The new splash screen

[Pierre Dumuid]

On 03/12/10 04:19, Ian Monroe wrote:
> 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.
>    

Maybe we're from a different country, the widths of the google logo all 
look the same to me.  Anyhow, I'm fine with not changing it, just raised 
it wondering if there was a reason for the variations in font width for 
each letter.