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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good to revive this again (this topic has been resurrected a few times=20 already!) I like that. Scaling that to act like a letter seems to make the tail too= =20 long for many of them. I like the short tail ones, but all those does not= =20 have a hole. I think something with a better proportion of the tails,=20 double line, with a hole would be best. >From the last experience, we almost got to the stage to finally have a=20 logo. But when the draft design(s) is chosen, there's no good final design.= =20 It seems like we were good at coming up with the ideas, but poor (including= =20 me) to execute it since we are no digital artists. So the idea of using a= =20 unicode character from font is good. I think similar suggestion has been=20 made, so that we can use a good design with free license. But the Pilcrow= =20 sign has not been suggested before and it seems a good choice to me. Hopefully most people will agree (including the most important person) then= =20 we can move on to the stage to find a font that this character looks best= =20 as a pandoc logo. Although there doesn't seem like a deep connection with a pilcrow sign to= =20 pandoc, but it is something almost everyone has seen before (say writing in= =20 Word with it visible.) And it fits quite naturally for pandoc which process= =20 "all documents." The fact that some fonts render it like a P is a bonus. P.S. how about duplicate it and rotate the second one by 180=C2=BA to make = it=20 looks like Pd? The idea of "Pd" has come up earlier above. P.P.S. I recently have been thinking about using parametric curves in polar= =20 coordinate to try to draw something resemble Pd. But I haven't sit down and= =20 come up with the parameters, and frankly it seems too geeky. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= pandoc-discuss" group. 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Good to revive this again (this topic has been resurr= ected a few times already!)

I like that. Scaling that t= o act like a letter seems to make the tail too long for many of them. I lik= e the short tail ones, but all those does not have a hole. I think somethin= g with a better proportion of the tails, double line, with a hole would be = best.

From the last experience, we almost got to the sta= ge to finally have a logo. But when the draft design(s) is chosen, there= 9;s no good final design. It seems like we were good at coming up with the = ideas, but poor (including me) to execute it since we are no digital artist= s. So the idea of using a unicode character from font is good. I think simi= lar suggestion has been made, so that we can use a good design with free li= cense. But the Pilcrow sign has not been suggested before and it seems a go= od choice to me.

Hopefully most people will agree = (including the most important person) then we can move on to the stage to f= ind a font that this character looks best as a pandoc logo.

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Although there doesn't seem like a deep connection with a pil= crow sign to pandoc, but it is something almost everyone has seen before (s= ay writing in Word with it visible.) And it fits quite naturally for pandoc= which process "all documents." The fact that some fonts render i= t like a P is a bonus.

P.S. how about duplicate it= and rotate the second one by 180=C2=BA to make it looks like Pd? The idea = of "Pd" has come up earlier above.

P.P.S= . I recently have been thinking about using parametric curves in polar coor= dinate to try to draw something resemble Pd. But I haven't sit down and= come up with the parameters, and frankly it seems too geeky.

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