Re: [boost] Proposal for new variants of the Boost logo.

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal for new variants of the Boost logo.
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-18 01:52:40

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Paul A. Bristow
<pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Sorry to top post on my own message but the previous one didn't appear as I had
> hoped.
>
> I've *attached* a new suggestion for variants of the Boost logo - "Inspired for
> Boost".
>
> To recap:
>
> "Powered by Boost" - for code the just *uses* Boost.  An 'acknowledgement and
> thank you' logo.
>
> "Inspired by Boost" - For anything that isn't 'official Boost' - but perhaps
> aspires to become a Boost library.
>
> (We could similarly produce a "Proposed for Boost"  for libraries in the (long)
> review queue).
>
> Paul
>
> PS I've attached the logos as svg and png.
>
> Depending on your browser, you will see how nicely the svg version displays with
> increasing size - but that the font Denmark chosen isn't supported by Firefox.
> I suspect we could use another more common font instead, perhaps Arial italic?
>
> If you use MS IE (without the Adobe addin) you won't see anything at all from
> the svg versions :-(
>
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I really like the phrasing.  However, to avoid confusion and any sense
of misunderstanding, I think the 'Inspired by' would need to be bigger
- to the point of significantly overlapping  'boost'.  Otherwise I'd
feel 'sneaky' about using it - as it still looks like I'm trying to
associate myself with boost more than I deserve.

It also has less 'strength' of meaning than 'for use with' (or
'complements') because 'inspired' could mean almost anything...

Tony