Logo?

[alexispurslane]

I was thinking a png icon along the lines of:

BTW, I'm not really that great at drawing, so any other icons would be great!

[naturalethic]

Streem
A matz language.

[alexispurslane]

@naturalethic I like that. Hold on......

[alexispurslane]

Now, back to working on a package manager............

[nickserv]

How about using the actual pipe syntax for the logo? I believe we're currently using | but discussing something like |> if I remember correctly. Also, I don't think Streem should be in all caps. I can play around with making some SVG and PNG icons if you want.

@matz Did you have any logo ideas yourself, or any comments on what I said or anything else in this thread?

[nickserv]

Also, I'm assuming that Streem is going to have at least a few Japanese speaking users. I noticed that the Ruby website is currently using Noto Sans, which if I remember correctly includes Japanese characters (or at least has a font for Japanese in the same family). Should we use Noto Sans or a similar font for Streem's logo and branding to provide a more consistent visual experience for non-English speaking users?

[alexispurslane]

Yes, probably. Also, what do you mean by using |> in the logo?

[nickserv]

For example, replacing the three waves with |> or some sort of similar stream operator.

[nickserv]

I just noticed that the Japanese version of the Ruby website uses Latin characters for the Ruby logo (I probably should have assumed this before...), so I don't think we should need to limit ourselves to Noto unless we want the same body font for the website (which I don't think we would).

[nickserv]

I'm thinking about either Raleway Regular or Noto Serif Bold for the "Streem" font, with some sort of blue (I'm liking "Blue" on http://clrs.cc/ so far).

[alexispurslane]

How about this:

[alexispurslane]

@matz any suggestions?

[nickserv]

I'm working on an SVG logo, it's tricky to get the |> to look right. I'll post it when it's done.

[alexispurslane]

Cool!! I can't wait to see it. Mine we kinda ugly.

[nickserv]

Here's my work so far. Let me know if you have any comments, or if you want the fonts/colors/SVG/etc.

[alexispurslane]

That's really good. I can't see anything that should be changed.

[nickserv]

Thanks! 😄 I'm open to suggestions though, I'm sure I/we can figure out some sort of way to improve it.

Anyway, if you like this, I can upload the SVG somewhere (I'm using Inkscape) in case someone wants to play around with it or export it in different ways.

[nickserv]

By the way, I'm still interested in what sort of logos we can come up with that use wave symbols (like what @naturalethic posted), though I do like how the |> operator looks in the logo so far.

[alexispurslane]

Personally, I prefer using the |> symbol in the icon. But maybe we could put another one on the other side, so it looks less like a command prompt?

[nickserv]

Here's what it looks like with the symbol twice.

I personally like the simplicity of only having it in front, and it looks more like most logos. However, I do like how it makes it look like "Streem" is going between some streams itself.

[alexispurslane]

Having two symbols clearly associates flow and pipes and such with streem, clearly communicating what it is about. I also noticed something else though. The pipes are larger than any of the other letters. That looks awkward. Maybe you could make the font on the pipes smaller.

[nickserv]

It's actually like that in the font (Raleway). It seems like most fonts have pretty tall pipes. The symbols are the same font size as the text, just with a heavier weight. Do you want me to try scaling them vertically to the height of the text or something like that?

Also, oops, looks like I forgot to vertically center the last >!

[nickserv]

Also, if we want to collaborate on this logo, how about I make a pull request? That way we can comment on diffs and stuff.

[alexispurslane]

Yeah, that might be a good idea. I do like the font, but maybe you could make the font of the pipes smaller than the rest of the text, but still bold. It is looking cool so far though! I do have Inkscape, so we could collaborate. I'm no artist though.

[nickserv]

See #65.

[halogenandtoast]

My take on a logo.

[nickserv]

That looks neat, though I think it would prefer it if the black bars on the length had more equal lengths.

[alexispurslane]

I like it. Especially since Matz decided to stay with plain pipes. Also, it has a cool Asian-ish-ness.

