I think may be just using the type (it was the original idea). Say pick a good open source font, and play with negative space.
I don't know if the short form will be too short though, I never heard people called pandoc `pd` (though I heard pmd, PFM, etc.). But on the other hand, having the `an` and `oc` seems killing the idea. (one of the example above kind of did this and is kind of ugly. But then his idea of joining the Pd together along the straight line might worth exploring: may be a multi-axe? Multitool on steroid?)
On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 4:31:32 AM UTC-8, Joost wrote:
On Thu, Dec 08 2016, Kolen Cheung wrote:
> Over there I draft a design of pandoc logo by playing on the
> symmetry
> between P and d. One expression of that idea is an axe looks
> like P and the
> same thing rotated looks like d. The reason an axe is used is
> because this
> kind of echo pandoc being like a Swiss army knife, where an axe
> is like
> that on steroid. A proper design of that axe should resemble the
> letter P
> and d better.
FWIW, I don't associate an axe with "Swiss army knife on
steroids". A Swiss army knife gets its reputation because instead
of being just a knife, it has a lot of different tools for
different jobs. An axe is, well, just an axe, and sophistication
is not what comes to mind when I think about its cutting power.
That plus the fact that I think it'll be difficult if not
impossible to make an axe look like a p or d means that I would
suggest not to pursue the idea of using axes. I do very much like
the idea of integrating a p and a d into the logo, and sadly have
no better ideas to offer. :-(
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