[GenABEL-dev] layout of GenABEL main page

Mon Jul 15 22:02:09 CEST 2013

Dear All,

a small update - I have original vector graphics files from Grant at my
disposal; if some people would like to play with these files, send me a
message and I can forward the vector files to you.

best,
Yurii

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Yurii Aulchenko
<yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Nicola Pirastu <
> nicola.pirastu at burlo.trieste.it> wrote:
>
>>  I agree, in the end it's not the coca-cola logo and we have not been
>> using it for years so I don't think people are going to be confused if the
>> Logo changes in a few months.
>>
>>
> More than that - I really think it should evolve as our project does :)
>
>
>
>>  I am actually curious to see how it will look on the forum. I do think
>> that if it's not too much work, the colors of the forum and website should
>> match those of the logo though.
>>
>
> Yep. I now start understanding why people were giving the costs estimates
> of few thousands of euro for the that basic design package: e.g. for
> facebook we need cover and avatar (latter would do for the twitter as
> well). So this is whole project :)
>
> May be later we should think of inviting some guys from a design school -
> they must be looking for graduation projects to make, and may be they would
> be willing to do that for free :)
>
> YA
>
>
>>
>>  Nicola
>>
>>
>> Dr. Nicola Pirastu PhD
>> Research Fellow
>> Medical Sciences, Chirurgical and Health Department
>> University of Trieste
>> Medical Genetics
>> IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
>> Via dell'Istria 65/1
>> 34137 Italy
>> tel. +390403785539
>>
>>  Il giorno 05/lug/2013, alle ore 14:55, Yurii Aulchenko <
>> yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> I suggest that for the moment we go with what we have (Grant's variant);
>> we can change later.
>>
>>  Please let me know if you have a strong opinion against! - I really
>> would like to use the logo for my presentation and also play a bit how well
>> it fits our pages (genabel.org, facebook, twitter)
>>
>>  YA
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Nicola Pirastu <
>> nicola.pirastu at burlo.trieste.it> wrote:
>>
>>> Just to add my two cents to the discussion,
>>>
>>>  I think that the problem is not with the DNA helix but with the font.
>>> I've played around a bit with it and if you use for example Helvetica or
>>> something less comic-sans-like it does look better. Also for some reason
>>> I'm still disturbed by the green but it is a very personal opinion..
>>>
>>>  Nicola
>>>
>>>  Dr. Nicola Pirastu PhD
>>> Research Fellow
>>> Medical Sciences, Chirurgical and Health Department
>>> University of Trieste
>>> Medical Genetics
>>> IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
>>> Via dell'Istria 65/1
>>> 34137 Italy
>>> tel. +390403785539
>>>
>>>  Il giorno 02/lug/2013, alle ore 14:38, Yurii Aulchenko <
>>> yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>>  I agree with critique of Maarten, and I actually still not sure if I
>>> like Maarten's or Grant's idea better. Interesting thing is that - not sure
>>> all realize it - Grant's variant is his vision of Maarten's prototype :)
>>> However, Grant's variant has an important advantage - it is ready to serve
>>> as logo. And I actually want to use a logo in my slides for UseR!-2013.
>>>
>>>  So I suggest we take Grant's logo as a working variant. No doubt that
>>> the logo is going to evolve with time - as anything we do in the project -
>>> code, documentation; logo is no different, I think. The element which is
>>> going to stay and keep it recognizable is the way of spelling the GenABEL
>>> :) - Like Gnu's horns in the GNU logo.
>>>
>>>  What we can do next is to place an open call on site/forum for other
>>> users to contribute, but this is going to take time, and meanwhile I
>>> suggest to stick with Grant's variant.
>>>
>>>  Yurii
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Maarten Kooyman <kooyman at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It looks really nice ! Credits for who made it.  However, I have more
>>>> the impression that it looks like a polypeptide chain or a rosary. The
>>>> seventies font is a matter of taste, but it remind me of comic
>>>> sans(including a upside down e as a). I wonder if it readable if you print
>>>> it on a poster: I think this is a important use-case of a scientific logo.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maarten
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/02/2013 01:11 PM, Diego Fabregat Traver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  On 28/06/13, Yurii Aulchenko  <yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  How do you like this one?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I like it a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think about reducing the font size for the subtitle
>>>>> and right-justifying it? Would it still be readable? I liked that
>>>>> detail from the previous attempts with the "Project" subtitle.
>>>>>
>>>>> In any case, this is just a minor detail. It looks great as it is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to Grant Borodin!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> YA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Yurii Aulchenko <
>>>>>> yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com(**javascript:main.compose()> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Dear Nicola, Diego, Lennart,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your feedback! I will ask Grant Borodin, who kindly
>>>>>>> designed these logos, if he could change C according to your comment
>>>>>>> (capital "ABEL" and "statistical genomics" as in F).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yurii
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Diego Fabregat Traver <
>>>>>>> fabregat at aices.rwth-aachen.de**(javascript:main.compose()> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Congrats to whoever designed these logos, they look very nice :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With respect to my preferences, I fully agree with Lennart: "C with
>>>>>>>> capital ABEL and statistical genomics below it" would be my choice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Diego
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 20/06/13, "L.C. Karssen"  <lennart at karssen.org(**javascript:main.compose()>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Wow! Those look really nice!
>>>>>>>>> I like options C and F the most. Actually a combination would be
>>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>> better IMHO: use C with capital ABEL and statistical genomics
>>>>>>>>> below it.
>>>>>>>>> Looking forward to head the opinion of others,
>>>>>>>>> Lennart.
>>>>>>>>> On 20-06-13 09:34, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please find attached few more logo variants
>>>>>>>>>> Yurii
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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