Create project logo

[oubiwann]

Tasks:

• [x] Provide some possible logos
• [ ] Get consensus upon logo
• [ ] Create a PR on this repo that includes
  • [ ] an .svg file for the logo
  • [ ] an update to the README to include the logo
• [ ] Create a PR in the site REPO that includes the logo

Branch for this ticket:

• https://github.com/haskell-lisp/axel/tree/logo

[oubiwann]

From Wikipedia:

the Old Norse name Ásketill, from ans "god" and ketill "cauldron".

Would be cool to substitute a lambda for a god 😉 and a cauldron as a co-mascot for the project could be a lot of fun ...

@jgrosso it would perhaps be nice to hear your inspiration for the name 😄

[oubiwann]

Haskell SVG logo:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haskell-Logo.svg

Here's what I used for general Haskell Lisp years ago:

• https://github.com/haskell-lisp (Github org logo)
• https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6387005

That's a wide colour spectrum ... so it might be nice to tighten up the range a bit, desaturate, etc. I'll explore.

[jgrosso]

@oubiwann Thanks for the interest! There is actually a logo on axellang.github.io (any feedback is welcome, of course)... I should add it to the GitHub README too :-P

The name’s origin is mostly just that it rhymes with Haskell (and sounds cool in my opinion).

(EDIT: I accidentally misclicked and closed this issue, but it’s reopened now.)

[oubiwann]

Oh, weird -- how did I miss that?! (the logo on the web site)

/me takes another ponder ...

[oubiwann]

So, being a Lisper, I'm always going to love the parens ;-)

A possible alternative is to pull in more of the visual design from Haskell, so I did a few edits of your original .svg and then took a look in-context (light version and a subdued version):

If you like these, I can commit to the branch I created (I've also pulled your original logo into this branch -- committed with you as author 😉 ).

[oubiwann]

(btw, if you're happy with the current and quite nice parens logo, you may close this without any risk of offending me!)

[oubiwann]

Here are two SVG logos-with-text (btw, love that you selected the Audiowide font -- I used that for the LFE site and the LFE conference presentation/slide templates for talks, too):

I tried to emulate what you did with the text for the light and dark versions on the web site (different relative sizes of the ")(" and the text).

[jgrosso]

Hi! So sorry for the long delay—I've been super-busy with school.

I gotta say, those alternative logos are amazing. I've recently become aware of a similarity with the current logo and that of Hurley's, so it might be time for a change in the near future 😛

Thanks so much for putting the time into making such awesome designs! (I won't ever use them without ensuring your permission and correct attribution, of course.)