I'll see what I can do for you.

First version, any concerns/issues?
fwnpodcast-shadow.png

• The Font Type seem to be not the one we use
• Graphics with more "light" shadow

Replying to [comment:2 wonderer]:

• The Font Type seem to be not the one we use
• Graphics with more "light" shadow

What font do you use so that I can be sure to use it in the revision. You want me to lighten up the shadow or add a "light' shadow?

take a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderer/4115722243/ there you can see the Font (MG Open) and the "lightning" within the Mic so there is more depth on that thing. Also the "waves" could be implemented (search for Podcast in images.google.com to get a better idea).

Replying to [comment:4 wonderer]:

take a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderer/4115722243/ there you can see the Font (MG Open) and the "lightning" within the Mic so there is more depth on that thing. Also the "waves" could be implemented (search for Podcast in images.google.com to get a better idea).

I will add those soon and get back to you, thanks for the critiques and ideas :)

Hi Michael, any updates on this ticket? If you don't have time to work on it anymore let me know and we can open it up. You don't happen to have the SVG source for your work do you ?

Thanks, ~m

triaged 6 Apr 2010; waiting to hear back from Michael.

As per Michael's advisement, opening up this ticket for someone else to take on. Michael will be posting his SVG source soon.

SVG source with some notes in it for the new designer.
fwnpodcast-shadow.svg

Attached the SVG. Have at it. Sorry about the long delay on my part.

I think we still need those, also because I have some cool talks to some puertoguese guy (he also will produce a podcast and maybe a live radio show).
I thougt also some kind of mixture between a tux and some headphones like http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/931354243/radiotux_avatar_bigger.png or the microphone thingy, but a bit more "shiny". I also will change the priority and hope for some input.

Replying to [comment:10 wonderer]:

I think we still need those, also because I have some cool talks to some puertoguese guy (he also will produce a podcast and maybe a live radio show).
I thougt also some kind of mixture between a tux and some headphones like http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/931354243/radiotux_avatar_bigger.png or the microphone thingy, but a bit more "shiny". I also will change the priority and hope for some input.

Copy that. I took over the ticket.

Could you clarify what kind of design you would like to see please?[[BR]]
- What message should it convey?[[BR]]
- What contents should be on the logo for A) your project B) in general.[[BR]]
- What text should be displayed.[[BR]]
- Do you want a logo or a banner.[[BR]]
- What background do you want to use this on.[[BR]]
- Should the logo/banner have a background?

You said you want a logo but all the examples you've given are basically banners.

As for the lines provided in the SVG, we can't use those. They are too close to the apple podcast logo. http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html[[BR]]
I do get your idea however and radio waves are totally fine.

I'd also split the videocast and podcast logo.

Until you reply I'll just work on a mockup showing my personal interpretation. It will most likely be a mixture of the rescources that are available until now plus the added typography for the fedora weekly news podcast and a general podcasting logo approach.

Hello again,[[BR]]
due to the priority level for this ticket let my show you a first quick mockup I made after a little bit of brainstorming.

I'm new to Fedora, in fact I just joined today. So after doing some extensive research on the Fedora fonts, the logo guidelines as well as the origin of the Fedora logo etc. I tried to merge your interests for Fedora oriented versions of typical pod- & videocast icons with the philosophy of the Fedora identiy itself.[[BR]]
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/014dec05/features/fedora/
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines

mockups[[BR]]
[[Image(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9141544/fedora/Ticket_0040/podcast.png)]]
[[Image(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9141544/fedora/Ticket_0040/videocast.png)]][[BR]]
Yes, there is a podcast (audio) and a videocast (video) version of the logo/banner.

First of all I based all typo on the fonts Comfortaa and Cantarell. The character is being developed from the Fedora logo font, regular text is emphasized by caps, bolding and different sizing.[[BR]]
There is a basic grid underneath although nothing too exciting. However, I did follow the spacing guidelines as mentioned in the usage guidelines.

I tried to keep Fedoras clean design approach and base my creation on that. The Fedora colors outlined above have been used, being white, dark blue and blue.

The emphasis on the Fedora logo type as well as the intoduction of the buzz words pod- & videocast will hopefully let the viewer make a direct connection with the icon.[[BR]]
I used the Fedora logo shape as the foundation as this rounded shape is supposed to represent "Voice". I figured that this would connect nicely to the meaning of the logo itself, thus giving the viewer an immersive impression that the pod- & videocast is about Fedora content.
I then used a rather typical approach for the loudspeaker and the camera. To connect to the "RSS" or "casting" theme I used iconized radio waves. These waves have been alligned to the outline of the shape to round out the icon.

Overall I avoided gradients to stay compatible with the contrast and color regulations as mentioned in the usage guidelines. The logo/banner is still scalable. It can be decreased in size for about 50% although I'd recommend not less than 70% for better readability. If it has to be much bigger in size I'd probably introduce some texturing.

If you feel that you need something drastically different and that my approach does not convey your message well I would not mind to create another, completely different, version with gloss and gradient if needed and if possible. In fact I'd like to play with it a bit more myself but I want to make sure that it's actually filling your request first and that in a timely manner. I was surprised that this ticket is open since 2009.[[BR]]
Other than that I'd be tempted to re-work and finalize these versions as SVGs after some input within the next days and weeks, depending on your as well as the teams overall feedback and the urgency for these buttons.

First of all: The mockups looking very good so far.

Here some thoughts so far:
Can you use a single font like Comfortaa and not two different ones?! I'm not shure, but can you review the colors of the Logo-Icons, I think there are a bit out of our colorrange (see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_set_CMYK_color_on_a_design_for_printing ).

And now to your questions from above...
- What message should it convey?

Well, it should punctuate Blogentrys, pressarticles, FWN articles where a Podcast or a vidcast is present.

• What contents should be on the logo for A) your project B) in general.

It should be a general one (the one from above fits allmost perfectly!).

• What text should be displayed.

As you pointed out "Fedora Podcast" maybe looks fine. I'm not shure about the "Weekly News" part, because it also can be an addition.
For the Fedora Weekly News podcast in german I will use that, but if there is also a general one where the middle line could be exchanged that would be nice I think...

• Do you want a logo or a banner.

I think the Design-Guide konform usage would be the fedora logo with "fedora" at the left bottom corner (see design Link above).

• What background do you want to use this on.

mostly it would be used at white background, but maybe sometimes it could be printed on a grey or black T-Shirt ... but the one you made should be fine for now.

• Should the logo/banner have a background?

nope.

Nice progress on this. A couple comments from the branding perspective that need to be addressed:

• The Fedora logotype should not be changed from its original design.
• From a branding perspective, I'm not sure about altering the Fedora infinity bubble logo when it's used with the Fedora logotype -- it might be fine, but perhaps we should check with the TM folks about it?

Are these logos still needed?

cheers,
ryanlerch

In my opinion yes and when the minor changes are made(logotype, branding, etc.) it would be Ok...