New GitHub Logo

Post by addandsubtract » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 8:05 PM UTC

calinet6 wrote: post #9

Given the old icon was just a lowercase g in various containers, I think this is a good step. The octocat is already recognizable, and although it's a little too detailed for small rendering, it's still relatively unique and distinct. Nice work on this one. It may not be the perfect symbol, but it is uniquely and definitively github.

Post by ben_straub » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 8:10 PM UTC

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #68

ben_straub wrote: post #53

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It's Apex Sans: http://vllg.com/Constellation/Apex_Sans

So it is! I see that it was tweaked quite heavily; rounded corners on all the glyphs, altered ‘G’, ‘i’, and ‘t’, different weight, etc. Comparison: http://imgur.com/ggI204m Were you involved in the design process? How was Apex selected? It’s not a particularly well-known font and it’s for sale at very few places.

Post by mimiflynn » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 8:38 PM UTC

markdotto wrote: post #59

mimiflynn wrote: post #45

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Looks pretty twitter bootstrap like, if you ask me. I feel that a lot of designs are ending up like this due to bootstrap influence, which, might be influenced by dropbox for all I know.

I wrote all the styles for Bootstrap and refactored GitHub's forms and buttons a few months ago for a similar approach. Not 100% the same, but definitely close. All those styles are tested thoroughly within Bootstrap and made it super easy to update and standardize our styles, while at the same time dropping mad duplicate code. The overall homepage though I think looks nothing like Bootstrap's docs, if that's what yo…

Post by addandsubtract » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 8:42 PM UTC

trhaynes wrote: post #78

Oompa wrote: post #75

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If you download the mark, it's a .zip including some smaller versions without suckers on the tentacle.

Exactly. Compare the logo in the blog post to the one in the masthead. And then go one step further and compare to the favicon (no tail there). The small sizes don't have to convey that the tail is a tentacle, they just have to convey "GitHub".

Post by tmhedberg » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 8:46 PM UTC

dkuntz2 wrote: post #77

ctdonath wrote: post #46

What's the story behind Octocat? That...thing...doesn't really do much for me as far as a corporate logo goes. Rather complex shape (see references to scaling problems), sorta catish but not, WTH is that weird tail (cat, four legs and a...), this post is the first reference to "octo" I've seen in the months I've used the service, there's 5 limbs not 8, etc. Makes me think of a little kid in a Halloween costume. "Gith…

Git isn't a spoof of get, Linus named it because he's a git. Or at least that's what he said once.

    "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.

     - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
       actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
       mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
     - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
       dictionary of slang.
     - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
       works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
     - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks