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A new face for Ironclad
Item posted by Cristian <streaksu> on Fri 13 Dec 2024 12:07:46 AM UTC.
Since the beginning of Ironclad, the design of Takao, the mascot and logo of the project, has served us well, but as Ironclad is starting to be featured in presentations, stickers, and the like, a less mspaint-y, cleaner, SVG logo is in order. The new design was made by myself, trying to retain as much of the original essence as possible.
The new logo was presented to several people from the community and it was received with overwhelming support among contributors, people that actively follow the project, and those that have not ever seen the old design, so nostalgia could be ruled out as a factor for that last group.
Some people have raised the concern that the charm of the old logo was its irregularities and mspaint-yness. While I understand these concerns, there are technical arguments against such irregular inconsistent borders and shapes when scaling the seal, and stylistic arguments about mixing it with more regular looking elements, nothing looks worse than mixing extremely irregular things in very regular formats and frames. I am convinced this change is for the better of the project.
The new logo can be found on the project's website. Logos of other projects under the Ironclad umbrella will be slowly updated over the next days to feature the new design. For some information on the history and evolution of Takao, the Ironclad seal, please check the new Takao article.
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