Ask HN: Which logo do you like more? Any comments?

qbix.com

3 points·EGreg··6 comments

Without knowing what the product is it's hard to tell. Typographically the first seems better but it's marginal.

I can gleam that it might be something to do with communication as the Q looks like a speech bubble but it also looks like a penguin looking down (centre hole of the Q is it's eye).

In general I would say they look garish and amateurish.

Having said that, they are fine, get on with making the product, I'm sure you've got more important things to cover.

Personally I think it looks blurry and has too many colours.

Maybe use the second one with the b a little bit further out from under the Q and then make bix all the same colour.

How about one in-between? The 'b' is a bit too obscured in the alternate design but I prefer it overall.

The first one. It's simple and easier to draw.

I'm not sure if I can put the b somewhere in between the two logos, as that would introduce an ugly white space between the Q and the b.

By the way, does the Q look like a chat bubble to you at all?

It does. Could probably make it a little more clear by having the tail of the q a bit more curved, but it's clear enough now I think.

I'm not sure I like the contrast between the fat outline on the Q and the outline-less rest. The shadow looks a bit too pronounced to me.

Overall I like the top one best, though I'd try a few in-betweens, because I like the idea of the bottom one, I just think that one obscures the b too much.

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