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> Engineering > Just van Rossum Guido van Rossum's brother. He also designed the "Python powered" logo (and in his main career, had a hand in widely popular fo

by sho_hn 4y ago

> Engineering > Just van Rossum Guido van Rossum's brother. He also designed the "Python powered" logo (and in his main career, had a hand in widely popular fonts like ITC Officina).

systemvoltage 4y ago
I love the python logo. It is not generic and stands out really well, especially in an era where logo design has regressed so much.
spaceman_2020 4y ago
That's a wonderful logo. Only programming language I can think of with an instantly recognizable logo, other than Java
- imachine1980_ 4y ago
  i'm disagreeing ruby, go, rust, this last two have both mascot and logo that are easy recognized
  - culi 4y ago
    Yeah I feel like "recall" is being confused with "recognize" here. I'm sure any programming who's been at it for more than a year would also recognize the Rust, Swift, Kotlin, and probably even Elixir logos. But I agree that Python and Java are some of the easiest I can recall despite not having worked regularly with either of those languages in the past year
- orthoxerox 4y ago
  > other than Java I never understood what that triangular clown was meant to be. Can't deny it's recognizable.
  - Kwpolska 4y ago
    An even more recognizable logo would be the coffee cup.
  - bitwize 4y ago
    In my headcanon Duke is a personified Ouija board planche. Just like the planche is the go-between for the user and the Ouija board, Duke is the go-between for the user and the tablet computer for which Java was originally designed. It might be a bit of a stretch, but he was originally more than a mascot but a "software agent" through which the user's actions were carried out, a sort of more active version of Clippy.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
  Swift.
- Kwpolska 4y ago
  I believe they are talking about this logo: https://i.imgur.com/2HaRHM7.png https://i.imgur.com/2HaRHM7.png Not exactly iconic or wonderful.
  - bdn_ 4y ago
    There is this logo as well: https://www.python.org/static/community_logos/python-powered-w.svg https://www.python.org/static/community_logos/python-powered... Source: https://www.python.org/community/logos/ https://www.python.org/community/logos/
    - Kwpolska 4y ago
      That one wasn’t designed by Just van Rossum.
  - spaceman_2020 4y ago
    ah, I was thinking of the blue and yellow double snake logo
    - mminer237 4y ago
      Yeah, the double snake logo was made by Tim Parkin.
aasasd 4y ago
Ah, Officina, one of my first humanist font loves.

by sho_hn 4y ago

> Engineering > Just van Rossum Guido van Rossum's brother. He also designed the "Python powered" logo (and in his main career, had a hand in widely popular fonts like ITC Officina).

systemvoltage 4y ago

I love the python logo. It is not generic and stands out really well, especially in an era where logo design has regressed so much.

spaceman_2020 4y ago

That's a wonderful logo. Only programming language I can think of with an instantly recognizable logo, other than Java

imachine1980_ 4y ago
i'm disagreeing ruby, go, rust, this last two have both mascot and logo that are easy recognized
- culi 4y ago
  Yeah I feel like "recall" is being confused with "recognize" here. I'm sure any programming who's been at it for more than a year would also recognize the Rust, Swift, Kotlin, and probably even Elixir logos. But I agree that Python and Java are some of the easiest I can recall despite not having worked regularly with either of those languages in the past year
orthoxerox 4y ago
> other than Java I never understood what that triangular clown was meant to be. Can't deny it's recognizable.
- Kwpolska 4y ago
  An even more recognizable logo would be the coffee cup.
- bitwize 4y ago
  In my headcanon Duke is a personified Ouija board planche. Just like the planche is the go-between for the user and the Ouija board, Duke is the go-between for the user and the tablet computer for which Java was originally designed. It might be a bit of a stretch, but he was originally more than a mascot but a "software agent" through which the user's actions were carried out, a sort of more active version of Clippy.
ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
Swift.
Kwpolska 4y ago
I believe they are talking about this logo: https://i.imgur.com/2HaRHM7.png https://i.imgur.com/2HaRHM7.png Not exactly iconic or wonderful.
- bdn_ 4y ago
  There is this logo as well: https://www.python.org/static/community_logos/python-powered-w.svg https://www.python.org/static/community_logos/python-powered... Source: https://www.python.org/community/logos/ https://www.python.org/community/logos/
  - Kwpolska 4y ago
    That one wasn’t designed by Just van Rossum.
- spaceman_2020 4y ago
  ah, I was thinking of the blue and yellow double snake logo
  - mminer237 4y ago
    Yeah, the double snake logo was made by Tim Parkin.

aasasd 4y ago

Ah, Officina, one of my first humanist font loves.