[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Brainstorm title.

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:14 +0100, Denis Jacquerye wrote:

> The Ubuntu logo was made by the same person as the font Ubuntu Title,
> Andy Fitzsimon, unless I'm mistaken. Only the 't' has been modified
> between the two. Nothing prevents you from keeping the 't' as in the
> original logo.

Wrong. All letters have at least been straightened out a bit. Just take
a close look at your own comparison.

> Your 'r' and 'm' are better than in Ubuntu Title. But there's
> something strange about the 'a', and the 's' is very distorted.

I admit that I'm not too happy about the "s". But I tweaked it for what
felt like an eternity and finally went with what I had. Nobody
complained before the launch, although there was plenty of opportunity.

> The problem is that if each Ubuntu artist start making new characters
> to match the official Ubuntu title for every new project, we'll end up
> with many typefaces.

True. If.

> If there's something wrong with Ubuntu Title, why
> not fix it there so every one can benefit from it?

This was no option, because as I said, there are changes to all letters
between the official logo and either font. I don't have the energy or
time to create yet another font, especially as I see no chance of
getting everyone to use that one, then.


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