On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 09:51:10PM -0700, Ryan Rix wrote: > Hey everyone; > > I need some advice on how to use the Fedora logo. According to > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines it's okay to use change > the typeface of the Fedora text to white if the color backing it is Fedora > blue (under "Never Use the Logo on Similarly-Colored Backgrounds"); Now, if I > wanted put the logo on top of the Constantine wallpaper, the contrast is very > bad, and nearly illegible, since it's very close to Pantone 2935 in many > places. > > Would it be a grey area to make the Fedora typeface white in this case? See > [1] for a screenshot of what we are talking about.. What would be the best way > to do this? CCing design-team's list -- good idea to ask logo-related questions there. It's definitely recommended to make the Fedora typeface white in this case -- if you can't read "Fedora" without squinting, change it. > The code currently loads the png from /usr/share/pixmaps/fedora-logo-small.png > and generates the "Welcome to" text from MgOpen Modata Bold in the same > Panotone 2935 of the logo typeface. If the logo typeface was made white, it > would constitute keeping a separate image in the Fedora-tour data directory or > adding another image to the fedora-logos package, I'd assume? The former is > not a Good Thing, and the latter would probably take some intervention with > Fedora-legal? I'm not sure of the details, tbh. What are everyone's thoughts? > Any workarounds come to mind? Filing a bug against fedora-logos and attaching the proposed PNG with a rationale would probably do the trick. -- Ian Weller <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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