Xfce Logo Refresh

[Johannes Marbach]

I personally don't have an overly huge problem with the current logo but 
I do like all of your suggestions a lot for their simplicity!

On 3/9/19 4:06 PM, Chester wrote:
> Hi! As I'm sure you've come across before, there is an alarming amount 
> of people who think Xfce is old fashioned / dead / ugly / looks like 
> it belongs in the 1990s. As such a huge fan of Xfce, it saddens me to 
> see these sorts of comments pop up from time to time. Do you think 
> Xfce would benefit from a little logo TLC? As one of the principles of 
> Xfce is don't just change thing for change's sake, here are some 
> reasons why it may be actually quite needed, as well as some downsides:
>
> *Ups:*
>
>  *
>
>     As mentioned, it would "update" Xfce a little bit, get rid of some
>     of the claims that it's old fashioned
>
>  *
>
>     Xfce's current logo is uppercase, whereas the official name is
>     "Xfce" not "XFCE", creating confusion that it stands for something
>
>  *
>
>     Xfce's primary goal is simplicity, and the current logo doesn't
>     reflect that with it's gradients, shadows, and asymmetrical
>     typeface (just look at that C!)
>
>  *
>
>     It would unify Xfce's branding a little bit, for instance favicons
>     seem to use a completely different logo than anywhere else, so
>     does Xfce's default application menu icon
>
> *Downs:*
>
>  *
>
>     Finding the time, people, and motivation to update the logo, I
>     mean, nobody wants to slow down Xfce's development any further
>
>  *
>
>     Nostalgia! Who doesn't love the quirky logo we have at the minute?
>     It's iconic!
>
>
> I took a quick 5 minutes and created a few *very* rough ideas of the 
> direction it could go in, again, these are*very rough* and just from 
> the top of my head.
>
> Thanks for your time, your hard work, and I look forward to hearing 
> your thoughts on the idea!
>
>
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