Mypy: MyPy Logo

[mvcisback]

Playing around with logos for another project.....this popped into my head

Its the normal Python Logo transformed to make an M for mypy

[JukkaL]

A logo would be good to have. I actually had one once, but it doesn't really work any longer (mypy was a different beast then).

We'd need permission from whoever who owns the legal/moral rights to the Python logo if we want to use it (I'm not sure if I'd want to, but it's the best -- and only -- proposal we have as of now).

[mvcisback]

Yeah, on the website it looks like one needs to ask [email protected] about derived logos.
It might be fun to generate a few logos and pick from them

[refi64]

Is it me, or does the new "logo" now say "404 - no pic here"?

[mvcisback]

@kirbyfan64 aww.........picpaste has failed me.... I just uploaded this time....

[ilevkivskyi]

Here is another idea for the logo:

@JukkaL I think it is OK to use the Python logo if we have a permission. The "logic" behind this idea is quite simple, it looks like x: list[int], where x == Python in our case :-) Also I like simple logos that contain the actual title.

I took the colours (#1f5082 and #dfdfdf) from CSS on mypy-lang.org, we could play with other colours, but I think this pair looks quite "solid". I also tried to play with the font, it seems to me that monospace looks quite bad (especially letter m), therefore I tried something wider, I think this looks better.

(I have an original SVG, but GitHub doesn't support embedding it in a post.)

[gvanrossum]

I like this idea. Something seems wrong with the colors though -- when I click on the image I only see the blue parts. In general the gray part is way too light for my taste, it looks like a "grayed out" menu item.

[ilevkivskyi]

Here is a version with a bit darker gray #b7b7b7 (I also put it on a non-transparent white background):

[gvanrossum]

It's a bit better, but the gray still makes me think "grayed out". Maybe we
need to ask a designer friend... (I could ask my designer brother to have a
look if you want to.)

[ilevkivskyi]

Maybe we need to ask a designer friend... (I could ask my designer brother to have a look if you want to.)

Yes, this is definitely a good idea.

[ilevkivskyi]

Here is a balanced version (both colours now have the same lightness):

[gvanrossum]

@justvanrossum What do you think of this logo design? How would you improve it?

For more info about mypy, see e.g. http://mypy-lang.org/examples.html. The form of the logo, interpreted as snakes: my[py], is derived from the syntax which declares an argument or variable named. For example we write arg: List[int] to declare an argument arg that is a list of integers, so the logo declares a variable snakes that is a my of pys. (Also, we like to write "mypy", the name of the tool, without initial cap.)

[ethanhs]

I like the design of the snakes: my[py], but it felt a little too monochromatic. I thought I'd try using the Python colors and gradient (or approximately thereof):

[ilevkivskyi]

Using the original colors makes mypy less "distinct" as a "brand". Also I like something colder and darker (these are my associations for static and impartial).

[ilevkivskyi]

Btw I ended up using a bit lighter (closer to original Python) blue. This is what @msullivan had shown on his PyCon lighting talk:

[ethanhs]

@ilevkivskyi yeah, I see what you mean about the distinctiveness of the brand. I'm happy with the lighter blue version :)

[JukkaL]

I can't help thinking that the concept of the colon and the square brackets is a bit too clever. It wasn't obvious to me when I first saw the logo, and it may be confusing for other people as well. My preference would be for something simpler. What about only having the colon part and leaving out the square brackets, for example?

[ilevkivskyi]

FWIW it would look like this:

TBH, I like the variant with square brackets more. Here are same thoughts:

• > I can't help thinking

This is good! :-) It means that the logo catches attention. It's not too trivial, while not too complex exactly enough to start thinking about "why that brackets?" :-)

• Generics is an important part of the type system, and something mypy does IMO better than any other existing type checkers
• I would like people to use more of List[int], or even List[Any], rather than just list, if the logo will push them at least a little, I will be already happy.
• In this plain form it is too close to just standard Python logo (snakes), but this may be subjective.
• On the other hand, with brackets "my" and "py" are a bit too far from each other.

[ilevkivskyi]

(Btw @JukkaL I think you should make the final decision, finally you are the "father".)

[msullivan]

I think both look good, but I prefer the one with generics

[ilevkivskyi]

Another idea that came to my mind is that we can provide a "badge" for projects that use mypy. So that people can add it to their READMEs and it will look like this (currently click directs to mypy-lang.org)

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The badge uses the same two colors that logo uses as well.

EDIT: It turns out this thing is called a badge.

[msullivan]

I love the badge idea