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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thorwil,

Could you do one based on (b) that uses Aubergine for the icons
instead of Brown, and uses some dots instead of the wave thing at the
bottom?

Also, the dots could be quite widely spaced so it's in line with
Canonical's new "enterprise vs. community" branding concept.
Wide-spaced dots suggest community.

Have a look at Mark's post about the new branding for more
information. We want to try to follow the new Canonical branding as
much as possible.

Thanks :)

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 09:23 +0000, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
>> > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/ubuntu-manual-title-page/
>
>> I can't tell the difference between a and b but I like them: they are
>> simple and clean and the circle of friends pattern at the bottom says
>> "Ubuntu" to me.
>
> Title text in bold vs regular weight.
>
>> c is a bit top heavy, with this big blob of colour on top and a large
>> empty space below.
>>
>> d is OK but the white text on light orange background at the bottom is
>> difficult to read.
>>
>> f, g and h feel a bit boring: even though the design is shifted to the
>> right, all elements in the block are centred; and the dots don't have
>> any obvious meaning, apart from filling empty space (and possibly making
>> you feel that it's a big heavy manual that you don't want to read).
>>
>> Generally speaking, I prefer the flush left design of a and b to the
>> centred design of the others. I also feel that in c, d, e and f, the
>> logo is a little too large compared to the rest of the design.
>>
>> But all of this is subjective, they are all good designs.
>
> Thank you Bruno, this is a very helpful comment.
>
>
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