Wedge

I've updated post #722 with more logos.
- wedgelogof is the current sidebar logo (still my favorite)
- petal3 and petal4 are variations of an earlier logo, using green this time. I also changed the font to Segoe UI which is slightly taller (you'd have to look close, though.) And the slogan is no longer in italics.
- I removed the logos that didn't really cut it.

If you think the current logo is perfect, then all is good. Other than that, you can say if you prefer the slogan's regular font, or the Segoe UI version of the wedge text, or one of the alternative petal symbols (they're the same, it's just that one has a small drop shadow on it.)

My favorite is simple_green, but wedgelevelf is also quite good. But the slogan seems a bit bold, could be a little lighter. Just my two cents.

@Pete> That one isn't in the list..?
@Jorin> I take it you mean simply-green? It's pretty close to the current one indeed, with a slightly redder red, and no drop shadow. I should try and make a version with a very subtle drop shadow, I don't know... It used to be important because the logo was shown on top of a complex background, but I chose to go for a flat background now, so even the slogan doesn't have to be bold to be readable, so I should look into that as well.

You said that was the one currently in the sidebar... that's the one I like most compared to the other options that are there - but I can't tell you for why exactly.

The sidebar logo is wedgelevelf, not wedgelogof ;)

Sorry for all the silly filenames... My FTP connection usually logs me out after like 20 seconds of inactivity and it's very slow to navigate the top-level folder (because of the hundreds of files it has), so when I get to upload new files, I usually think of renaming them at the last moment and there you go, I can only think of stupid names in a few seconds ;)

Not according to post 748: :PHrm, not sure what to suggest about that, other than putting it in another folder somewhere, and using SFTP rather than FTP (which expressly doesn't have the concept of chdir, you just set an absolute location instead)

- Oh... Sorry then ;)
- oh it's no biggie, I'm used to that, and it's only for uploading logos that I need to access the root...

So the small logo was updated in the main files - perhaps the favicon needs updating as well?

Yeah, and the badges too...

Although I haven't yet settled on the 'final' logo, hence my reluctance to update everything complicated like the badges or launching an icon editor to make the favicon :P

(Look at page 49, in the usual post... I added a few alternative font tests a few days ago. Didn't mention it because it looked better in the editor than resized in the browser I suppose :P)

GIMP can save ico files :P

I have to admit I didn't notice the post had been updated, though I'm actually liking all the font combinations - they all work, with the one exception of the brown/blue colour pairing with the brown/green logo, that doesn't work so well, but all the fonts themselves do!

The point is precisely for me to test new logos without having anyone comment on them, or at least not within the next hour or so, leaving me enough time to remove those test logos I didn't like... :P (And yeah, I uploaded over there quite a good number of logos which I removed later.)Yup, the blue text one sucks, I only really like ca153.png in the list. And the small versions -- it's where it shines, I'd say. I think that particular font is better at small sizes than the Segoe UI I'm using in the current logo. However, the 'g' is a bit too busy for my taste. I tried using another font just for that particular letter (!) but didn't find anything convincing...
For what it's worth, my neighbor, who I discuss my logos with from time to time, likes petal3.png best. She hasn't seen the new font though. I'm still a bit torn between the two logos really. simply-green.png has my preference when it comes to color complementing themselves, but unfortunately I failed to saved that particular file so I'd have to rebuild it from a close color. Also, simply-green would need a subtle drop shadow at that size, but whenever I add one, even very transparent, it tends to ruin the other colors. Uh.

Not that it matters MUCH... :^^;:

It's no less important, really, than some of the hooks I've added today. Designing a logo is both art and science, because it reflects your creativity but it also indicates things to those observing it, and that early impression can be important too.

I'm not sure 'instinct' and 'creativity' always overlap... I trust my instincts more than my skills here.