GitHub logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Its logos are simple and memorable.
- Meaning and history The GitHub visual identity history is very laconic, and featured only two logo versions created for the brand since 2008, which both are executed in a minimalist yet very stylish monochrome color palette, with a simple and elegant black logotype in a white background.
- 2008 — 2013 The original logo for GitHub was introduced in 2008 and featured a strict yet progressive and sophisticated logotype in black lowercase with a capitalized tagline.
- The main nameplate was written in a stylish narrowed sans-serif with bold lines and an interesting letter “G”, whit had its tail curved into an oval.
- As for the tagline, the “Social Coding” lettering used a simple font with traditional shapes and contours to add seriousness and timelessness to the image.
- 2013 — Today The redesign of 2013 kept the original monochrome color palette, but completely changed the style of the GitHub logo.
- Now the black wordmark had two of its letters capitalized, “G” and “H”, and used a more laconic sans-serif typeface for it.
- The tagline was removed from the official version, though the graphical icon was added to the GitHub visual identity, and today it can be seen with the logotype or on its own.
- The icon, which became very recognizable pretty fast, featured a solid black circle with a white cat silhouette on it.
- The brand’s mascot got names Octocat and has its curved tail pointing to the left.
- The Cat Logo By that time the founders had acquired the image of a cat-headed octopus from its creator the graphic designer Simon Oxley to use it for their mascot logo.
- The character’s name was Octopuss.
- Icon The GitHub Icon uses the most recognizable graphical element of the service’s visual identity — the cat’s silhouette.
- Executed in a monochrome color palette, there might be two versions of the icon seen on the web: white cat with its tail waving to the left, placed on a solid black circle, or its reverse option, with the black cat on a white circular background.
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