I really think this represents us a lot. Great job, woot!

@taroogs: from my earlier comment:
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You will also notice that the Is in “filipino” have no dots, and the I of “freethinker” not only has a dot but is a flame. At first we did this to “clean up the clutter,” as AnnThrop also commented. The fi of “filipino” just looks dirty with the dot, and so do the other dots. Some, Frank and Gerald prefer the dots be put back, while others, like AnnThrop and Tin, prefer it out.

I see reasons for and against dots, but what tipped me over to the dotless side was the symbolism: Filipinos are not only flameless (no courage to reason) but dotless (no reason to begin with), and they need Freethinkers to regain their lost flames/dots. (Just thought of this now: Those three dotless Is represent reason, science, and doubting/courage to question. If we spread freethought not only can we help others get their wicks back but help light them as well.)

just one question, though. why are the "i"s in "filipino" not dotted — unlike the one in "freethinkers"?

@wes: We do have several versions of the logo on different backgrounds (black, gradient, one where the colors are inversed, etc.) This is the most basic form though, so it's what I showed you first.

Making every i a candle doesn't work (we tried). And it takes away emphasis from that one lit candle in the word.

About smoothening the top of ff: I like keeping them individual fs because making them big would just make one fat f. and again, that much modification is cheating in my book

@joma: in times of peace, when a flag is vertical, blue is on the left.

@wes: the sun would overpower and repeat the theme of the candle, plus with the flag colors adding a sun would be too cliche

@francis: first of all, consider a username change, it's too hard to type/say/remember And yeah, go free! But, really, I have nothing against HELLvetica, it's just that in this case, Arial wins.