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[Peter Rapčan <address@hidden>]

Hi,

On Mar 28, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Massimiliano Gubinelli wrote:

I think that the current logo is very well crafted. The negative point is that it has nothing to do with the software

: does not convey any idea of simplicity or power or beauty which are caracteristic of texmacs.

I don't believe any icon will be able to do that.

It can be a logo for a chip design software, or for a number crunching app, but I do not see how it fits with texmacs

To me, the connotation of the chip is "something technical", possibly related to computing (like computer algebra systems which texmacs is an interface to), while the reversed sigma letter (although probably meant to denote an M ;-) ) evokes the mathematical summation symbol, which is well in line with (a small excerpt of) what texmacs facilitates... i.e. it enables writing texts with mathematical symbols. Maybe I would just reverse the "sigma" / add upper & lower indices (in the case of large icons)  to make it really denote a summation.

and with the image we want to have for this software. This said, I have difficult time to make something which has the same visual appeal in any situation...

best

max

P.S. On a second thought, #9 looks too similar to the BibDesk icon. Maybe the circular version of #9 from Julien Frontisi's email is more convenient.

Best,

Peter

On 28 mars 2012, at 10:21, address@hidden wrote:

Actually, i agree with you : the current is not bad too. It could be modified (slightly)...

RG

-----E-mail d'origine-----
De : Peter Rapčan <address@hidden>
A: texmacs-users <address@hidden>
Envoyé le : Mardi, 27 Mars 2012 20:18
Sujet : Re: Re : [TeXmacs] texmacs logos

I like # 9, too. But I also like the current texmacs logo.

Best,

Peter.

On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:39 AM, address@hidden wrote:

I like # 9,

best regards,

Richard Gomez

-----E-mail d'origine-----
De : Alvaro Tejero Cantero <address@hidden>
A: texmacs-users <address@hidden>
Envoyé le : Samedi, 24 Mars 2012 20:35
Sujet : Re: [TeXmacs] texmacs logos

It is possible to use a variation of the main theme for icons, as long
as it is recognizable. This could also be the approach for the 'made
with TeXmacs' stamp. The simpler designs are those best suited for an
icon, in a high-contrast variant.

-á.



On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 17:22, Julien Frontisi <address@hidden> wrote:
> Very nice work, congratulations again!
> I took screenshots of your artwork in a list of applications in MacOS X's 
finder to compare icons in situ.
> The funny thing is that those I prefer (like #8) are not necessarily the best 
in small size, in terms of recognizability.
> Here is a link to all pics.
> http://pc1sl.free.fr/pc1/tm/logo/
>
> Julien
>
> Le 24 mars 2012 à 11:52, Gubinelli Massimiliano a écrit :
>
>> I've added two new attemps to a new texmacs icon (assuming the name won't 
change) at the end of this page:
>>
>> http://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~mgubi/tml/tmlogo.htm
>>
>>
>> best
>> massimiliano
>>
>>
>>
>