Branding - Revision history

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:20:35Z

Updating BB links

User2357: Goodbye. :'(

2024-01-15T06:36:29Z

Goodbye. :'(

User2357: 1st-person sentence -> 3rd person

2024-01-14T20:21:53Z

1st-person sentence -> 3rd person

User2357: Griffin hyperlink

2024-01-14T19:22:48Z

Griffin hyperlink

User2357: Swapped Oolite and Frontier positions, for easier comparison between Elite and Oolite logos; + DB's reddit AMA hyperlink; further minor edits and hyperlinks; hyperlink to example of "originally-intended, best version of a file"

2024-01-14T18:58:24Z

Swapped Oolite and Frontier positions, for easier comparison between Elite and Oolite logos; + DB's reddit AMA hyperlink; further minor edits and hyperlinks; hyperlink to example of "originally-intended, best version of a file"

User2357: Clarified Caveat, indicated HowTo, +2004 Oolite-logo1 userpic, minor clarifications, extra hyperlinks, planned layout

2024-01-14T16:47:45Z

Clarified Caveat, indicated HowTo, +2004 Oolite-logo1 userpic, minor clarifications, extra hyperlinks, planned layout

User2357: FE2 & FFE logos added, caveat improved

2024-01-12T15:25:01Z

FE2 & FFE logos added, caveat improved

User2357: Completed initial Classic Elite-logo uploads

2024-01-12T07:08:39Z

Completed initial Classic Elite-logo uploads

User2357 at 18:46, 11 January 2024

2024-01-11T18:46:04Z

User2357: Improved logo layout, according to year

2024-01-11T18:44:13Z

Improved logo layout, according to year

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 > 12:57, 7 May 2011, Ahruman uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki the 256 x 256 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png "New (2011) ''Oolite'' icon"] by Eugene Chernyakov (seventh).
-> Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki as new version of the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
+> Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki as new version of the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
 = Caveat & HowTo =

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 = ''Oolite'' branding history =
-April 2004, [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s [[Aegidian_devlog|''Oolite'' (progress)]] [https://oolite.livejournal.com/profile LiveJournal] introduced the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo1.png ''Oolite'' userpic], which can be downloaded from that [https://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=oolite page] (right-click > Save Image As...) as a 100 pixels x 100 pixels .png image.
+> 7 April 2004, [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s [[Aegidian_devlog|''Oolite'' (progress)]] [https://oolite.livejournal.com/profile LiveJournal] introduced the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo1.png ''Oolite'' userpic], which can be downloaded from that [https://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=oolite page] (right-click > Save Image As...) as a 100 pixels x 100 pixels .png image.
-:15, 3 January 2006, Rxke apparently uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki a 128 x 128 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png ''Oolite'' logo] version of the userpic.
+> 16:15, 3 January 2006, Rxke apparently uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki a 128 x 128 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png ''Oolite'' logo] version of the userpic.
-:57, 7 May 2011, Ahruman uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki the 256 x 256 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png "New (2011) ''Oolite'' icon"] by Eugene Chernyakov (seventh).
+> 12:57, 7 May 2011, Ahruman uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki the 256 x 256 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png "New (2011) ''Oolite'' icon"] by Eugene Chernyakov (seventh).
-Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki as new version of the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
+> Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki as new version of the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
 = Caveat & HowTo =
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+Wiki functionality is broken for me. I did what I could, to the best of my abilities, but I am apparently not capable/allowed to do what needs to be done here further anymore. Thanks. It's been fun, while it lasted. I'll leave this in the capable hands of other, more powerful people now.
 ''' ''Oolite'' '''

