Worrying attitudes to the branding of the D language

[Brad Anderson via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 21:02:53 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
> On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 19:46:18 UTC, Alix Pexton wrote:
>> I agree, it may be a happy accident that a shape that was 
>> meant to be part of the glossy sheen on the image got 
>> interpreted as the distant Martian horizon, but the D and 
>> moons look unbalanced without it.
>
> Yep, I think it is a reflection, but used to balance the image. 
> If you look at the other designs by Martin on his d-logo page 
> it is kind of revealing.
>
> I also think you can ignore the importance of the background 
> colour. The white D and cirlcle(s) have a pretty strong visual 
> impact. Take a look at these variations:
>
> http://d.progdocu.appspot.com/test1
>
> I think they are all easily recognizable.
>
> Besides, you should be able to represent the logo in monochrome 
> for print. (E.g. light on dark background)

I've had this .svg of the flat version of the logo around for a
few years that is a bit cleaner than the one you quickly put
together (sharper edges, and I think your bottom is truncated a
bit). Feel free to use it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3n3LnLsNBzUzZYWFRLdWszaHM/edit?usp=sharing