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Comments on the Emacs icon discussion
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luis fernandes |
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Comments on the Emacs icon discussion |
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Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:03:52 -0400 |
Greetings,
Lennart Borgman invited me to comment on the discussion about a
possible successor to the current Emacs icon.
My early preference would have been for the splash-logo (red gnu with
blue "Emacs") to be also used as the icon. Unfortunately, much of the
detail of the splash-logo is lost when it's scaled down. So we have
to reluctantly look for an alternative.
I agree with RMS that the icon should say "Emacs"; this does not mean
the word has to be spelled-out, it can be an iconic representation. I
remember when I was designing the splash-logo, I had the very same
discussion with RMS; the best I could come up with, was spelling-out
the word "Emacs" cursively, in the same style as the gnu drawing.
Many of the current suggestions, collected by Lennart, are quiet
excellent. I personally like David Ponce's latest submissions (the
last row showing the red gnu head over the word "Emacs").
I feel that the gnu-head /should/ appear in the icon so as to
distinguish this Emacs from the many other Emacsen. The gnu-head also
adds a welcome cohesiveness by graphically linking the icon to the
splash-logo.
Andrew Zhilin's submissions are quite slick. I like the smallest,
left-most icon where the top of the horn is chopped-off and it
resembles an "E"; but it doesn't really say "Emacs".
In all the years of Emacs' existence, nothing has been able to
iconically represent it-- the kitchen sink came the closest but it
somehow didn't seem quite appropriate; the icon said "kitchen sink",
not "Emacs". After all the discussions are archived, we will realize
that nothing quite says Emacs like the word "Emacs", itself.
- Comments on the Emacs icon discussion,
luis fernandes <=