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New Arc Logo
- endtime 17y agoHmm...not sure if you're looking for feedback, but if you are, I'd go with a lighter shade of blue. It's hard to differentiate it from the black when the image is scaled down.
- nopassrecover 17y agoYeah was about to say that. Otherwise it's okay.
- Dobbs 17y agoI would also add that at least for me the white and the black steal the focus. This makes it very hard to see the 'a' without looking for it.
- kylec 17y agoFirst, it's encouraging that Arc now has a logo/graphical representation. However, in my opinion, it's not really that good. It looks like it was designed to be a favicon and doesn't scale that well when enlarged, and when it's small it's difficult to impossible to see the "a" shape. I'm sure there are members of the Arc community and here on HN that are willing and capable of designing a much better logo if given the chance.
- jcsalterego 17y agoTo get the ball rolling: http://drop.io/arclogo/asset/arc-1-png http://drop.io/arclogo/asset/arc-1-png The drop is open for uploads. [Cross posted at arclanguage.org as well]
- lsb 17y agoLink doesn't work for me; it's asking for a guest/admin password.
- jcsalterego 17y agoAh whoops - thanks for pointing that out. It should work now.
- dimitar 17y agoWouldn't a simple two-color arch (or a geometrical arc) make a better logo?
- tripngroove 17y agoVery Mondrian. Does this logo hint that Arc is the product of De Stijl philosophy applied to computational expression?
- jdale27 17y agopg can correct me, but methinks you're reading too much into it.
- tjogin 17y agoIt looks as though the logo was designed by a programmer. I, for one, would not hire a designer to program. I don't see why it ought to work so much better the other way around.
- baddox 17y agoTropical surface anal? Doesn't sound pleasant.
- catch404 17y agoI didn't realise what it was until I read the comments on the arc fourm, which is proberly a bad thing! After having it explained I like it, especially the concept but I agree with comments that it doesn't scale well. I also prefer the blue colour scheme on the arclanguage site too!
- Raphael 17y agoA square logo for a language called Arc; you've got to be kidding.
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- pygy 17y agoAnother attempt. Feel free to improve it or build on the idea. http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo2.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo2.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo3.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo3.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo4.png http://www.headrun.ulg.ac.be/arclogo4.png <== addressing some criticism form the Arc forum.
- khandekars 17y agoIMO, it immediately strikes as a metaphor for generational garbage collector, each region depicting the generation of objects: red => new, blue => long-lived, black => garbage collected, whiteness => (??) the programmer doesn't have to worry about those details. While the rectangular shapes denote perfect building blocks, it would have been better to mix them with curves, as an expression of finesse, and/or surgical precision. Later, pg's comment at arclanguage.org says that it's "a." May be the lack of curves is intentional, to caution that abstractions are often somewhat approximate? :)
- jm4 17y agoI'm sorry, but that's a horrible logo. It's like some kind of optical illusion. Trying to see the lowercase A in there reminds of one of those posters where you have to defocus your eyes to see a hidden picture. I only noticed it after it was pointed out and I still had to stare at it for a while. I get the whole Hundred Year Language thing, but you don't need to start with a logo that looks like it's a hundred years old. [edit] I feel bad sounding like such a jerk about it, but I just don't have anything positive to say about that logo. It's difficult to even be constructive because it doesn't have a single redeeming quality. Even the color scheme is a poor choice because of the low contrast. I think this is one of those "back to the drawing board" moments.
- jnorthrop 17y agoYou shouldn't feel bad for being honest. Also, I'm glad you posted, I didn't see the "a" at all. After reading your post I went back and it still took me a good 10-15 seconds to finally see it.
- fluffster 17y agoi like it.
- dc2k08 17y agoHere's one. I'll probably come back to it during the day too. Don't know if PG is asking for submissions but he's more than welcome to any I do in any colour scheme he needs. All feedback welcome. http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7305/arcdph.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7305/arcdph.jpg
- catch404 17y agoLarger version : http://ycombinator.com/arc/arclogo.html http://ycombinator.com/arc/arclogo.html
- Semiapies 17y agoThe red and blue jammed together remind me of this page I stumbled upon: http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/ http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/