<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2008 10:35 AM, Cory K. <<a href="mailto:coryisatm@nc.rr.com">coryisatm@nc.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br> * Why weren't free fonts used?</blockquote><div><br>Free fonts are either fonts that are used to death (one of trite, cliched or inappropriate), or they're just poor quality.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
These look like "Adobe Garamond<br> Regular".</blockquote><div><br>They are. There are free Garamond clones, none are as good as the Adobe font.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Or something along those lines. (reference:<br> <a href="http://people.xiph.org/%7Exiphmont/logos" target="_blank">http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/logos</a>)</blockquote><div><br>PLEASE do not just substitute a random Times Roman variant and call it good enough. This is the sort of thing that caused use to hire a professional visual designer rather than solicit public submissions: the subtle differences that differentiate "cool but amatuerish" from "professional; I'm taking it more seriously just because of the way it looks, but I don't understand why."
<br><br>I'm going to be unapologetically picky as all hell about our branding and imagery. The number of contacts we get that simply assume we're fortune-5000 size based solely on the branded imagery is a little scary.
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> * Could a free font be officially adopted? I've used FreeSerif here.</blockquote>
<div><br>Short answer is unfortunately no.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> * Are any of these wrong? What are supposed to be official logos for
<br> the various Xiph formats?</blockquote><div><br>Theora is a logo that never got settled, just so you know.<br><br>Monty<br><br></div></div><br>