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 The first three names were responsible for the programming and the documentation ([http://www.elitehomepage.org/playguide.htm ''Elite'' Players' Guide]; [https://archive.org/details/elite_acornsoft_manual/mode/1up?view=theater ''The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual''] and [https://openretro.org/file/ec43acc68931c84951a13b6285ed4ccd64b5b787 ''The Dark Wheel''], Stock Code Numbers for the latter: SBG38/B1 and SBG38/B3, respectively, etc.). However, the ''Elite'' simulator would probably not have had such a successful market-entrance had it not been for the fourth gentleman's eye-catching skills as an airbrush artist.
-On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down -- as if "quasi-[https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-chiastic-structure.htm chiastically]" in the central focal-point of the nine topic-sections -- we are briefly introduced to him... but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
+On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down -- as if "quasi-[https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-chiastic-structure.htm chiastically]" in the central focal-point of the nine topic-sections -- he is briefly introduced... but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
 On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph; and in [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/comment/c7qdaj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button David Braben's 2013 reddit ''Elite: Dangerous'' AMA], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the designer of the original ''Elite'' logo. (The [https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/griffin/ "Griffin thing"], as mentioned by Braben, as a supposed element of the ''Elite'' logo, is debatable, though.)

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 On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down -- as if "quasi-[https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-chiastic-structure.htm chiastically]" in the central focal-point of the nine topic-sections -- we are briefly introduced to him... but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
-On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph; and in [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/comment/c7qdaj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button David Braben's 2013 reddit ''Elite: Dangerous'' AMA], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the designer of the original ''Elite'' logo.
+On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph; and in [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/comment/c7qdaj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button David Braben's 2013 reddit ''Elite: Dangerous'' AMA], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the designer of the original ''Elite'' logo. (The [https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/griffin/ "Griffin thing"], as mentioned by Braben, as a supposed element of the ''Elite'' logo, is debatable, though.)
 = ''Oolite'' branding history =
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 The 1991 ArcElite manual title-page and 1984 manual front-cover logos seem to be the cleanest, for the purposes of using them as potential templates for future designs.
-From time to time, among the logos, there does seem to be a subtle motif of "ascending to the next level" (3D), "accelerating", and then also "breaking out of the frame" and "transcending of boundaries", as it were; c.f.: 1984 box art & ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover (even extending off-page), 1985 ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover, and 1988 manual front-cover. The graphics for the [https://ia601304.us.archive.org/19/items/Elite_Plus_Manual/Elite_Plus_Manual_text.pdf 1991 ''Elite Plus'' manual's] title page, Cobra Mk III (p. 13), ''Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'' (pp. 67 - 86), and the ''Imprint'' novella's title page (p. "87"), all subtly communicate this repeated motif as well. The 1991 ''Elite Plus'' simulator's logo also adds an extra, juxtaposed element of realism...
+From time to time, among the logos, there does seem to be a subtle motif of "ascending to the next level" (3D), "accelerating", and then also "breaking out of the frame" and "transcending of boundaries", as it were; c.f.: 1984 box art & ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover (even extending off-page), 1985 ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover, and 1988 manual front-cover. The graphics for the [https://ia601304.us.archive.org/19/items/Elite_Plus_Manual/Elite_Plus_Manual_text.pdf 1991 ''Elite Plus'' manual's] title page, Cobra Mk III (p. 13), ''Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'' (pp. 67 - 86), and the ''Imprint'' novella's title page (p. "87"), all subtly communicate this repeated motif as well. In comparison with the other logos, and within itself, the 1991 ''Elite Plus'' simulator's logo also adds an extra, juxtaposed element of realism...

