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Want to give a shout out to the tech you are using? Or brag about your awesome skillz? Or show just how many dependencies you can juggle before your project i
by Fileformat 8y ago
Want to give a shout out to the tech you are using? Or brag about your awesome skillz? Or show just how many dependencies you can juggle before your project implodes? Well, your dream has come true!
VectorLogoZone is a huge collection of consistently formatted SVG logos that will look perfect on your snazzy new 5K display. And they're free! Including hotlinking! With instant search! OMG! XML! WTF! TLA!
Seriously though, I created this site because I use a ton of different open source tech, both personally and professionally. I figured that the least I can do in return is give them a little link love and pay it forward. It really is quick and painless to add a credits section to your README: the site is open source, so you can see the credits section of its README (https://github.com/VectorLogoZone/vectorlogozone#credits https://github.com/VectorLogoZone/vectorlogozone#credits) as an example.
And feel free to use if for something besides credits: lists of customers or integrations or sponsors or whatever, it's all good.
One thing to note: while the site is responsive and all, it isn't really bandwidth optimized (and there are a lot of logos), so probably best to make sure your phone is on WiFi. There is no "view all" page because it will take down your browser, even fancy-pants Google Chrome.
- azhenley 8y agoThis is great. I always want to give credit and show off the technologies I use but never quite know what is appropriate. This makes it easier!
- pieterhg 8y agoAwesome work! And lovely to see Nomad List on the to do :D
- Fileformat 8y agoMy son is my grunt worker: I just got him out of bed & he's working on it. Should be up shortly!
- iambateman 8y agoPlease create parenting microsite explaining how you pulled that off. ;)
- samstave 8y agoAnd then make Travis create a good logo for that parenting.io site!
- Fileformat 8y agohttps://game-icons.net/delapouite/originals/wood-club.html https://game-icons.net/delapouite/originals/wood-club.html
- samstave 8y agoHa. Plus, it serves as an alarm clock!
- tomcam 8y agoSeconded with extreme interest
- seanalltogether 8y agoI'm not sure about other browsers but on Firefox on mac, the controls get covered up when you zoom in on an image. https://imgur.com/a/H0JbebC https://imgur.com/a/H0JbebC
- Fileformat 8y agoFixed, though it will take a little while for Travis to deploy the fix.
- tylerl 8y agoWhat's your workflow for generating these images? I think the images are cool, but I think what's even more cool is having a a set of tools/techniques for "tracing" a given image out as paths.
- sjwright 8y agoTracing raster copies should be avoided at all costs; it's rarely necessary. If you're ever looking for vector copies of logos, the trick I've used in the past is to search for PDF brochures or corporate documents and extract them from there. Nowadays just check Wikipedia, or failing that there's an increasing chance that their own website has its logo as SVG artwork. The real challenge for a logo collation site like this is getting each logo to be aesthetically consistent—a landscape oriented lock-up[1] and roughly equal visual weight. Ultimately it's an impossible tension between consistency and correctness. For example Apple has almost never allowed their logo to be displayed next to the text "Apple". Yet most logo sites (this one included) invent a lock-up with some arbitrary font in presumed contravention of Apple's brand design rules. Consistency wins over correctness. Whereas look at a search for "Stack" (https://www.vectorlogo.zone/?q=stack https://www.vectorlogo.zone/?q=stack) and notice that for the StackExchange logo, correctness won over consistency. The point is, it's basically impossible to do this perfectly, but damn if they haven't done an excellent job. I also like that they have linked to their sources, have started adding more versions for some logos, and in some cases attached the original artwork. If they can keep the quality up, this could become a great resource. [1] The defined spatial relationship between all elements of a logo or brand.
- m-p-3 8y agoI had access to many vectorized logos from press release packs, and I replaced many non-vector ones for vectorized logos on Wikipedia in the past. It's so much easier to get it from there, and it makes sense to use them on Wikipedia.