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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0007994 | mantisbt | bugtracker | public | 2007-05-21 03:59 | 2016-06-17 03:20 |
Reporter | vboctor | Assigned To | vboctor | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
Product Version | 1.1.0a3 | ||||
Target Version | 1.2.9 | Fixed in Version | 1.2.9 | ||
Summary | 0007994: New Mantis Logo | ||||
Description | We have been working for sometime on settling on a Mantis Logo and I think we are getting there (see http://www.mantisbt.org/logo/ ). The one we are currently using is more interesting than the previous one. However, we don't have the vector graphics for it and it is not very easy to work with for all variants of the logos that are needed (e.g. favicon, etc). Due to not being rectangular, it can sometime take more space that I would like. This issue is to track the work in this area and to get feedback from Mantis users so that we can come up with a great Mantis logo. Thanks in advance for all graphics and contributors and for feedback on such options. | ||||
Tags | redesign | ||||
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related to | 0008046 | closed | New favicon | |
related to | 0014119 | closed | dregad | Use new MantisBT logo |
related to | 0015721 | closed | grangeway | Functionality to consider porting to master-2.0.x |
related to | 0013852 | closed | vboctor | Mantis slogan / catch phrases |
related to | 0021133 | closed | dregad | Access of non existent image in RSS feeds |
I've added a non-transparent version of the logo so that it can be evaluated on a white background. |
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Graphic abstraction is good for new logo, but the mantis seems E.T. ;) |
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I agree with Bithunter. Probably have Spielberg's lawyers calling if you use this one! :D All kidding aside, I like the text portion of this one, not the picture, though. Number 11 from the /logo/ page is really professional looking, even if it isn't a mantis, but I can see how a favicon might be a problem. I also like the top-left one of Number 7. |
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But isn't the top-left one of Number 7 wrong? I was always under the impression that the mantis is a bug-hunting insect, thus the name for the system. To hunt the hunter just seems, well, wrong to me... :) I really like the current one (that's number 9, I think; correct?); it's a pity there's no vector version available. Is nobody around who could re-create it in SVG using Inkscape? But that wouldn't help much in the not-being-rectangular apartment, I guess. |
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I posted two favicons that I mocked up real fast. |
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I'm using mantis in an professional environment, therefore I'd stick to the simple mantis logo No. 2 (BTW: There is 2 times a No. 1 logo...). |
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Number 1b (as in 1.0.6) is pretty good. One of the reasons is that its main color go well together with #c8c8e8 color already used in Mantis. The other reason is the availability of all the needed sizes (favicon, small banner etc). Number 1a looks fine, too. The advantage is that the mantis itself is depicted (in severe silhouette manner). The disadvantages are the main color (or you should replace #c8c8e8 in the CSS and code, too) and the one and only size by now. Besides, I'm not sure that you need two shades of gray under the silhouette; one may be enough. |
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I have just added an sample of a silhouette logo based on the mantis in logo (9). |
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I like the silhouette logos. Can we see the concept done at 16x16? |
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added 16x16 examples with transparent and white backgrounds. |
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Very nice jsch! My vote is for any of his logos (first is the better for integrating with actual color schema) |
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Agreed, they're good. I'm also a fan of the green too and see the first color to fit perfect with default installations. jsch, would you be able to provide the PNG/EPS source to be distributed with Mantis installations? |
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PNG and SVG source will be available :-) |
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jsch: Superb! Great work, I really like it, and with the SVG version it should be no problem to do all sizes and formats one needs. The 16x16 versions seem a bit fuzzy to me, perhaps they can be changed to look a little bit sharper; and the mantis could be placed more in the center for those versions as well. But anyway, I think we found the new logo for Mantis, haven't we? :-) |
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Thanks jsch for the great work. I think your suggestions are really nice. A couple of comments:
Although Mantis has transitioned to a Issue Tracking system, it is still known as Mantis Bug Tracker and this might be a reason to keep it as a or c. Regarding the rounded square logo, it would be nice to see a prototype which is similar to favicon, i.e. nothing going out of the square. Also would be great if you can provide the button suggestions, i.e. a replacement candidate for the one at the bottom right of this page. I like the second column of favicons in fav_test.png. They are less fuzzy. |
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Added a relationship to issue 0008046 which provides a favicon matching the logo released with 1.1.0a3. |
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Just one person's opinion... I prefer the "mantis5" (profile mantis facing right) to the others, and in green. Alternately, the last one in the sample01 (the profile), but facing right rather than left. I just prefer profiles, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that it leads your eye to the center of the page (which is why facing left would be bad, leads your eye off the edge). As far as words to use:
