The new splash screen

Ian Monroe ian.monroe at gmail.com
Thu Mar 11 18:49:20 CET 2010


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Pierre Dumuid <pmdumuid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any chance the SVG / source for the new splash screen could be
> placed somewhere?
>
> Also, I am rather curious at the font used in the amarok logo.  I
> noticed that the "a" is a different width to the "m" which is different
> to the "ar" and the "K"..  I've seen the logo elsewhere and know this
> has been around for quite a while, but is that really desired?
>
>
> How many logos have you seen with a fixed-width font? Maybe some
> computer companies in the 80s. :D
>
>
> Umm, Actually most of them! I started thinking of brand names off the top of
> my head, and google'd their logos:
>
> Fixed: Google,facebook, slashdot, digg, intel, abc, ubuntu, microsoft,

We're obviously having a communication failure. The l in Google is
clearly not the same width as the o.

Anyways, regarding the Amarok logo, logos aren't something thats a
good idea to change. Companies only do it once every few decades, I
figure we should be the same.

Ian


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