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Create and use a new logo for pub.dev #6279

Open parlough opened 1 year ago

parlough commented 1 year ago

Currently, pub.dev uses the Dart logo and branding elements across the site. This works since it is about Dart packages, but it would be nice to see a separate logo for pub.dev, perhaps using the same or a similar color scheme.

This allows the site to have some distinctive branding as a separate but related product to the Dart language. One noticeable impact is the site favicon, which is used by browsers for tabs, allowing easier navigation to the site compared to dart.dev or other Dart sites. Some search engines also surface favicons for similar benefits. It would also allow us to link to the site with an icon from dart.dev and flutter.dev without it looking like a link to dart.dev.

There is some precedence for package repositories having separate logos/branding. Some are because they are ran/built by separate entities, but it's still common. Visit the links below for examples:

Language/Ecosystem Package repository
JS/Node npm
Rust crates.io
Python PyPi
Ruby RubyGems
C#/.NET NuGet
Fortran fpm
parlough commented 10 months ago

Just some notes, since I've been pushing for this again and have discussed with a few other community members.

Any potential logo should likely have the same 2/3 colors as the Dart logo and be sharp/angular like the Dart and Flutter logos. That way it's clear it's directly related to Dart, trustworthy, and supported by Google.

abitofevrything commented 10 months ago

@johnnyrobert, a user of the FlutterDev discord server has created a potential logo, which I'm uploading here for them. I personally quite like it :)

They say we should feel free to use this logo as we want, but I don't know if there are licensing or IP issues that would need sorting out if this logo is to be used.

PubDevLogo Adobe Illustrator source file

FMorschel commented 9 months ago

I like the idea of "packages" (boxes) as the logo. I'm not really sure about the bird, not because I don't like it (because I love it!) but because it wouldn't be as "simple" as Dart's and Flutter's logo. It wouldn't be a "match", I don't think.

FMorschel commented 8 months ago

New thoughts. On the current https://pub.dev/ there are already three sections underneath flutter-favorites. They already have some images with boxes and clouds.

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I'm not sure who is(are) the designer(s) for these, but maybe we could do something similar to those "package boxes" (and maybe clouds)?