Looking forward to the new stuff regardless how it turns out, the colored boxes in 1.0.3 (ok, I haven't updated lately) are very plain-looking by comparison. |
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it's a pity we can't use girinma image from yes! precure 5 |
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just added a simple M favicon. |
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I think Zorak would be the best choise, but because of impeding copyright issues, I think the fist mantis rendering at the top of sample_01.png would be the best. |
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It seems everyone was in agreement on the new logo (sample_1.svg). Is there anything holding up this being committed? |
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Given that we renamed Mantis to MantisBT. It would be great if we can get a modified version of the current logo that includes "BT". Note that the BT could follow the same style as Mantis but could be different as well. Also for the proposed logo, it would be great if we can revise to include BT as well. Thanks everyone for your help. |
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Hi! I'm coming in from the Fedora Artwork Team Trac. Is this ticket still open? Can I help somehow? |
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We essentially just need an SVG version of the current logo (which we only have as a low resolution .gif). Personally I like the style of the Mantis creature, but don't like the text in the logo. So if anyone is interested in helping out with this task, feel free to change the text (make sure it reads MantisBT instead of Mantis though)... but it'd probably be best to keep the creature more or less as-is. Also notice how the creature is in the "M" position. |
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Hi fabsh, I'm the one who forwarded the request to the Fedora Artwork team. As dhx said, keeping the mantis in the logo is the easiest path; of course, if you want to explore other ideas we can also evaluate some alternate proposal. thanks for looking into this |
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I can convert the mantis itself to an SVG by basically tracing it by hand/automatically. Do you want the font changed too, or just "BT" added? I could also supply a version without text, of course... |
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That'd be a fantastic help to this project! I'm pretty sure it's safe for me to say the font needs changing. It looks like Microsoft WordArt (never a good thing)! And a verison of the logo without the text would be extremely valuable as well, especially when we need a small "button sized" logo (probably square proportions). As giallu mentioned, creativity and artistic freedom with redesigning Mantis' logo is very much welcomed. |
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OK, I'll have a look at what I can come up with. :) |
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Added MantisBT_Logos_Transparent.png - I have this in .svg and .eps. Was playing around with the fonts - can chop and change at will (font style, positioning) in photoshop as I've done it in layers. Let me know what you'd like changed / if I should just give up :) |
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I dont like any of the fonts proposed at MantisBT_Logos_Transparent.png :) I´ve uploaded "MantisBT" with Aller and Sansation, both free fonts. Maybe a little playing with kerning and test with non-bold could enhance and make the logo text exclusive and unique. |
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Fair call :) I've reuploaded with Sansation (first two) and Aller fonts as proposed. |
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Why so big? One loses so much room at the top of the page. |
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I agree with cas - and we have done the same - which is why I thought I might as well try help with the new logo change (which will be much smaller due to the "antennae" not being twice the height of the logo). |
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I also agree with Cas. We have done the same. It's silly being so big. |
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So, still no svg or vector yet? |
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I'm re-activating the effort to improve / change the logo. Here the guidelines that I've in mind:
In addition to the contributors of this thread, I'm involving a couple of designers to help out with this effort. I would appreciate feedback from the developers and community to land on the right design. Once we do, we will build a button (see footer), twitter icon, Google+ icon, twitter page, iPhone home page icon, etc. I'm going to attach the proposals that I got so far. |
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Feedback on zsolt-a 1..7 - These proposals are not space efficient, I think we can focus on the Mantis icons in them, but the layout is unlikely to work. 6 - Got feedback from a couple of friends that the Mantis here looks more like a spider. I personally don't mind the head and antennas in this logo. 1, 8 - I really don't like this at all in terms of the Mantis itself. jnitro-a.jpg
MantisBT_Logos_Transparent.pngI personally like the 2nd option on this one the most so far, I believe that we can make it higher quality and add more details to the face and it will look good. Feedback on mantis5-transparent:Got a feedback that the use of times new roman in this logo is nice and the logo itself has some depth to it. It is missing the antennas though. This isn't one of my personal favorites. Color Scheme The current logo uses the green color scheme which is nice, but the software itself uses a purple scheme (not sure if that is going to stick for a long time), but I wonder what scheme do we want to have. Green, Purple, or a mix of the two. Do we want MantisBT to be the same color, do we want to use small caps or regular? |
