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WASI Logo Proposal

WASI Logo Proposal

The presentation done in the WASI CG Meeting in Oct 22, 2020, trying to solve the issues with the current WASI draft logo

Syrus Akbary

October 22, 2020
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  1. WASI Logo
    Proposal
    Research / Alternatives / Path forward

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  2. Current Logo 2

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  3. Problems (I) 3
    • Unmatched font kerning

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  4. Problems (II) 4
    • Unmatched font kerning
    • Not digitally accessible:
    not WCAG compliant
    Foreground color (SI) - #66D5FF
    Background color - #9C26CF

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  5. Problems (III) 5
    • Unmatched font kerning
    • Not digitally accessible:
    not WCAG compliant
    • Unmatched font styles &
    weights

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  6. Problems (IV) 6
    • Unmatched font kerning
    • Not digitally accessible:
    not WCAG compliant
    • Unmatched font styles &
    weights
    • Non-squared: 50%
    wasted empty space

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  7. How a WASI Logo should be 7
    • Accessible (WCAG compliant)
    • Vectorizable (.svg version)
    • Consistent style
    • Easy to recognize

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  8. Q: Should we replace the WASI logo at
    some point?
    8

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  9. Proposal 9
    • Replace current logo with one that is more
    accessible and solve the mentioned
    problems (short-term)
    • Organize a contest for a WASI logo, similar
    to the WASM, for the long-term

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  10. Why this approach could make sense?
    10
    • We address the accessibility issues for low-
    vision people, setting a better-suited
    temporal icon
    • We setup the process to do a proper WASI
    logo contest

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  11. Some ideas for logos (short term) 11
    Author: @devsnek

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  12. Decision from the WASI Meeting (new slide) 12
    • Fix accessibility issues, deviating the
    minimally possible from current logo.
    • Font kerning
    • Font style
    • Color
    Proposed icon

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