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Re: [AUCTeX] Logo for AUCTeX: request for ideas


From: Tamas Papp
Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] Logo for AUCTeX: request for ideas
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 14:05:51 +0100
User-agent: mu4e 0.9.17; emacs 25.1.50.2

Hi Mosè,

Kind of what I expected --- syntax highlighting is too much clutter. I
would go for the plain version.

Best,

Tamas

On Sat, Mar 05 2016, Mosè Giordano wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> thanks for the comments!  I prepared two versions of the logo, both
> with syntax highlighting of the code in the background, one with
> colored highlighting (same color scheme as default Emacs settings),
> the other one with keywords in bold face and comments in italic.  The
> code has been stretched, as suggested by Jean-Francois, but with the
> whole code visible.
>
> You can find both logos at
> http://www.dmf.unisalento.it/~giordano/auctex-index.html
>
> I agree that colored syntax highlighting may be distracting here, on
> the other hand keywords in bold face can't be really distinguished
> from non normal text, so the only highlighted lines are the local
> variables at the end.  To sum up, probably syntax highlighting is not
> needed at all.
>
> Bye,
> Mosè
>
> 2016-03-05 11:04 GMT+01:00 jfbu <address@hidden>:
>> Le 05/03/2016 10:35, Tamas Papp a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi Mosè,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 04 2016, Mosè Giordano wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2016-03-03 8:49 GMT+01:00 Tamas Papp <address@hidden>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Crimson does look nicer. I changed the kerning a bit, to a
>>>>> compromise between the default and my somewhat cramped original
>>>>> version. AFAIK tighter kerning is common for logos.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Indeed this is better.  I'd like to propose some further changes:
>>>>
>>>>    - change the background color to the color of the header text (8596B0)
>>>>    - change the E color to something lighter, for better readability
>>>>    - add to the background the code used to produce the logo itself, to
>>>>      make it "recursive" (but cheating with \lstinputlisting).
>>>
>>>
>>> This looks fantastic now. Nicely designed and, with the code itself,
>>> nerdy beyond reason (which I like, I am a nerd).
>>>
>>>> Please find attached the code and the resulting PDF.  I didn't alter
>>>> kerning and lowering of E.  Note that xelatex is not needed to compile
>>>> the document, but it helps reducing the size of the final png file.
>>>>
>>>> You can see a sketch of the possible result of the logo in the
>>>> homepage at http://www.dmf.unisalento.it/~giordano/auctex-index.html
>>>> The logo doesn't fit in the current header (height is 91px, the logo
>>>> would be barely visible with that size), I think the sidebar is a
>>>> better place for it, but suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think this is fine.
>>
>>
>> I find too that this is very good.
>>
>> I tried replacing a few lines with
>>
>>   \node[inner sep=0pt] at (-0.18,0.07)
>>   {\color[HTML]{CED9ED}\resizebox{9mm}{!}%
>>     {\lstinputlisting[basicstyle=\ttfamily]%
>>       {\jobname}}};
>>
>> in order to better see the code, in particular the characteristics local
>> variables at bottom.
>>
>> Attached is PDF.
>>
>>
>> Jean-Francois
>>
>>>
>>> Despite the fact that we didn't need a logo in the first place (IMO), we
>>> ended up with a very good one :D
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Tamas
>>>
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