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I've attached four more logo proposals. Looking forward for feedback. I'll write mine later, have to go now. |
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Nice new batch of proposals have just come in from jniro. These are jniro-b, jniro-c, jniro-d, and jniro-e. General:
jniro_b.jpg
jniro_c.jpg
jniro_d.jpg
jniro_e.jpg
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I like that brazilian-looking-like Mantis (jniro_e). I wonder why :D jniro_d is good. To get rid of vertical space and also use the mantis as the M, i've attached a mod. But IMO the best is the simplicity of jniro_c. Brings the old logo with a modern viewing. |
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I quite like the mantis in the cross-hairs (Jniro-D), but I think it would be better if the logo were on the left-hand side (or maybe the right as Victor said). Not so sure about the orange background though - maybe keep that transparent. I'm not a big fan of any of the proposed fonts so far. I personally tend to prefer lower case letters (i.e. Mantis, not MANTIS) Having "bug tracker" as a tagline in small font below looks really good, even more so when it's less wide and right-aligned as in B,C,D. @Dentxinho, what makes "E" Brazilian-looking ? |
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@dregad, Not only about Rio 2016, but various logos related to Brasil that have a 'M' remember Sugarloaf's curves. Also, the mantis colors on Jniro-E are green and a yellow-close green. |
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The mantis is our friend (it eats bugs) so I wouldn't put it in the cross-hairs as a target. Other than that, the version of the mantis in jniro_d looks the most friendly to me, slightly different from what's in jniro_c I wouldn't use the image as a letter M in the name, it just reads "antis" until you know the name is "Mantis". (eg. in Jniro_D_dentxinho_1) I'd pick a relatively simple font in one colour, for example as in mantis_t1 (with the mantis icon in one colour as well, it actually looks quite crisp and professional to me, but I like the Mantis more as a friend than as a bug) |
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Looks like jniro_c is the winner so far. Here are some ideas to try out next:
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all jniro logos are great imho :D |
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Added a couple of images that have sample fonts. Not sure if there one that I like better than what is used in jniro_c. The Mistral font will probably work with jniro_e, although I think this is out of the race. |
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jniro_01 to jniro_05 just came in. However, they were based on jniro_d instead of jniro_c. However, the main new work is around the fonts. I like the all lowercase version and combined it with the normal mantis without the crosshair in jniro_vboctor_1. |
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jniro_01_b, jniro_02_b, jniro_03_b, jniro_04_b just uploaded. This time the background is white to be similar to how it will look on the website and in the bugtracker. My preferences are the following:
Thoughts? |
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Added the jniro_01_b and jniro_04_b in place on both login page and the page header of MantisBT and attached some screenshots. Here are some thoughts:
Leaning more now towards jniro_04_b... |
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I think that the latest jniro logos are all fine and worthy of a new logo. One point I'd like to make is that on all pages except the login page we should probably aim for a logo which is not very tall, to save some vertical space. |
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At the moment I prefer Jniro_04_b, although I don't really like the "s" of this font. The horizontal alignment of "B" "U" "G" matches quite good the "m" in Maybe enhancing horizontal alignment of BUG and less horizontal space between "ma" and "an" is worth a try for Jniro_04_b |
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I love jniro_01_b. |
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I like jniro_02_b and jniro_04_b the best (with a preference for the font in 02). Don't like 01_b at all. I think the "bug tracker" text is too big - I'd like to see it a bit smaller say by 20% and right-aligned (as mentioned before). Would also like to see it with capital M ("Mantis") I agree with having a bigger logo on the login page, but as mentioned by rombert and others, we must be careful with vertical real-estate elsewhere (especially important with small 16:9 screens on laptops) Would be nice to see variants with shaded/colored letters as in earlier versions. |
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Just to weigh in, I like jniro_04_b the best of everything. Simple, clean, readable, great font, and maintains our existing branding. |
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The new logo and favicon are now checked in and applied to this instance. For now, we use the logo as the button at the footer, but resize it down. Thanks everyone for your inputs and contributions. This has taken a while (issue opened in 2007). |
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The avatars on the twitter / Google+ pages have also been updated: |
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(In reply to comment 0007994:0031192)
This comment is pertinent ;) And also, what about the favicon? |
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would be nice to have it on the forum too Dentxinho, for favicon your have to delete cache browser to see the new ;) |
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Marking as 'acknowledged' not resolved/closed to track that change gets ported to master-2.0.x branch |
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