Inspiration – Mozilla Firefox Logo Facts, Meaning, History & PNG

Mozilla Firefox Logo

Mozilla Firefox logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG

  • Download PNG Mozilla Firefox Logo PNG While the Firefox new logo is simpler than its predecessors, it’s still rather consistent in its core imagery.
  • The original name of the browser was Phoenix, which changed to Mozilla Firebird in 2003, followed by the current Firefox name in 2004.
  • 2002 — 2004 The original logo, created for Phoenix, depicted a stylized red bird with its wings spread to the sides and curved up with delicate red petals above them, resembling a flame.
  • The bird had its head turned to the left and looked very bright and friendly.
  • It was a blue globe executed in gradient shades, with a stylized orange fox, curved along its bottom part, cuddling the globe.
  • The fox had its long fluffy tail drawn in sharp shapes, resembling a flame.
  • 2005 — 2009 The colors of the emblem were refined in 2005, along with the contours of both the globe and the fox.
  • 2009 — 2013 The globe gained lighter gradients in 2009, and this made the emblem three-dimensional and glossy, looking modern and trendy.
  • The elements on the globe got minimized as well as the color, the same was with the fox, all accents were moved to its tail.
  • 2017 — 2019 The redesign of 2017 brought a new smooth style to the iconic fox, which was now executed in smooth wide lines, with all the sharp triangular elements removed.
  • Symbol While the animal seen on the icon is undoubtedly a fox, in fact, the word “firefox” actually refers to the red panda.
  • Why isn’t then a red panda featured on the logo?
  • Font The type used for both the words “Mozilla” and “Firefox” in the previous version of the logo is called FF Meta Bold Roman.
  • Orange is the color of the fox’s fir, while blue creates an appealing contrast to it.

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