Re: Logos proposal

[Ben Barrowes]

On Monday 14 June 2010 14:16:07 Fotios Kasolis wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Ben Barrowes wrote:
> > On Thursday 10 June 2010 09:57:10 Fotios Kasolis wrote:
> >>> I like the idea of some text to identify octave in the logo though the
> >>> text could perhaps be absent in some forms of the logo. Also the
> >>> handwritten idea is intriguing. What about using some (handwritten?)
> >>> greek to identify octave? There are several choices, it could be
> >>> phonetic: alpha chi tau iota beta, or more literal in spelling to start
> >>> with an o: omicron kappa tau alpha beta, or use the Greek work for a
> >>> music octave: omicron kappa tau alpha(accent) beta alpha.
> >>>
> >>> bb
> >>
> >> I m Greek so no problem at all ;D !!! The sequence 8\beta\alpha is
> >> another solution, or \infty rotated by \pi/4, or 8 rotated by \pi/4 or
> >> sth similar any other ideas. Unfortunately the greek word oktava is as
> >> long as the latin one and i believe it will not be as beautiful. It
> >> could be used for a generic logo for Octave but not as an application
> >> icon.
> >
> > Could you sketch or draw sth to give an example of what you are thinking
> > in terms of the text?
>
> For example:

This is nice and could be flexible. The exact choice for the o-c-t-a-v-e could 
change under 
different circumstances while still conveying the same message of Octave. Maybe 
instead of waves, 
some interpretation on \infty.

A few questions on the other icons: Is the tilted \infty meant to be an 
reference to the numeral 
eight or to infinity? Most associate the octave => 8 => music, but perhaps it 
is unavoidable? Why 
the folded back part of the circle? Any meaning there? Could someone explain 
icon 1 to me?

We are either not going to have another shot at a logo/icon or the next shot 
will be years in the 
future. How do we get the vision and future of Octave into the logo and make a 
distinct logo with a 
compelling story?

Perhaps we could embrace the 8 part of octave, while not embracing the music 
part of its etymology. 
Some way to portray the infinity symbol in a simple yet memorable way could be 
the icon, while 
different plots or other things could be put inside the circles in different 
circumstances for 
various appropriate logos. In this sense, just the infinity by itself 
(rotation?) written in an 
interesting way (the IBM logo comes to mind), or the infinity getting thicker 
on the rhs or similar 
could be an idea. I am not an artist or I would send sketches.