1) Despite creating an actual style guide for the logo, including recommended usage, the proposal IMO lacks serious attention to typographic detail, the one thing a currency logo actually needs. None of the examples look particularly great: the type is misaligned, the text dominates the B logo in practically every badge.
2) The Wikimedia-linked B is much better designed as a shape, has the right weight, but the tacky coin presentation completely ruins it.
Someone needs to take approach 1 to proposal 2 and we'll all be better for it.
1) Despite creating an actual style guide for the logo, including recommended usage, the proposal IMO lacks serious attention to typographic detail, the one thing a currency logo actually needs. None of the examples look particularly great: the type is misaligned, the text dominates the B logo in practically every badge.
2) The Wikimedia-linked B is much better designed as a shape, has the right weight, but the tacky coin presentation completely ruins it.
Someone needs to take approach 1 to proposal 2 and we'll all be better for it.
Edit: nevermind, someone already did: http://forrst.com/posts/Rebranding_of_Bitcoin-Ft5