Hi all, Here''s a few of my first passes at a new menubar icon for Instiki. My thought was to do something on the basic theme of the "Instiki" name, sticking to the signature Georgia font and/or "Instiki green". I welcome feedback, praise, flames, etc. ;-) I highly encourage anyone who is interested to submit their own designs, too. A full name design (not for the menu bar!): -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: green-i-name.png Type: image/png Size: 1608 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/instiki-users/attachments/20060603/6cb77379/attachment.png -------------- next part -------------- A menu bar icon based on the above, similar to the old "i2" nickname: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: green-i-logo.png Type: image/png Size: 376 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/instiki-users/attachments/20060603/6cb77379/attachment-0001.png -------------- next part -------------- A less fancy menu bar icon: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ii.png Type: image/png Size: 316 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/instiki-users/attachments/20060603/6cb77379/attachment-0002.png -------------- next part -------------- Tradition (and possibly the Apple UI guidelines?) dictates that menu bar icons be black, which is possibly a point against the first icon. Thoughts on this? It''s easy enough to change... -- John
I like them! On 6/4/06, John Whitley <whitley at acm.org> wrote:> Here''s a few of my first passes at a new menubar icon for Instiki.
On 6/4/06, John Whitley <whitley at acm.org> wrote:> Hi all, > > Here''s a few of my first passes at a new menubar icon for Instiki. > My thought was to do something on the basic theme of the "Instiki" > name, sticking to the signature Georgia font and/or "Instiki green". > I welcome feedback, praise, flames, etc. ;-) I highly encourage > anyone who is interested to submit their own designs, too. > > A full name design (not for the menu bar!):Like it! Distinctive, simple and clean.> A menu bar icon based on the above, similar to the old "i2" nickname: > A less fancy menu bar icon:I wonder why green-i-logo.png has the i''s inverted (which I really like) but ii.png has them looking the same side?> Tradition (and possibly the Apple UI guidelines?) dictates that menu > bar icons be black, which is possibly a point against the first > icon. Thoughts on this? It''s easy enough to change...That would blend better with other bar icons - I vote for black.> -- John-- Oleg "2sheds" Kourapov mailto:ok at 2sheds.ru http://www.2sheds.ru
Quoting Oleg Kourapov <ok at 2sheds.ru>:> On 6/4/06, John Whitley <whitley at acm.org> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Here''s a few of my first passes at a new menubar icon for Instiki. >> My thought was to do something on the basic theme of the "Instiki" >> name, sticking to the signature Georgia font and/or "Instiki green". >> I welcome feedback, praise, flames, etc. ;-) I highly encourage >> anyone who is interested to submit their own designs, too. >> >> A full name design (not for the menu bar!): > > Like it! Distinctive, simple and clean. > >> A menu bar icon based on the above, similar to the old "i2" nickname: >> A less fancy menu bar icon: > > I wonder why green-i-logo.png has the i''s inverted (which I really > like) but ii.png has them looking the same side? > >> Tradition (and possibly the Apple UI guidelines?) dictates that menu >> bar icons be black, which is possibly a point against the first >> icon. Thoughts on this? It''s easy enough to change... > > That would blend better with other bar icons - I vote for black.Black, coloured, whatever is appropiate, but keep the last i mirrored, I would say. Meindert Meindertsma.