Timeline for Custom German Language design and logo - Information gathering
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 15:10 | comment | added | misterben |
I don't think a regular ß with dot works without explanation, for that approach it would ned to be one of the more inventive versions below. I do thnk ß is a good choice as it's unique to German even if not used in all varieties. One of the more distinctive forms of a capital ẞ might be better still, less confusion with "beta" for the uninitiated. Maybe ẞ? which could have connotations of ß and ẞ being optional.
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| Jun 3, 2022 at 13:04 | comment | added | kscherrer | In the german-speaking parts of Switzerland we do not have the ß. We use ss instead. I still think the the ß is a good logo for this stack, or at least I don't have a better idea except for ä/ö/ü.. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 15:06 | comment | added | Disco St. Ives Staff | Thank you, guidot! I appreciate your feedback here. :) | |
| May 23, 2022 at 8:28 | comment | added | guidot Mod | I would prefer the wine-red color, which is similar to the one of English Language and different enough from any negatively connotated flag color. I agree with Wrzlprmft, that the the dot is a bit short in communicating the question mark aspect; it seems closer to an underdot diacritic. Of course, the question aspect is not exactly essential, since SE is all about questions, but I like the idea nevertheless. | |
| May 19, 2022 at 10:33 | history | edited | infinitezero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fixed a typo
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| May 19, 2022 at 6:20 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft Mod | Regarding colouring, my preference would be the dark red one. The black-and-white ones lack distinctiveness; the grey–blue one and bright red one evoke a synthetic rather than an organic feel, while the dark-red one is more organic. I think organic fits better since language is an organic thing with some history. For example, the dark red is the colour you are most likely to find on book covers, in libraries, etc. while the grey–blue and bright red one seem very difficult to produce in print – they only work on a screen. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 20:12 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft Mod | @JonathanScholbach: I made some more logo sketches here. So far, my attempts at colour overlays have not been satisfying (to me). I prefer separate lines. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 16:09 | comment | added | Jonathan Herrera Mod |
Is it possible to have a three-color logo? Then an overlay of ß and ? in partly transparent colors could have a chance to look good.
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| May 18, 2022 at 16:08 | comment | added | Jonathan Herrera Mod | I like the font! Colorwise, red on white is my least favorite. (It looks a little aggressive to me.) | |
| May 18, 2022 at 15:05 | comment | added | Disco St. Ives Staff | That's a good point, I'll play around with it a bit more. Did you have any preferences for the coloring? | |
| May 18, 2022 at 13:17 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft Mod | I think your suggestions for the ß̣ approach have too little of the question-mark aspect (assuming this is what you are going for). I am afraid that no off-the-shelf eszett will serve this purpose well (which is why I didn’t base my suggestions on one), since it will always be too much eszett and too little question mark. At the very least, I would use an ß without the small horizontal bar, since that goes against the fluid shape that question marks usually have. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 12:44 | history | edited | Disco St. IvesStaff | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 18, 2022 at 12:42 | history | answered | Disco St. IvesStaff | CC BY-SA 4.0 |