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List:       amarok-devel
Subject:    Re: The new splash screen
From:       Seb Ruiz <ruiz () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-03-12 22:50:33
Message-ID: 60ebdd0b1003121450i3b9305edk772d62e4368c31d7 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 12 March 2010 09:34, Pierre Dumuid <pmdumuid@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 03/12/10 04:19, Ian Monroe wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Pierre Dumuid<pmdumuid@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any chance the SVG / source for the new splash screen could be
>>> placed somewhere?
>>>
>>> Also, I am rather curious at the font used in the amarok logo.  I
>>> noticed that the "a" is a different width to the "m" which is different
>>> to the "ar" and the "K"..  I've seen the logo elsewhere and know this
>>> has been around for quite a while, but is that really desired?
>>>
>>>
>>> How many logos have you seen with a fixed-width font? Maybe some
>>> computer companies in the 80s. :D
>>>
>>>
>>> Umm, Actually most of them! I started thinking of brand names off the top of
>>> my head, and google'd their logos:
>>>
>>> Fixed: Google,facebook, slashdot, digg, intel, abc, ubuntu, microsoft,
>>>
>> We're obviously having a communication failure. The l in Google is
>> clearly not the same width as the o.
>>
>> Anyways, regarding the Amarok logo, logos aren't something thats a
>> good idea to change. Companies only do it once every few decades, I
>> figure we should be the same.
>>
>
> Maybe we're from a different country, the widths of the google logo all
> look the same to me.  Anyhow, I'm fine with not changing it, just raised
> it wondering if there was a reason for the variations in font width for
> each letter.

You think that's bad? Google Australia's site is all down under.
http://ǝlƃooƃ.net


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Seb Ruiz

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