another logo possibility

[kborne at gmu.edu]

Rob asked: what font is that?  I believe it is PARE.

- Kirk


> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:55:14 -0700
> From: Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu>
> Subject: Re: another logo possibility
> To: kborne at gmu.edu
> Cc: roy at cacr.caltech.edu, voevent at ivoa.net
> 
> Roy said:
> 
> >> But taken out of the context of petroglyph, we lose all that.
> >> VOEvents do not occur on the moon, and they are not created by human
> >> hands. So it is an inside joke.
> 
> I might say rather that it is an invitation to explain the  
> symbolism.  Events are created by God(tm), VOEvents are certainly  
> created by human hands.  Not all crescent objects are the moon - and  
> transient phenomena might occur on the moon or in these other  
> places.  But Harold's character set also includes a ringed planet  
> that might be Saturn.
> 
> And, of course, the moon is standing in for <WhereWhen>
> 
> >> I am also not so keen on the <XML/> symbolism, it seems to me we  
> >> should
> >> not be exposing XML syntax, but rather hiding it.
> 
> Well, a little bit does go a long way.
> 
> >> I think the right logo is a simple simple thing, just an explosion  
> >> and
> >> the word VOEvent, like the Tycho supernova.
> 
> Can somebody point to vector art of SNe, GRBs, etc?  Alasdair has  
> convinced me (didn't even need the Three Philosophers) that pixels is  
> for the birds.
> 
> Kirk said:
> 
> > Here is my submission, in keeping with Roy's suggestions.
> 
> What font is that?
> 
> Rob