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Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:26:08 -0400
From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban flag, my take
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I have a hunch about why the existing official logo and flag (although
not bad) is aesthetically weak. It's entirely lines. The lines are
uniformly thin along their length, like that of a flimsy utilitarian
wireframe rather than an arresting visual eye-catcher. My own tastes
lean toward shapes filled with color and no lines at all; or at least
when I make a logo with lines it's either thick bars, or
dynamically-curved thick-to-thin strokes as seen in kanji ideograms.
The idea behind the logo has always been good, but your implementation
of it is a strong one.
-epkat


On 8/28/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> Matt Arnold wrote:
> > I would recognize that as a Lojban flag even if I hadn't been told. I
> > think the horizontal/vertical lines need to be thicker.
> 
> I wanted to keep them a little thin so as to make it clear
> they are more lines than bars. I'll look into it again.
> 
> Hal
> 
> > -epkat.
> >
> > On 8/27/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> >
> >>I've noticed that there seem to be slight variations
> >>in the Lojban flag (or variants on it). This isn't
> >>unusual in vexillology, as there are variants on (for
> >>example) the Vatican flag.
> >>
> >>So I decided to create my own variant.
> >>
> >>The basic changes are:
> >>
> >>   - separated the circles in the Venn diagram, so the
> >>     center looks less busy and more balanced
> >>   - made the lines a little bolder
> >>   - removed the arrows from the xy axes
> >>   - extended the axes to the edge of the flag
> >>
> >>I've stuck it at: http://hypermetrics.com/personal/lojban.gif
> >>
> >>Comments?
> >>
> >>Hal
>