Project logo

[mpusz]

• Pint has one

• JSR 363 has one

• maybe we should have one too... ;-)

[TobiasWallner]

Logo 1 Universe

[mpusz]

Nice, thank you :-) Could you please split them to 3 separate posts so we can 👍 on each one separately?

[TobiasWallner]

Logo 2 3D Cube

[TobiasWallner]

Logo 3 HyperCube

[TobiasWallner]

Nice, thank you :-) Could you please split them to 3 separate posts so we can 👍 on each one separately?

Sure ;) here you go

[dev-0x7C6]

I can't help myself to remix those. This one is hard to overlook :-)

[TobiasWallner]

^^ this one is gold ... hahahahaha

[JohelEGP]

[mpusz]

I love the C++ logo and also take a lot of inspiration from it as well (see here: https://train-it.eu 😉). However, I am not sure how it relates to the units project? Does it mean that we are turning C++ on its head? 😉

[JohelEGP]

I didn't consider that interpretation.

[i-ky]

I was thinking about taking C++ logo and making "C" part into a caliper or micrometer measuring the "++" part.

[ka-ba]

This is an old issue, but I just discovered it. Since I saw that you define mag_pi I thought you should have a logo featuring a Magpie. :grinning: I'm not good at abstracting images, but the bird looks like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magpie_(15563869424).jpg

[mpusz]

What do you think about this one?

[JohelEGP]

However, I am not sure how it relates to the units project? Does it mean that we are turning C++ on its head? 😉

It's just turning the C 90° to make an U.

[mpusz]

It's just turning the C 90° to make an U.

Oh, now I get it. I didn't think about the alphabet. I was looking for a symbolic meaning to it...

I tried to draw @i-ky's micrometer suggestion, and I ended up with the above. However, the more I played with it, the more I liked your "U" version of the logo, as it also serves nicely as an icon thanks to its squared shape.

[mpusz]

Please let me know what you think about the following:

I based it on the @JohelEGP idea but changed the logo and icon to be exactly squared, which made the "U" a bit longer rather than wider. Also, following @i-ky suggestion, I lowered both "+" signs so it looks a bit like a micrometer measuring the contents.

I also provided the option with no background, as it looks much better in many places.

This is how both of them look in the documentation: https://mpusz.github.io/mp-units/2.2. A color version is used as a favicon, while the mono version is the project logo in the docs.

Also, this is how it looks in the social media preview:

[RalphSteinhagen]

I cannot help it but I still like this the most (pick a different mascot if you will :smile: ):

Originally posted by @dev-0x7C6 in https://github.com/mpusz/mp-units/issues/175#issuecomment-731567498

[chiphogg]

Try as I might, squint as I might, I just can't see it as a "U". It looks like a "sideways C" to me.

It also "feels wrong" that there are two pluses, but the calipers are measuring the width of one.

I'm hard pressed to come up with specific improvements. Making it more "caliper-like" also makes it less "U-like", because U's don't curve inwards. Maybe there's just some other region of logo design space we should be poking around in?

[mpusz]

Yes, I am not a graphics designer, but hopefully, someone with more skills and experience will read this thread and propose something better.

[mpusz]

So maybe something straightforward like this?

No background

• main

• white

• social card example

[mpusz]

With background

• main

• transparent

• social card example

[chiphogg]

While it's too bad to lose the "calipers" idea, I like the new logo a lot better!

[JohelEGP]

How about something like this?

[JohelEGP]

Even if arbitrary, I think it'd be nice to preserve the three shades in the background in their same shape and orientation:

[mpusz]

How about something like this?

Smaller plus signs or small caliper handle gets totally unreadable when we deal with a small logo or favicon.

[mpusz]

While it's too bad to lose the "calipers" idea, I like the new logo a lot better!

@chiphogg, which one? With or without the background?

[chiphogg]

I think I prefer the version with the background overall.

[mpusz]

Even if arbitrary, I think it'd be nice to preserve the three shades in the background in their same shape and orientation:

If those colors do not match shapes, they do not look right and also make it harder for small factors or putting them on a colored background (see social media examples). Also, note that the C++ logo is longer horizontally while U is longer vertically, so without rotation, it also looked bad.

[mpusz]

I think I prefer the version with the background overall.

Here are also screenshots from the docs for both cases:

Check both the logo and favicon.

[mpusz]

While it's too bad to lose the "calipers" idea, I like the new logo a lot better!

Yes, the caliper or micrometer was a nice idea, but it did not look nice.

However, "U++" also has an interesting meaning by itself:

• it is implemented in C++
• introduces new abstractions to the market (e.g., systems of quantities).