{"url": "https://de.localwiki.org/api/v4/pages/15872/", "name": "Logo brainstorming", "slug": "logo brainstorming", "content": "
\n\tWhat should the logo for the sf wiki be?
\n\n\tEye in the Pyramid. \u2014BrentLaabs
\n\n\tThe Golden Gate Bridge combined with the Transamerica Pyramid. \u2014Jedron
\n\n\t2007-09-07 07:41:19 \u00a0 Sutro tower? fog? Cable car? \u2014AmyZimmerman
\n\n\t2007-09-23 00:46:22 \u00a0 This may sound kind of weird... but perhaps some kind of abstract pattern? One idea could be something mimicking the brick circles around the embarcadero center. Landmarks are nice but may be a bit too cliche. Here is what I'm talking about. \u2014DanielWorthington
\n\n\t2007-09-23 13:01:49 \u00a0 Yeah, I vote against landmarks, too. At least no overused landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge. The circles a nice, but they might be a little too abstract. We need something that can be associated with the city. \u2014NumiaCairaguas
\n\n\t2007-09-23 13:07:56 \u00a0 Idea roll: Hills, fog, the bay, gold, missions, peace signs, international issues, earthquakes... \u2014NumiaCairaguas
\n\n\t2007-09-23 20:07:45 \u00a0 Simple sillouette-ish image of skyline. No cable cars, golden gate, etc. Combining too many things (like on the typical state quarter) makes it too busy. \u2014KaiTing
\n\n\t2007-09-28 18:32:36 \u00a0 A curvy double lined lettering ala the muni logo Herebut saying SFWIKI \u2014ElijahCombs
\n\n\t2007-10-04 13:01:49 \u00a0 I tried scribbling out something that looked like the muni logo for \"WIKI\" but I couldn't get it to look decent. Can anyone else scribble it well? Maybe it's not possible? Maybe I suck at scribbling? \u2014PhilipNeustrom
\n\n\t2007-10-04 22:02:01 \u00a0 Oh, the MUNI idea is interesting. I tried a messy preliminary scribbling of \"WIKI\" just for kicks. It's not logo-material yet, but it's readable. Do we want the logo to be a word, though? How would we incorporate \"San Francisco\" into it? SFWIKI sounds good, but there's already a wiki with that name. \u2014NumiaCairaguas
\n\n\t2007-10-05 00:50:58 \u00a0 Maybe something like this? \u2014AmyZimmerman
\n\n\tHere's a side-by-side of the muni font and amy's design:
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\n\n\tI think the capitalized version fits the muni logo parody much better. We should nudge the letters together a bit more, and do a tad bit of cleanup. The K in the font looks better, I think. \u2014PhilipNeustrom
\n\n\tIt's ELI's design! \u2014AmyZimmerman
\n\n\tI think \"WIKI\" should be smaller inside the circle and the original font for \"SF\" is way better, even the color. - MikeIvanov
\n\n\tAmy, do you remember what font you used for the \"SF\" part?
\n\n\tEli says to try and experiment with non-circle muni-like designs, a-la what's on the buses/stops (rather than what's on the website).
\n\n\t2007-10-10 11:35:26 \u00a0 I agree that the Arial font looks better, but the gray looks really weird when it's placed up in the top logo area. \u2014PhilipNeustrom
\n\n\tsfwiki_muni_draft_custom.svg
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\n\n\t2007-10-12 07:54:13 \u00a0 I don't like that so much. The I is inconsistent. Although the main reason the Muni logo is so cool is because it flows like that... \u2014AmyZimmerman
\n\n\tI don't think there's really a way to make the \"I\" totally consistent. The question is: can you tell it's an \"I?\" Maybe we could add a dot to it if it's not clear? Hmmm... What I like about the \"customized\" logo is that it's a lot more elaborate and looks like more work went into it, and so it could stand on it's own, so to speak.
\n\n\tThe \"I\" isn't visible by itself, but I can tell that it says WIKI. My mind interprets it as WIKI. Have any of you heard about that word-recognition experiment where all the words in a paragraph were scrambled, but the first and last letters of every word were left in place? It looked like gibberish, but it was totally readable. It turned out that most people's minds read by paying attention to the first and last letters of words. The rest of the letters were just shapes that the mind recognized, no matter the order. The MUNI style logo is kind of like that. \u2014NumiaCairaguas
\n\n\t2007-10-19 03:10:45
\n\n\t (actual muni logo)
\n\n\t (another draft logo)
\n\n\tThe latter is what you get if you apply the \"rules\" of the former \u2014 at least in my mind. \u2014CJ
\n\n\t2007-10-19 15:21:45 \u00a0 It might be better to ignore the rules of the original muni sign and make the \"I\" into two vertical lines instead of one solid one. even though they don't do that in the muni one it might look truer to the original that way. \u2014MatthiasGropp
\n\n\tYou mean the final \"I\"?
\n\n\t2007-10-20 14:04:58
\n\n\t (actual muni logo)
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\n\n\tHow's this? \u2014CJ
\n\n\t2007-11-01 15:09:21 \u00a0 How's this for a favicon: ? \u2014HimySyed
\n\n\t2007-11-02 08:22:52 \u00a0 I'd prefer a static icon, but if we were to use an animated one I think it should be a lot shorter. \u2014AmyZimmerman
\n\n\t2007-11-09 18:25:41 \u00a0 I like the current one, but I think the \"S\" and the \"F\" should be slightly closer together. \u2014Mingwong
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