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# System prepended metadata

title: exploring branding for devtools
tags: [devtools]

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# exploring branding for devtools
###### tags: `devtools`

Reasoning:
* easy use in techical presentations
* make the association with ansible familly more obvious
* avoid cluttering documents with too vivid/complex/detailed logos. We can still use complex ones, but not on "every slide", as they can be distracting.
* have a set of logos that render well at very small size (icons)


## Picking background
* Grey background was ruled out as it provides bad contrast while/dark screen modes.

### Option A
That is basically re-using the branding of [redhat vscode extesions](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/redhat).
![](https://sbarnea.com/ss/ansible-devtools-red.svg =64x64)

### Option B
![](https://sbarnea.com/ss/ansible-devtools-cyan.svg =64x64)

### Option C

![](https://sbarnea.com/ss/ansible-devtools-lightred.svg =64x64)



## Picking icons

Some products already have their own logos like runner and molecule, we will likely avoid changing them, at least for start.

* runner: a person running
* navigator: a ship/boat
* devtools: tools like hammer, ruller, pen
* molecule: a simple molecule
* linter: a real linter or duster
* language-server: something related to languaghe/speacking/words


## Feedback
If you support one of the proposal record your name below:

- A: ssbarnea
- B:
- C:



## Whiteboard

![](https://sbarnea.com/ss/ansible-devtools-m-concept.svg =64x64) -- bit inspired by BMW M tunnig :p