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 Fonts came up from the OpenOffice documentation (Reference Sheet, etc.) that is distributed in PDF format. As soon as the PDFs were generated using open-source software only, it became apparent that the documents were based on fonts only available in Microsoft Windows operating systems. From that moment on, alternatives had to be found.
-This page focuses on ''Elite'' (and its descendant ''Oolite'') since (1) it is the origin of all the related brands, (2) and it has had a multitude of different versions, many of them introducing variations on the theme, while (3) the ''Frontier'' games have had relatively few brand-changes, if any, along the way. For completeness, though, the ''Frontier'' logos and icons will also be included, but [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elite+dangerous+logos&va=p&atb=v355-1&iax=images&ia=images ''Elite: Dangerous''] has an impractically-large amount of branding for the purposes of the simple historical-record intended here.
+This page focuses on ''Elite'' (and its descendant ''Oolite'') since (1) it is the origin of all the related brands, (2) and it has had a multitude of different versions, many of them introducing variations on the theme, while (3) the ''Frontier'' games do not seem to have had any significant brand-variations along the way. For completeness, though, the ''Frontier'' logos and icons will also be included, but [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elite+dangerous+logos&va=p&atb=v355-1&iax=images&ia=images ''Elite: Dangerous''] has an impractically-large amount of branding for the purposes of the simple historical-record intended here.
 = ''Elite'' branding history =
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 The first three names were responsible for the programming and the documentation ([http://www.elitehomepage.org/playguide.htm ''Elite'' Players' Guide]; [https://archive.org/details/elite_acornsoft_manual/mode/1up?view=theater ''The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual''] and [https://openretro.org/file/ec43acc68931c84951a13b6285ed4ccd64b5b787 ''The Dark Wheel''], Stock Code Numbers for the latter: SBG38/B1 and SBG38/B3, respectively, etc.). However, the ''Elite'' simulator would probably not have had such a successful market-entrance had it not been for the fourth gentleman's eye-catching skills as an airbrush artist.
-On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down, we are briefly introduced to him, but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
+On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down -- as if "quasi-[https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-chiastic-structure.htm chiastically]" in the central focal-point of the nine topic-sections -- we are briefly introduced to him... but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
-On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the designer of ''Elite'' branding.
+On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph; and in [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/comment/c7qdaj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button David Braben's 2013 reddit ''Elite: Dangerous'' AMA], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the designer of the original ''Elite'' logo.
 = ''Oolite'' branding history =
-April 2004, [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s [[Aegidian_devlog|''Oolite'' (progress)]] [https://oolite.livejournal.com/profile LiveJournal] introduced the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo1.png ''Oolite'' userpic], which can be downloaded from that [https://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=oolite page] (right-click, "Save Image As...") as a 100 pixels x 100 pixels .png image.
+April 2004, [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s [[Aegidian_devlog|''Oolite'' (progress)]] [https://oolite.livejournal.com/profile LiveJournal] introduced the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo1.png ''Oolite'' userpic], which can be downloaded from that [https://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=oolite page] (right-click > Save Image As...) as a 100 pixels x 100 pixels .png image.
 :15, 3 January 2006, Rxke apparently uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki a 128 x 128 [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png ''Oolite'' logo] version of the userpic.
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 = Caveat & HowTo =
-The ''Elite'' Wiki allows the uploading of new versions of old files. However, "new version" should be defined and understood as "improved version", rather than "different version", where "improved" could mean "increased resolution", or "more universally-applicable file format", or other more subtle edits, in order to establish the originally-intended, '''best''' version of the file. Uploading a ''different'' version of an existing file causes that file to be replaced universally throughout the entire ''Elite'' Wiki -- even on old, "history" pages of ''Elite'' wikipages (e.g.: on the very first, 05:22, 14 February 2006 version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&oldid=3181 ''Oolite'' Main Page] the original, blue, 2006 logo had been replaced by the new, red, 2023 logo). This is not a black-and-white, easily-defined, well-behaved, simple and straight-forward issue, and there could, arguably, be many ambiguous scenarios and exceptions to whatever guidelines might have been imagined.
+The ''Elite'' Wiki allows the uploading of new versions of old files. However, "new version" should be defined and understood as "improved version", rather than "different version", where "improved" could mean "increased resolution", or "more universally-applicable file format", or other more subtle edits, in order to establish the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Elite-logo1988-3_manual_front_cover_(rotated).jpg originally-intended, '''best'''] version of the file. Uploading a ''different'' version of an existing file causes that file to be replaced universally throughout the entire ''Elite'' Wiki -- even on old, "history" pages of ''Elite'' wikipages (e.g.: on the very first, 05:22, 14 February 2006 version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&oldid=3181 ''Oolite'' Main Page] the original, blue, 2006 logo had been replaced by the new, red, 2023 logo). This is not a black-and-white, easily-defined, well-behaved, simple and straight-forward issue, and there could, arguably, be many ambiguous scenarios and exceptions to whatever guidelines might have been imagined.
-Therefore -- ''if in doubt'' -- it is safer, in terms of the preservation of the historical integrity of the ''Elite'' Wiki (although it also requires more work) to upload a "new" version of an existing file under a correspondingly-new filename with the intention of replacing the old version on subsequent wikipages. When a "new" version of an existing file is considered for upload, the following methodology is recommended.
+Therefore -- ''if in doubt'' -- it is safer, in terms of the preservation of the historical integrity of the ''Elite'' Wiki (although it also requires more work), to upload a "new" version of an existing file under a correspondingly-new filename with the intention of replacing the old version on subsequent (and not previous, historical) wikipages. When a "new" version of an existing file is considered for upload, the following methodology is recommended.
 '''HowTo'''
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 Some logos were originally designed skew by a few degrees anticlockwise. The original, skew versions are available from the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&ilsearch=logo&user=&ilshowall=1 "logo" File list search-page]. For ease of comparison, and for streamlining this page's layout, only the upright-rotated logos are shown here.
-The 1991 ArcElite manual title-page and 1984 manual front-cover logos seem to be the cleanest, for the purposes of using them as potential templates for future designs. From time to time, among the logos, there does seem to be a subtle motif of "breaking out of the frame" and "transcending of boundaries", as it were, c.f.: 1984 box art & ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover, and 1988 manual front-cover. The graphics for the [https://ia601304.us.archive.org/19/items/Elite_Plus_Manual/Elite_Plus_Manual_text.pdf 1991 ''Elite Plus'' manual's] title page, Cobra Mk III (p. 13), ''Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'' (pp. 67 - 86), and the ''Imprint'' novella's title page (p. "87"), all repeatedly communicate this subtle motif as well.
+The 1991 ArcElite manual title-page and 1984 manual front-cover logos seem to be the cleanest, for the purposes of using them as potential templates for future designs.
 ''' ''Frontier'' '''
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 [[File:Frontier- First Encounters-logo1995 box art.jpg|128px|box art]]
 [[File:Frontier- First Encounters-logo1995 manual front cover.jpg|128px|manual front-cover]]
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-''' ''Frontier'' '''
+''' ''Oolite'' '''
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 = Fonts =
-The font used in-game is a custom monospaced font. Oolite does not work with Truetype or Freetype fonts.
+The font used in-game is a custom, mono-spaced font. ''Oolite'' does not work with Truetype or Freetype fonts.
 The fonts in the documentation are ...

