On Jan 17, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Josh Andler wrote:
Here is the current "official" icon for Inkscape: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33304731/inkscape.zip
Cheers, Josh
Thanks for that Josh. Are there usage guidelines available for it too? Or is everyone free to do what they want with it (including changing the colours etc.)?
On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:35 PM, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
2011/1/17 Hinerangi Courtenay <duckgoesoink@...400...>:
Personally I really don't like the use of the faux 3D icon as a logo for the website - in my mockups I've been using the flat 2D version, because it follows logo design principles - clean, timeless, simple, recognizable, universal. (icon != logo)
There is nothing wrong with having more than one version of the logo for different mediums, as long as the logo remains recognizable (and in our case it does). The faux 3D icon is richer and better looking than the simple black and white ink-mountain symbol. I think that for a website, using the 3D icon is good. For other mediums that can't satisfactorily reproduce the 3D icon, we can use the flat symbol (icon with all filters removed).
Yes, usually there are different versions for different mediums (black and white, greyscale, logo alone, logo + logotype, etc). As to the faux 3D icon being richer and better looking, well that comes down to personal preference. :-) It's less common to use icons for website branding, but I'm open to difference. In any case, it should be made available to download and easy to find on the website, to encourage use of the correct version or acceptable variations.
Cheers, Hinerangi Courtenay