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

Transcript

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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