Well established Stack Exchange sites, like Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User and Programmers all have their own logo, and I think this helps give them more of an 'identity'.
Does anyone have any suggestions, concepts or ideas?
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Why not do 漢 in a calligraphic style?
I think one character is all we really need. More refinement can go into it to express it's own unique style.
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I almost used this character for the "sketchy beta" logo.. but decided not to show any bias :)– JinDec 25, 2011 at 7:27
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3Now that I think of it, isn't this the Japanese version (kan)? I'm pretty sure the traditional chinese version has the vertical strokes of the grass top part united in a U form.– PetruzaJan 28, 2012 at 13:04
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The site will get its logo and design when it comes out of beta. And I am sure SE's designer Jin Yang will do a good job coming up with a design when the time comes.
I think improving the site with quality questions and answers and get more traffic in, so it will graduate sooner is the priority right now. None of the language & usage sites seem to be doing particularly well (except English).
That being said, I have only one request: Please don't make the site too red. I am sure Jin won't do that, but just in case...
I think a calligraphic style like Krazer suggests in his/her answer will do just fine.
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1I agree that promotion is important, but didn't see the harm in discussing other aspects Dec 17, 2011 at 16:11
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@Cocowalla Yeah, you are right. I just think this should be a little lower on the priority list.– OrionDec 17, 2011 at 16:14
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It may be a while until this site graduates. But I always appreciate it when the community starts the design discussion early, so when the time comes I'd have a list of ideas.– JinDec 25, 2011 at 7:29
I just came across this online seal generator.
As a simple concept, what about selecting some text (i.e. 中文 as suggested by Mr Shiny and New), and using something like this generates? A few samples:
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Ah yes, seals. Illegible script, Top-to-bottom, RTL word order. But, also, appropriate. Dec 14, 2011 at 15:31
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1Yes, it's true that very few would be able to read the old Chinese script on the first 2, but I think they still represent a symbol that many people would associate with China. Dec 14, 2011 at 17:51
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I wasn't expecting this topic to be opened now, since it's very early. But nothing denies us from discussing about it. :D
When I think about China, something that often comes to my mind is the dragon. I think most people identify China with that. I'm not sure this can be applied to the language too, just giving an idea... :)
What about these too? Not a picture but a sketch/simplification of them would do the trick...
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'dragon' is the first thing that came to my mind too, but maybe that has something to do with my profile picture :) Dec 14, 2011 at 14:30
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@Cocowalla eheh I noticed your gravatar, but "dragon" is pretty much screaming "chinese!" from each letter... :D– AlenannoDec 14, 2011 at 14:32
I'm going to suggest this because it's the most obvious thing to suggest:
中文
Just take those characters, print them in a nice font, and fit them into a square. Or, since Chinese characters are usually square anyway, any one of these:
Characters relating to China/Chinese people:
中 华 唐 汉
Characters relating to language:
字 文 话 语 言
answered Dec 14, 2011 at 15:18
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1In such case, I'd suggest only 中, since it's usually associated with China, or 中文.– AlenannoDec 14, 2011 at 15:24
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@Alenanno: 华, 唐, and 汉 are all words used to describe China or Chinese people too, and are less cliche than 中. Dec 14, 2011 at 15:27
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I wouldn't say it's cliche. Among the meanings of 中, there's also "China", so it's not cliche, it's just its meaning.– AlenannoDec 14, 2011 at 15:28
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1@Alenanno: what I mean is, it gets used as a logo quite often, for obvious reasons. Our logo should be distinguishable from the multitude of other Chinese-language websites. Dec 14, 2011 at 15:29
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@Alenanno: Should we be wary of associating it too much with China (as in the country)? - Main reason is, my impression is this SE is about the language, Chinese; many other countries other than China use the language. Also, would a logo with Simplified characters potentially deter new comers who are learning Traditional?– pykoDec 20, 2011 at 3:30
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@pyko: My personal view on simplified characters is that you can't argue with a billion people who are all using simplified. Any student these days who is learning Mandarin needs to learn simplified at some point, and should not be too dismayed when a logo uses simplified. Anyway, they still won't be able to properly read most questions and answers in simplified. Dec 20, 2011 at 13:27
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@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 - agree with you re learning simplified at some point (I was initially taught traditional and intend on learning to read/write traditional, but have started to learn to read simplified). What I mean is there are so many "Learn Chinese" sites which cater for simplified only - if the SE logo uses simplified, it may give a wrong impression (since this is a Chinese language site for both traditional and simplified)– pykoDec 21, 2011 at 0:12
The current logo is Cn, I suggest to use zh as the logo, since it is the ISO 639-1 code of the Chinese languages. In my opinion, this is the most correct and concise logo.
Why not this one?
like @Krazer said, we only need one simple symbol. That would do it, but you will have to resize it.