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 Fonts came up from the OpenOffice documentation (Reference Sheet, etc.) that is distributed in PDF format. As soon as the PDFs were generated using open-source software only, it became apparent that the documents were based on fonts only available in Microsoft Windows operating systems. From that moment on, alternatives had to be found.
-This page focuses on ''Elite'' (and its descendant ''Oolite'') since (1) it is the origin of all the related brands, (2) and it has had a multitude of different versions, many of them introducing variations on the theme, while (3) the ''Frontier'' games and ''Elite: Dangerous'' have had relatively few brand-changes, if any, along the way. For completeness, though, the ''Frontier'' and ''Elite: Dangerous'' logos and icons will also be included.
+This page focuses on ''Elite'' (and its descendant ''Oolite'') since (1) it is the origin of all the related brands, (2) and it has had a multitude of different versions, many of them introducing variations on the theme, while (3) the ''Frontier'' games have had relatively few brand-changes, if any, along the way. For completeness, though, the ''Frontier'' logos and icons will also be included, but [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elite+dangerous+logos&va=p&atb=v355-1&iax=images&ia=images ''Elite: Dangerous''] has an impractically-large amount of branding for the purposes of the simple historical-record intended here.
 = ''Elite'' branding history =
 ... [[Classic_Elite|Elite]]... [[David Braben]], [[Ian Bell]], [[Robert Holdstock]], and... Philip Castle.
-The first three names were responsible for the programming and the documentation ([http://www.elitehomepage.org/playguide.htm ''Elite'' Players' Guide]; [https://archive.org/details/elite_acornsoft_manual/mode/1up?view=theater ''The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual''] and [https://openretro.org/file/ec43acc68931c84951a13b6285ed4ccd64b5b787 ''The Dark Wheel''], Stock Code Numbers for the latter: SBG38/B1 and SBG38/B3, respectively, etc.), but the ''Elite'' simulator would probably not have had such a successful market-entrance had it not been for the fourth gentleman's eye-catching skills as an airbrush artist.
+The first three names were responsible for the programming and the documentation ([http://www.elitehomepage.org/playguide.htm ''Elite'' Players' Guide]; [https://archive.org/details/elite_acornsoft_manual/mode/1up?view=theater ''The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual''] and [https://openretro.org/file/ec43acc68931c84951a13b6285ed4ccd64b5b787 ''The Dark Wheel''], Stock Code Numbers for the latter: SBG38/B1 and SBG38/B3, respectively, etc.). However, the ''Elite'' simulator would probably not have had such a successful market-entrance had it not been for the fourth gentleman's eye-catching skills as an airbrush artist.
 On the [https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/elite_misc.html "FrontierAstro ''Elite'' - Various Items"] page, approximately halfway down, we are briefly introduced to him, but his work is pretty much everywhere on that page.
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 Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki as new version of the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
-= Caveat =
+= Caveat & HowTo =
-The ''Elite'' Wiki allows the uploading of new versions of old files. However, "new version" should be defined and understood as "improved version" rather than "different version", where "improved" could mean "increased resolution", or "more universally-applicable file format", or other more subtle edits, in order to establish the originally-intended, '''best''' version of the file. Uploading a ''different'' version of an existing file causes that file to be replaced universally throughout the entire ''Elite'' Wiki -- even on old, "history" pages of ''Elite'' wikipages (e.g.: on the very first, 05:22, 14 February 2006 version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&oldid=3181 ''Oolite'' Main Page] the original, blue, 2006 logo had been replaced by the new, red, 2023 logo). This is not a black-and-white, easily-defined, well-behaved, simple and straight-forward situation, and there could, arguably, be many ambiguous scenarios and exceptions to whatever rules might have been imagined.
+The ''Elite'' Wiki allows the uploading of new versions of old files. However, "new version" should be defined and understood as "improved version", rather than "different version", where "improved" could mean "increased resolution", or "more universally-applicable file format", or other more subtle edits, in order to establish the originally-intended, '''best''' version of the file. Uploading a ''different'' version of an existing file causes that file to be replaced universally throughout the entire ''Elite'' Wiki -- even on old, "history" pages of ''Elite'' wikipages (e.g.: on the very first, 05:22, 14 February 2006 version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&oldid=3181 ''Oolite'' Main Page] the original, blue, 2006 logo had been replaced by the new, red, 2023 logo). This is not a black-and-white, easily-defined, well-behaved, simple and straight-forward issue, and there could, arguably, be many ambiguous scenarios and exceptions to whatever guidelines might have been imagined.