[s-aida]

Maybe you could merge 川 and m.

[markburns]

FYI anyone that doesn't know 川 means stream or river. I like the idea,
perhaps there is a font though that is more regular in size for the 3 bars.

On Fri Jan 16 2015 at 4:27:14 AM Shunsuke Aida [email protected]
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Maybe you could merge 川 and m;

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[halogenandtoast]

When I get a chance I'll fix the height of the bars and some of the spacing problems I have with it. It was a quick mock-up while I was at work.

[alexispurslane]

yeah, that works. I like the second one best.

[nickserv]

I agree, I think the second one looks more balanced and fits the theme of the language better.

[vtenfys]

Here's what I've created, heavily based on @nicolasmccurdy's logo. I've made the pipes the same height as the text though, I think it looks nicer despite it not being how it would actually look. Anyone who wants the svg, just ask.

[vtenfys]

Update, I forgot to middle-align the left pipe properly

[vtenfys]

Here is a version with no empty space around the image, i.e. like the ones by @nicolasmccurdy

[nickserv]

@tech4david 👍

[vtenfys]

@nicolasmccurdy glad you like it (even though I kinda just stole yours :D sorry)
@matz 助言はありますか？

[dragostis]

[dragostis]

Most programming languages are very easy to recognize due to their colors, so streem should use colors that set it apart.

I chose an elegant grotesque font and used nice color blend.

[naturalethic]

@dragostis I like where you're going with this. Best submissions thus far.

[vtenfys]

This one is nice but IMO the other variations (last two particularly) are too dull - need more colours. Also:

@matz
For the time being, I prefer just "Streem" maybe with "|" (pipe).

Maybe make another version without the >? Nice work though

[dragostis]

The alternatives are for different use cases. Here's another version.

[dimanyc]

@dragostis love it

[karmaQ]

Hi @matz , I really like Ruby and Streem, and asked my girlfriend to design a logo fews months ago. Now, here it is.

[ferdinandrosario]

@karmaQ Super 👏 👏 👏 💛 💚 ❤️ ⭐ 🌟

[davydovanton]

great work @karmaQ and @dragostis 👏

[franzejr]

@karmaQ Liked!

[matz]

Wow, it's so professional!

[jonathanmarvens]

Wow. Tell your girlfriend she did a really great job, @karmaQ!

[karmaQ]

@jonathanmarvens , I told her she was so happy and rewarding, thank you.

[karmaQ]

Everyone, thanks!
Here is a new one and another is being creative. Which do you like.

[ferdinandrosario]

this looks similar to http://elixir-lang.org/ logo. this is not a negative feedback .... appreciated your work a lot........ ❤️ 👍

[karmaQ]

@ferdinandrosario Yes, similar to elixir's logo😹, although I don't think she was know elixir. Another is coming soon, please wait ~

[ferdinandrosario]

👏

[phantomk]

@karmaQ i like this one

[s-aida]

This one is actually my favorite (despite being a prototype), since a logo of streem should be something dynamic, and others look more like a static drop.

[dragostis]

@karmaQ This is a really cool and creative design! I love it! The idea behind it is really sweet.

One thing that I was considering when I did my sketch was to try and use a palette that wasn't used before when choosing the design philosophy behind a programming language. Since GitHub uses colors to differentiate programming languages (ruby - red, Python - blue, Scala - turquoise, JavaScript - yellow), I think Streem can benefit greatly from a differentiating palette which would help consolidate it in the user's minds. Since I really like the current idea, I would suggest trying a few sketches with a different palette and maybe with a typeface added for the logo. (Brandon Grotesque can work here too, but I'm sure there's a better alternative.)

[h1u2i3]

May be we can start from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang? Some of the functions of this language are similar to those expressed by Yin and Yang

[terry-xiaoyu]

Great design from Yiling. I like the 'S'-like one most 👍