Package logo

[hadley]

Do y'all have any ideas for a package logo? I can help get it designed if you have some idea what it might look like

[AshesITR]

Thanks for the offer! (see also #981)

I personally like the SonarLint Logo. Maybe that can serve as an inspiration?
The squiggly line is a good metaphor as it relates to spellchecking.

[MichaelChirico]

copying notes from the dup'd issue:

@IndrajeetPatil:

I love talking about {lintr}, but I always find it a tad bit dissatisfying to have slides with just the name of the package without a cool hex sticker to go along with it! 🙃

I wish I were creative enough to design and contribute one, but maybe this can be crowdsourced (on Twitter, e.g.)?

Thanks for the awesome work, either way! Looking forward to the 3.0.0 release.

@AshesITR:

If created, this could also be featured here: https://github.com/GuangchuangYu/hexSticker

[AshesITR]

@hadley Do you think this will make it in time for the 3.0.0 release?

[hadley]

@AshesITR sorry for dropping the ball on this; probably not.

[shaopeng-gh]

@hadley fyi I am working on starter workflow for lintr and it requires a icon/logo, looks like we can put it to use right away when it is ready :)
The required format I need to use is SVG, don't worry at all if your output is PNG I can use free converter to convert it.
(my input is if the logo is text type, the text/font should be clear/large proportion enough when the display size is small as icon, so that user can tell what text it is.)

[IndrajeetPatil]

How about this one? Just a suggestion.

[hadley]

@IndrajeetPatil I like the basic idea, but I think it needs to be a dryer (not a washing machine) to convey "lint".

[hadley]

Another approach would be do something like a wool jumper (e.g. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/green-sweater-lint-balls-1550178998) with little red wigglies as lint?

[AshesITR]

Another idea:

https://www.shutterstock.com/de/image-photo/freisteller-fliege-binder-78825286

Maybe a bow tie could be combined somehow with a red squiggle to indicate good style?

[IndrajeetPatil]

Sorry, I couldn't find either an image of a dryer that is clearly distinguishable from a washing machine or couldn't prepare anything worth presenting with stock images I found for a bow tie or a wool jumper.

So I went in a different direction that I think still makes sense. WDYT?

[AshesITR]

I like the idea of a lint roller.

[MichaelChirico]

I don't have any issue with a lint roller as the baseline, but that one does not look very good to me.

[IndrajeetPatil]

I am out of ideas. I think we need a fresh take on the sticker design, preferably by a professional.

[hadley]

Here's a proposal from our designer @gregswinehart

[AshesITR]

Thanks for the design! I like the idea.
To me the logo feels a bit "high-res".
Is there a way to reduce the contrast / business of the knit texture without losing too much detail?

[IndrajeetPatil]

Looks really good, but I personally found the package name text to be quite hard to read.

[IndrajeetPatil]

@jimhester Any strong opinions on the proposed logo?

If not, I'd vote for shipping this logo in the next CRAN release. :)

[MichaelChirico]

To me the logo feels a bit "high-res".

+1 here, it would be great to see how this might look in print

I personally found the package name text to be quite hard to read.

Just wondering, is that when it's at full resolution, or zoomed all the way out so that it looks roughly hex-sized on your screen? For the latter, lintr looks pretty clear to me, but I can see how it might be harder when blown up.

[jimhester]

I somehow missed Greg's design, looks pretty great to me

[gregswinehart]

Here's a version with the contrast turned down a bit so it's a little more lo-fi.... Also a typical font for the name.

[gregswinehart]

Here are the two options in the context of other hexes for comparison!

[AshesITR]

Thanks @gregswinehart !

AFAICT the "knitted" look in your composition has a different color (light blue instead of black) for the knit texture in comparison to the earlier proposal.
To me this looks beautiful even on a large scale.

I'd vote for the slightly toned down knit pattern instead of using a regular font for the package name.

[gregswinehart]

OK! So I think we might have a consensus on this one? Do I have that right? Thanks so much to all of you for the input.

[IndrajeetPatil]

Thanks, @gregswinehart!

Would like to do a PR to add the logo to README? Or would you like us to take care of it? Either way is fine. 😊

[gregswinehart]

@IndrajeetPatil No problem, I'll make that PR today!

[gregswinehart]

@jimhester (hi Jim!), @IndrajeetPatil, @AshesITR, @hadley, @MichaelChirico,

The hex is now in the repo! Thanks all.

This PR closes this issue.

[jimhester]

Thanks Greg! Logo looks great!