---- Original Message ---- From: joaquin@tid.es To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: RE: [boost] Another logo proposal Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:49:12 +0100

Here's my take. I'm providing b/w and color versions. The idea is to provide an abstract logo to associate with Boost while retaining the visual link with the previous artwork (through using the same Impact font for the name, a very appropriate font IMHO.) Some more rationales behind the proposal:

* It can be easily rasterized. * It goes well with flat backgrounds. * It works as a transition from the old logo.

As for the logo itself, it tries to convey the following connotations:

* Its square shape, and the fact that is bottom aligned with the text, gives a sense of solidness. * It reminds the reader of a set of construction toolkit pieces, which associates well with Boost being a repository of general purpose libraries. * The "++" part of C++ is retained, integrated into the logo. Going a little pedantic, one can even recognize the logo as a deconstruction of "C++", where the L-shaped pieces are the two halves of an upper "C", split and shifted.

Dya like it?

Yes, I like the simplicity a lot. However, I'd also make a slight change to the background of the ++. Could you remove the lower right background of the ++, and instead mirror the upper left background vertically. That is, the background would appear in the upper and lower left area of the ++. To me this would look better as the background would look like the letter C, which would go nicely with the ++. - Robert Geiman