-Therefore, when a "new" version of an existing file is considered for upload, the following guidelines are recommended.
+Therefore -- ''if in doubt'' -- it is safer, in terms of the preservation of the historical integrity of the ''Elite'' Wiki (although it also requires more work) to upload a "new" version of an existing file under a correspondingly-new filename with the intention of replacing the old version on subsequent wikipages. When a "new" version of an existing file is considered for upload, the following methodology is recommended.
-On an ordinary ''Elite'' wikipage, in the left-hand margin, under "tools" > "Special pages" > "Media reports and uploads" > "File list", in the "Search for media name" search box, enter a known portion of the filename (e.g.: "logo" or "icon"), click the "Include old versions of files" tick-box and the "Go" button; then click the name-hyperlink tat is associated with the desired thumbnail. Then, again, in the left-hand margin, under "tools" > "What links here", in order to determine where on which wikipages which hyperlinks or references would potentially need to be updated to a new filename, so that history pages will not unintentionally be Minitrue-redacted.
+'''HowTo'''
-Therefore, in an attempt (1) to prevent a loss of the commOonity's heritage on ''Elite'' Wiki history pages, and (2) to facilitate easier searching for older logo-versions, it is recommended that future, new-logo designs be named according to, and uploaded under filenames conforming to the established naming-scheme of "''Oolite''-logo#", where # is the next number in the sequence, and that all of the hyperlinks throughout the ''Elite'' wiki be updated accordingly. It is recommended that only a single, highest-resolution logo-image be uploaded, since the ''Elite'' Wiki has the functionality to scale the logo images: <nowiki>[[File:oolite-logo#.png|196px]]</nowiki>. A similar, numbered naming-scheme is recommended for icons.
+On an ordinary ''Elite'' wikipage, in the left-hand margin, under "tools" > "Special pages" > "Media reports and uploads" > "File list", in the "Search for media name" search box, enter a known portion of the filename (e.g.: "logo" or "icon"), click the "Include old versions of files" tick-box and then the "Go" button; then click the name-hyperlink that is associated with the desired thumbnail. Then, again, in the left-hand margin, under "tools" > "What links here", in order to determine where on which wikipages which hyperlinks or references would potentially need to be updated to a new filename, so that history pages will not unintentionally be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_in_Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Ministry_of_Truth Minitrue]-redacted.
 If an older logo (or icon) might be required for any purpose, the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&ilsearch=logo&user=&ilshowall=1 "logo" File list search-page] is recommended (substitute "icon" in stead of "logo", if required). Include old versions of files.
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 Some logos were originally designed skew by a few degrees anticlockwise. The original, skew versions are available from the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&ilsearch=logo&user=&ilshowall=1 "logo" File list search-page]. For ease of comparison, and for streamlining this page's layout, only the upright-rotated logos are shown here.
-The 1991 ArcElite manual title-page and 1984 manual front-cover logos seem to be the cleanest, for the purposes of using them as potential templates for future designs. From time to time, among the logos, there does seem to be a subtle motif of "breaking out of the frame" and "transcending of boundaries", as it were, c.f.: 1984 box art & ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover, and 1988 manual front-cover. The graphics for the [https://ia601304.us.archive.org/19/items/Elite_Plus_Manual/Elite_Plus_Manual_text.pdf 1991 ''Elite Plus'' manual]'s title page, Cobra Mk III (p. 13), ''Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'' (pp. 67 - 86), and the ''Imprint'' novella's title page (p. "87") all repeatedly communicate this subtle motif as well.
+The 1991 ArcElite manual title-page and 1984 manual front-cover logos seem to be the cleanest, for the purposes of using them as potential templates for future designs. From time to time, among the logos, there does seem to be a subtle motif of "breaking out of the frame" and "transcending of boundaries", as it were, c.f.: 1984 box art & ''The Dark Wheel'' front cover, and 1988 manual front-cover. The graphics for the [https://ia601304.us.archive.org/19/items/Elite_Plus_Manual/Elite_Plus_Manual_text.pdf 1991 ''Elite Plus'' manual's] title page, Cobra Mk III (p. 13), ''Observer's Guide to Ships in Service'' (pp. 67 - 86), and the ''Imprint'' novella's title page (p. "87"), all repeatedly communicate this subtle motif as well.
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 ''' ''Oolite'' '''
-''' ''Elite: Dangerous'' '''
-= Logos and Icons on the ''Elite'' Wiki =
+''' ''Oolite'' '''

