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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, APL does not have a logo like many other programming languages do | As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, APL does not have a logo like many other programming languages do. After a consensus at their September 9th 2021 [[BAA webinar|webinar]], [[BAA]] is heading an effort to adopt a universal [[vendor]]-agnostic logo for APL, using this page as a portal. Voting for logo concept is currently happening. | ||
'''''Note:''' | '''''Note:''' There is still plenty of time to vote (a link is provided below), so please familiarise yourself with the following before voting:'' | ||
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| The choice of logo should be done while keeping in mind that it is intended for branding demonstrations, presentations, systems, documentation, and other visual materials. Its core purpose is to proclaim that "this is APL in action" | | The choice of logo concept should be done while keeping in mind that it is intended for branding demonstrations, presentations, systems, documentation, and other visual materials. Its core purpose is to proclaim that "this is APL in action". Furthermore, it should work as a [[wikipedia:favicon|favicon]] (possibly slightly modified to fit the technical constraints) as well as in banners, including on both dark and light backgrounds. It is also beneficial if the chosen logo can easily be adapted to a monochrome form, for usage in printed materials, stencils, and existing designs. | ||
The ideal logo will signal that: | The ideal logo will signal that: | ||
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# [https://abrudz.github.io/logos/codebars.html On a mock programming competition website] (in monochrome) | # [https://abrudz.github.io/logos/codebars.html On a mock programming competition website] (in monochrome) | ||
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A [[wikipedia:ranked voting|ranked voting]] election for 5 final candidate concepts out of the submitted 25 concepts is running until 2022-02-10 at 16:15 UTC (which is during the [[BAA Webinar]]). | A [[wikipedia:ranked voting|ranked voting]] election for 5 final candidate concepts (out of the submitted 25 concepts) is running until 2022-02-10 at 16:15 UTC (which is during the [[BAA Webinar]]). Note that the listed candidates are not considered final designs; exact execution, colours, and fonts (including whether or not to stylise the letters "APL" as <code>⍝⍴⌊</code>), will be decided later. | ||
* [https://rankedchoices.com/vote#al '''Click here to submit your vote for APL logo concepts'''] | * [https://rankedchoices.com/vote#al '''Click here to submit your vote for APL logo concepts'''] | ||
At the voting site, click and drag the proposals up and down until they are ordered with your most preferred at the top, down to your most disliked at the bottom. When done, click the <kbd>VOTE!</kbd> button at the bottom of the page. Note that while the voting site only features one image for each candidate concept, they do represent all variants that are found below, where you can also find more detailed descriptions and commentary on each proposal. | |||
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