Same here, I still cannot forgive Microsoft replacing Times New Roman with Calibri 
I’ve been trying to track down the origins of the existing logo. So far, the oldest version of the existing logo that I have been able to find is from (EDIT) 3 March 2006, at:
Looks like it first appeared at some point (EDIT) before:
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage was announced on 15 December 2005: official Cabal / Hackage wiki
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I chose option B, especially for the font.
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I think the embedded Haskell-brand lambda is important. The star seems unnecessary.
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hmm I like this one better, at least in concept (monospace font + bundle/package + lamda/haskell logo):
Disclaimer: it was AI generated.
I hope not to hurt anyone’s feelings, however, I wonder if it was considered to issue the challenge to a graphic design community or logo contests sites like 99designs, I think many would aggree to design a logo for free for a non-profit organization like the Haskell Foundation, and most likely they’d do a better job than us software engineers.
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My tuppenceworth: I like the existing logo.
I like the quirky, slightly organic, bespoke font (with the glyphs lightly ‘packed’ together); it reminds me (fondly) of concert posters from the 1960s.
I read the icon as a box containing a star (the Unicode variant of *); a box can be a package and I associate star with types (and types with Haskell).
I don’t mind that the colour scheme pre-dates ‘Haskell purple’. I think the Cabal project can have its own identity.
I like that Haskell/Cabal have a history and it is fortunate that Cabal had a high-quality, thoughtful, logo from early on.
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I’ve voted for A here, but actually I’d like a logo
- with the lambda, like «new logo A»
- but with the colors of «new logo B» (purple in light theme, blue in dark theme)
- with perspective shortening on the star (like in «new logo B» and in «old logo»), so that it better indicates the implied left side of the “package” box by seeming to be on that side’s surface
- with the font of the «old logo», as it looks somewhat mysteric/occult (or just like I’d imagine a Jugenstil/Art Nouvaux advertising poster for a stage magic show of the Fin de Siècle/Belle Époque), thus IMO matching the name “Cabal” very well.
- Maybe with the strokes between the star and the lambda somewhat wider than in «new logo A», so that the “box” looks more cubical, rather than almost like a flatpack.
Thank you very much @Bodigrim for organizing the poll, thank you @JonathanLorimer and @fgaz for your designs and thank you everybody for participating and sharing your thoughts. New logo B won (congrats @fgaz!). The Cabal team will keep you all updated about the transition process. Party time!
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darn, I lost. I guess I’ll just open an inconspicuous PR in 2031 replacing the new logo. So I’ll have a shot at winning in the following 2035 poll hosted by another who just wants to close the issue.
all according to the established convention for replacing the cabal logo.
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@JappieL that’s a plan! Step 0 of the plan would be a PR that replaces the old logo with logo B in Cabal README (anywhere else?) so that the logo-changing convention is proved effective and not just an occasion to have sublime chat with other aesthetes. Would you like to offer such a PR?
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Thanks everyone who proposed a logo and thanks everyone who cast a vote!
Cabal dev meeting acknowledges the choice!
There is are two small changes to be done:
- The first one in the ReadTheDocs manual.
- The second one for the Readme.
They are simple and a good way to contribute to the project. Newcomers welcome!
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