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 [[File:Elite-logo1988-1 box art.png|128px|box art]]
 [[File:Elite-logo1988-3 manual front cover (rotated).jpg|128px|manual front-cover]]
 Some logos were originally designed skew by a few degrees anticlockwise. The original, skew versions are available from the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&ilsearch=logo&user=&ilshowall=1 "logo" File list search-page]. For ease of comparison, and for streamlining this page's layout, only the upright-rotated logos are shown here.
 = Fonts =

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 [[File:Oolite-logo3.png|right]]
-== Introduction ==
+= Introduction =
 This page attempts to record and preserve the historical heritage of ''Elite''/''Oolite'' branding, specifically in terms of logos, icons and fonts. [https://frontierastro.co.uk/ FrontierAstro] is very useful in this regard.
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 This page focuses on ''Elite'' (and its descendant ''Oolite'') since (1) it is the origin of all the related brands, (2) and it has had a multitude of different versions, many of them introducing variations on the theme, while (3) the ''Frontier'' games and ''Elite: Dangerous'' have had relatively few brand-changes, if any, along the way. For completeness, though, the ''Frontier'' and ''Elite: Dangerous'' logos and icons will also be included.
-== ''Elite'' branding history ==
+= ''Elite'' branding history =
 ... [[Classic_Elite|Elite]]... [[David Braben]], [[Ian Bell]], [[Robert Holdstock]], and... Philip Castle.
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 On [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's website], in the ''Elite'' Archives, in the file [http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/a4120001.png a4120001.png], the "DECEMBER 1984" Acorn News report (scan), in the second column, third paragraph, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Castle Philip Castle] is authoritatively identified as the originator of ''Elite'' branding.
-== ''Oolite'' branding history ==
+= ''Oolite'' branding history =
 April 2004, [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s [[Aegidian_devlog|''Oolite'' (progress)]] [https://oolite.livejournal.com/profile LiveJournal] introduced the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo1.png ''Oolite'' userpic], which can be downloaded from that [https://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=oolite page] (right-click, "Save Image As...") as a 100 pixels x 100 pixels .png image.
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 Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:39 am, on the ''Oolite'' Bulletin Boards, in the Discussion forum, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21464 "New splash screen and icon"] thread was posted by phkb, in which was suggested that the ''Oolite'' splash screen and icon had been around for a while now, and it was proposed that they were about due for a refresh. This discussion led to the new, red versions of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo2.png 128 x 128] and [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-logo3.png 256 x 256] logo-images, and the new black-and-white version of the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File:Oolite-IconBW.png ''Oolite'' icon], all three uploaded to the ''Elite'' Wiki under the old filenames six days later by Phkb. The new, red logo was also incorporated in the official [https://oolite.space/ oolite.space] website.
-== Caveat ==
+= Caveat =
 The substitutions of the 2023, red logo-images and black-and-white icon-image under old filenames were apparently made in an attempt to reduce effort in replacing old hyperlinks on eight other wikipages with new filenames.

