[Foundation-l] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity

Thu May 13 17:48:24 UTC 2010

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On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, Austin Hair wrote:
>> I am less confident about unbalanced.  The old logo could also be said
>> to be visually unbalanced and perhaps we're just used to it?
> 
> I'm sure that's part of it—the old one really does look a bit crowded,
> looking at it objectively.  What makes me say "unbalanced" is, very
> simply, the ratio of text to puzzle globe.  The globe just looks too
> small.

The globe isn't actually too small, I think it just _looks_ that way
because:

1) the new logo has more space in it, in particular at the top

2) the new logo is typically viewed with Vector, which has more space
around the logo than monobook did. Take a look at the new logo with
?useskin=monobook and I think you'll find it looks "larger". In fact,
monobook crowded the logo a bit uncomfortably.

For use in Vector, I think the logo could be made larger, as it
currently does not fill the space set aside for it. Vector handles the
spacing; the logo doesn't need to have padding in the image as well.

- --Mike
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