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Allegro 5 "marketing" :)
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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That would be a pretty Awesome logo. It's a shame that the Dizzy image has a copyright.

pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012

Ditto, still a bit convoluted having dizzy runnig away...

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Elias
Member #358
May 2000

I love the hand-drawn "5". Wonder what the whole Allegro written like that would look like. And I also like all of Derezo's, especially the purple one :)

Hmm, here's my attempt at mashing the two together:

{"name":"608498","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/9\/e91eee90cf0a7560f8059fd449dc2c70.png","w":547,"h":144,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/9\/e91eee90cf0a7560f8059fd449dc2c70"}608498

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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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These are some of the worst logos I've ever seen... until Dizzy's. :o

That one is brilliant.

pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012

These are some of the worst logos I've ever seen...

Yeah, I also think that Red Ruby is terrible....

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Paul whoknows
Member #5,081
September 2004
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The bloody fart logo looks quite appropriate.

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pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012

I beg to differ, it is awesome, but doesn't really look appropriate :P

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beoran
Member #12,636
March 2011

I do like the "hand-drawn" blue 5. I bet there are free fonts (such as http://www.fontspace.com/category/pencil) that could be used to make the A5 as was suggested before.

Apart from the logo bikeshed, any progress on the new front page text? The logo is only a small part of the work that needs to be done to market Allegro 5...

ks
Member #1,086
March 2001

http://www.dafont.com/fff-tusj.font

I assume that's what was used above. I just gave it a shot with Inkscape and it looks pretty good applied to the full name. Then again, I quite like the Poly versions.

Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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In all seriousness, this one:

{"name":"e175b1586c1211e66de13688648609dd.png","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/1\/e175b1586c1211e66de13688648609dd.png","w":500,"h":138,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/1\/e175b1586c1211e66de13688648609dd"}e175b1586c1211e66de13688648609dd.png

is awesome; we should apply it immediately! A camel is a horse designed by committee after all...or something like that.

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Edgar Reynaldo
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May 2007
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AMCerasoli
Member #11,955
May 2010
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Yhea, I don't like the A neither. Too exaggerated I think.

Polybios
Member #12,293
October 2010

FMC said:

make a corresponding A and were are good!

Doesn't work. You'll mainly see "llegro" then. Not good.

Elias said:

Wonder what the whole Allegro written like that would look like.

Rather boring. That's why my wife came up with another one, "from draft to something finished":
{"name":"608516","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg","w":481,"h":150,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9"}608516

beoran said:

Apart from the logo bikeshed, any progress on the new front page text?

Umm, no. You can scroll up to see the latest iterations/discussion. I'd try to work on this if I had the time.

Yhea, I don't like the A neither. Too exaggerated I think.

I think I agree, some days later. The shape doesn't fit the "printed" look.

Dizzy Egg
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March 2009
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Why don't you stick the blue sketched '5' at the end of you're wifes new one, sort of sketch up into it? Might look cool!

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AMCerasoli
Member #11,955
May 2010
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Polybios you better stop wasting yours and your wife's time, it's more than clear that there is no real interest in changing the current logo. ::) In this community everything is as it should be and if you find a bug it's not a bug it's a feature...

pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012

I love this logo, but seriously

{"name":"6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg","w":481,"h":150,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9"}6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg

Dizzy Egg said:

Why don't you stick the blue sketched '5' at the end of you're wifes new one, sort of sketch up into it? Might look cool!

+1 to Dizzy's....I' wonder how could it look like.

Polybios you better stop wasting yours and your wife's time, it's more than clear that there is no real interest in changing the current logo. ::) In this community everything is as it should be and if you find a bug it's not a bug it's a feature...

C'mon bro....you know that's just untrue...:-X

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Polybios
Member #12,293
October 2010

Ok. I agree the "5" could be nicer. But just appending the previous blue "5" doesn't quite work. I have the impression you prefer blue to red.

I must admit that I think the "allegro" part is quite good now. Before we try changing the "5" further, maybe there could be more feedback to this?

@AMCerasoli:
And you ... better get back to being constructive. :P
Of course it's unlikely that we all (whoever that is) agree on one logo 100%. But I think we can come up with something that is an improvement to the current one, which just seems to scream "I'm from the 1990s".

AMCerasoli
Member #11,955
May 2010
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But it's true man... Who is managing liballeg.org btw? I would have already changed the logo there (the hole page to be honest). Here at allegro.cc forget it. There is no way you'll see the new logo here. In the site I'm most optimistic is the wiki, which is an important place but there should been already a poll at the front page of allegro.cc (yes allegro.cc has a front page) to vote for this new logo. But nooooooooooooo....

We Want A New Logo campaign starts today!

Thomas Fjellstrom
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June 2000
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allegro.cc is an unofficial site. Ask Matthew about changes to it.

If you want to contribute to allegro itself (and liballeg.org) check out the www repo.

The wiki is also unofficial.

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SiegeLord
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October 2006
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Polybios said:

Of course it's unlikely that we all (whoever that is) agree on one logo 100%.

I hope you don't think this is a democracy. The final choice will be made by Allegro developers (I'd nominate Peter).

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which just seems to scream "I'm from the 1990s".

There is nothing wrong with being from the 1990s. The only question is whether or not it looks good. The current logo is ok, but could be improved.

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Neuton Mouse
Member #15,146
May 2013
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The best thing to market for Allegro is to make some kickass games for it. GET ON IT!

If this will be done... well folks, you will get decent popularity boom. People need to see what can be achieved with Allegro. Just like in commercials - we need an authoritative "dentist" that will say that using Allegro will make you Hollywood smile.

Adding "gay alligators" logo to future game intro/loading/elsewhere state might be good move ;)

It might be good idea to stick with the alligator - it's a symbol after all. Pretty text can be pretty but no more. Perhaps, someone could draw it in harmony with that Poly version?

Elias
Member #358
May 2000

Polybios said:

That's why my wife came up with another one, "from draft to something finished":
{"name":"6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg","w":481,"h":150,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/6\/2\/6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9"}6264bcb63b56a692cc4be31b8bef68b9.jpg

I like this one a lot.

SiegeLord said:

The final choice will be made by Allegro developers (I'd nominate Peter).

Pretty much, yes.

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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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++ Elias. There's at least 2 or 3 aspects of that logo that I can attribute to the library. Which is pretty good!

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beoran
Member #12,636
March 2011

I also like Polybios' wife's last logo, maybe the 5 could be blue, but oh well... It's certainly better than the old logo IMHO. If enough people like this last logo then why not ask Peter as well if he likes it or not?

Matthew Leverton
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January 1999
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These logos are not very good.



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