Re: [AUCTeX] Logo for AUCTeX: request for ideas

[jfbu]

Le 05/03/2016 10:35, Tamas Papp a écrit :
> Hi Mosè,
>
> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Mosè Giordano wrote:
>
> > 2016-03-03 8:49 GMT+01:00 Tamas Papp <address@hidden>:
> > > Yes, Crimson does look nicer. I changed the kerning a bit, to a
> > > compromise between the default and my somewhat cramped original
> > > version. AFAIK tighter kerning is common for logos.
> >
> > Indeed this is better.  I'd like to propose some further changes:
> >
> >    - change the background color to the color of the header text (8596B0)
> >    - change the E color to something lighter, for better readability
> >    - add to the background the code used to produce the logo itself, to
> >      make it "recursive" (but cheating with \lstinputlisting).
>
> This looks fantastic now. Nicely designed and, with the code itself,
> nerdy beyond reason (which I like, I am a nerd).
>
> > Please find attached the code and the resulting PDF.  I didn't alter
> > kerning and lowering of E.  Note that xelatex is not needed to compile
> > the document, but it helps reducing the size of the final png file.
> >
> > You can see a sketch of the possible result of the logo in the
> > homepage at http://www.dmf.unisalento.it/~giordano/auctex-index.html
> > The logo doesn't fit in the current header (height is 91px, the logo
> > would be barely visible with that size), I think the sidebar is a
> > better place for it, but suggestions are welcome.
>
> I think this is fine.

I find too that this is very good.

I tried replacing a few lines with

  \node[inner sep=0pt] at (-0.18,0.07)
  {\color[HTML]{CED9ED}\resizebox{9mm}{!}%
    {\lstinputlisting[basicstyle=\ttfamily]%
      {\jobname}}};

in order to better see the code, in particular the characteristics local 
variables at bottom.

Attached is PDF.


Jean-Francois

> Despite the fact that we didn't need a logo in the first place (IMO), we
> ended up with a very good one :D
>
> Best,
>
> Tamas
>
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