[TIP] [tox-dev] logo drafts for tox! (comments welcome)

[Dave Hunt]

1-4 and 14-17 remind me of a railway crossing warning/stop sign such as: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/roadcode/gfx/railway-cross-stop-sign.gif <https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/roadcode/gfx/railway-cross-stop-sign.gif>

If I had to pick a favourite I’d be tempted to say 23, however I like it when logos are more subtle such as the smile and a->z hidden in Amazon’s logo or the use of negative space in FedEx to create an arrow.

I like the styles of 28-33, and would like to throw in the suggestion of combining these to mostly hide the letters by overlaying them. The effect to me creates a little character, and using the grey almost makes it feel robotic. Of course, the single ‘eye' should be green to indicate a passing test. Here’s my rather crude mockup of what I’m suggesting, which is even suitable dimensions for a favicon, and could be used the a word mark to make it clear that it’s Tox:



Just a thought :)

Cheers,
Dave

> On 1 Jun 2017, at 22:52, Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:
> 
> FWIW I'm slightly sad not to see the happy familiar smiley in the logo.
> Somehow that's the main visual that springs to mind when I'm thinking of
> tox.  Otherwise I can concur with 22/23.  I also like the 33-style,
> Oliver does a good job arguing for that as well ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Floris
> 
> 
> Oliver Bestwalter <oliver at bestwalter.de> writes:
> 
>> ok, i know ... an F is actually a failed test, but an X is not much better
>> - it's the association it creates in me.
>> 
>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 at 16:57 Oliver Bestwalter <oliver at bestwalter.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I would really want to to like 23, but it feels wrong to me. The sign
>>> creates an association that it is a way towards something and then the name
>>> tox starts to read like "to X" to me , but I don't want to go to X, because
>>> X is a failed test. If anything I want to go from X to . (or 'o' as short
>>> for 'ok' or a really, really big dot). If tox was called "txo" that would
>>> work, because then we could have a red X - the failing test - and then a
>>> green circle (o, dot, whatever). But like this the direction is wrong and
>>> it does not help to make the X green. An X is a failed test- a green X is
>>> just ... weird to me.
>>> 
>>> I like the idea of the typographically really heavy suggestions later on
>>> (but without those colored circles in them, they don't really do it for
>>> me). There is an idea of solidity behind it, that I can really get on board
>>> with. Like: tox is this really solid tool, that helps you get your testing
>>> and CI automation out of the way. Like a big trusty hammer. If Thor would
>>> be a developer - he would use it. He would definitely use it like his
>>> trusted Mjölnir to smash all the bugs in the programs ... or something like
>>> that. A double headed hammer like that can double as a T from tox.
>>> Something like this:
>>> https://blogdekiki.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ciocan-2.jpg
>>> 
>>> So maybe the word "tox" in a really simple but very, very heavy font with
>>> a mjölnir like hammer above it?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Oliver
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 at 15:01 Nicolas Mendoza <niccolasmendoza at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,  I like 23.
>>>> 
>>>> +1 #23.
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:52 AM, holger krekel <holger at merlinux.eu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oliver, Florian and me are discussing with a designer (Gero)
>>>>> about the upcoming "tox" logo.  find attached the latest round
>>>>> of drafts.  Anything you like or criticise in particular?
>>>>> 
>>>>> best,
>>>>> holger
>>>>> 
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