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=== Fedora 14 Alpha Artwork ===
=== Droid versus Cantarell ===


As scheduled, at the latest weekly IRC meeting<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002995.html</ref> the Design Team decided on the "winning" concept for Fedora 14 "We decided to go with [[User:kybaker|Kyle Baker]]'s latest iteration for the alpha". The team is interested in receive feedback as early as possible, so [[User:mso|Martin Sourada]] wrote a blog post<ref>http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2010/07/f14-laughling-wallpapers-package.html</ref> pushed to Planet<ref>http://planet.fedoraproject.org/</ref>. The package is being built and will land into Rawhide soon.
[[User:emichan|Emily Dirsh]] created a web application<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003011.html</ref> for easy comparison of Droid Sans and Cantarell, so the Design Team can chose one of them as a branding body text "Everyone go and try it out so we can pick a font already" and with this visual comparison a number of team members favoured<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003016.html</ref> Cantarell "I'm definitely liking Cantarell more. Like Nicu said, it feels it has more breathing spacing and I think is a bit easier to read." The topic was also discussed at the team's weekly meeting<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-August/003084.html</ref> and it was decided to try Cantarell and look for alternatives for unsupported locales, like Cyrillic and CJK.


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=== Design Team Weekly Meeting ===
=== Logo Updates ===


[[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] started a debate<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002961.html</ref> about the efficiency of the Design Team weekly IRC meetings "Are you able to make the meetings? Are you going? If not, how come? Is there anything we could change about the meetings to make them easier for you to attend? How can we make the meetings more fun?". [[User:schendje|Jef van Schendel]] supported<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002965.html</ref> extended talks "I think the idea of having extended discussions after the meetings would be great", [[User:mbenitez|Martha Benitez]] pointed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002973.html</ref> to them as a good learning experience "I find the meetings a good way to learn more about all this and they are certainly an opportunity to get more involved" and [[User:nicubunu|Nicu Buculei]] encouraged<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002966.html</ref> more the social part "I think we should do more socializing at those meetings, even if we do less work done."
[[User:ianweller|Ian Weller]] reported<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003041.html</ref> about his meeting with [[User:pchestek|Pamela Chestek]] about logo changes "Yesterday I met with Pam Chestek, Red Hat's Senior IP Attorney, about
 
some of the requested and proposed changes to Fedora's trademarks", the short conclusion is: the TM sign on the logo is changed to the Comfortaa font, the font for the logo wordmark itself remains the same Bryant 2, Comfortaa is going to be used also instead of MgOpen Modata in the Foundations and FUDCon artwork. Pamela added<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003045.html</ref> additional explanation about the decision to keep the logo unmodified "It is a significant undertaking to rebrand, but in addition to the sheer work of pushing out a change, the lack of consistency during the transition adversely impacts recognizability and creates (at a minimum) subconscious uncertainty about the authenticity and reliability of the brand" and logo distribution "we're pretty clear in all the information
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we provide about when and how someone has permission to use our logos, so the fact that someone gets their hands on an svg (or png for that
 
matter) can't be construed as permission to use the logo"
=== The Comfortaa Font ===
 
[[User:fabsh|Fabian A. Scherschel]] reopened<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002940.html</ref> the talk about introducing Comfortaa as the new secondary font for Fedora branding with a complaint about the shape of one letter "As I mentioned in the meeting yesterday, I love the way Comfortaa looks and I think it goes well with the Fedora logo, the only problem I have with it
is the way the capital 'i' looks" and at the latest IRC meeting<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002995.html</ref>, after a few weeks of evaluation, the Design Team decided in favor of Comfortaa, the evaluation for the body text is still open "We still need to make a Droid Sans vs. Cantarell decision."
 
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=== New Join Page ===
 
After [[User:tw2113|Michael Beckwith]] created<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002745.html</ref> a new 'Join Page' for the Design Team<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_Design_Team</ref> and [[User:emichan|Emily Dirsh]] added<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/002989.html</ref> a round of improvements from the perspective of a new contributor, the page went live<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design#Joining_the_Design_Team</ref>, there is hopping this will make easier for new people to start contributing.


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Revision as of 10:15, 4 August 2010

Design

In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1].

Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei

  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork

Droid versus Cantarell

Emily Dirsh created a web application[1] for easy comparison of Droid Sans and Cantarell, so the Design Team can chose one of them as a branding body text "Everyone go and try it out so we can pick a font already" and with this visual comparison a number of team members favoured[2] Cantarell "I'm definitely liking Cantarell more. Like Nicu said, it feels it has more breathing spacing and I think is a bit easier to read." The topic was also discussed at the team's weekly meeting[3] and it was decided to try Cantarell and look for alternatives for unsupported locales, like Cyrillic and CJK.

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003011.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003016.html
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-August/003084.html

Logo Updates

Ian Weller reported[1] about his meeting with Pamela Chestek about logo changes "Yesterday I met with Pam Chestek, Red Hat's Senior IP Attorney, about some of the requested and proposed changes to Fedora's trademarks", the short conclusion is: the TM sign on the logo is changed to the Comfortaa font, the font for the logo wordmark itself remains the same Bryant 2, Comfortaa is going to be used also instead of MgOpen Modata in the Foundations and FUDCon artwork. Pamela added[2] additional explanation about the decision to keep the logo unmodified "It is a significant undertaking to rebrand, but in addition to the sheer work of pushing out a change, the lack of consistency during the transition adversely impacts recognizability and creates (at a minimum) subconscious uncertainty about the authenticity and reliability of the brand" and logo distribution "we're pretty clear in all the information we provide about when and how someone has permission to use our logos, so the fact that someone gets their hands on an svg (or png for that matter) can't be construed as permission to use the logo"

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003041.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-July/003045.html
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