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 ''Elite'' logos have been sourced from box art, manual covers, half-title, title and other pages, and ''The Dark Wheel'''s front covers. It appears that other, minor media, included in any package, only have variations on the various themes in that package. The logos below are identified by their dates and usage of first appearance. Hover over the images for descriptions. Consult [https://frontierastro.co.uk/ FrontierAstro] to see how some of these logos have been re-used for different elements of various versions.
-[[File:Elite-logo1984-1 box art & The Dark Wheel front cover.jpg|128px|1984 box art & The Dark Wheel front cover]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1984-2 manual front cover.png|128px|1984 manual front-cover]]
+[[File:Elite-logo1984-1 box art & The Dark Wheel front cover.jpg|128px|box art & The Dark Wheel front cover]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1984-3 manual half-title page.png|128px|1984 manual half-title page]]
+[[File:Elite-logo1984-2 manual front cover.png|128px|manual front-cover]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1985-1 box art & manual front cover.png|128px|1985 box art & manual front-cover]]
+[[File:Elite-logo1984-3 manual half-title page.png|128px|manual half-title page]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1985-2 Spectrum manual title page.png|128px|1985 Spectrum manual title-page]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1985-4 The Dark Wheel front cover (rotated).jpg|128px|1985 The Dark Wheel front cover]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1988-1 box art.png|128px|1988 box art]]
+[[File:Elite-logo1985-1 box art & manual front cover.png|128px|box art & manual front-cover]]
-[[File:Elite-logo1988-3 manual front cover (rotated).jpg|128px|1988 manual front-cover]]
+[[File:Elite-logo1985-2 Spectrum manual title page.png|128px|Spectrum manual title-page]]
 = Fonts =