks like with the symbol twice.

I personally like the simplicity of only having it in front, and it looks more like most logos. However, I do like how it makes it look like "Streem" is going between some streams itself.

Dec 27 '14 00:12 nickserv

Having two symbols clearly associates flow and pipes and such with streem, clearly communicating what it is about. I also noticed something else though. The pipes are larger than any of the other letters. That looks awkward. Maybe you could make the font on the pipes smaller.

Dec 27 '14 00:12 alexispurslane

It's actually like that in the font (Raleway). It seems like most fonts have pretty tall pipes. The symbols are the same font size as the text, just with a heavier weight. Do you want me to try scaling them vertically to the height of the text or something like that?

Also, oops, looks like I forgot to vertically center the last >!

Dec 27 '14 02:12 nickserv

Also, if we want to collaborate on this logo, how about I make a pull request? That way we can comment on diffs and stuff.

Dec 27 '14 02:12 nickserv

Yeah, that might be a good idea. I do like the font, but maybe you could make the font of the pipes smaller than the rest of the text, but still bold. It is looking cool so far though! I do have Inkscape, so we could collaborate. I'm no artist though.