Re: The ConTeXt logo

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:11 PM 6/23/2002 -0600, Idris S Hamid wrote:
>On Saturday 22 June 2002 11:42, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>
> > 1: \CONTEXT
> >
> > 2: {\sc C\kern -.0667emo\kern -.0667emn\kern -.0549emt\kern -.1667em\lower
> > .5ex\hbox {e}\kern -.125emx\kern -.0549emt}
> >
> > 3: Con\TeX t
> >
> > 4: {\sc Con\TeX{}t}
> >
> > 5: {\sc Con\TeX t}
> >
> > 6: {\sc Cont\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {e}\kern -.125emxt}
> >
>
>I think that 2) has the most potential. \CONTEXT just does not work; it's too
>long and appears rather ``forced''. \LaTeX has that raised `A' to add
>balance. In the 2nd option, the height of the capital `C' appears to balance
>the lower `E', and the small caps subdue the feeling that the thing is too
>long. Maybe some subtle changes would help, but I like (2 and will use it if
>Hans doesn't sue me:-)

ok, i agree that subtle spacing is important.

(i will look into the logo later, bit busy now)
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