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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To me the octagon concept don=E2=80=99t quite work, it suffers a similar pr= oblem=20 with the rmarkdown picture you show (although much simpler). It spreads out= =20 too much so the central circle will becomes tiny when it shrinks to an=20 icon. A potential solution is the central circle is for small size icon,=20 and the whole thing including the octagon is the full logo (a responsive=20 logo having a small/big version). But since we have problems to perfect 1= =20 design, 2 is overkill for now. Another potential solution is to rotate the= =20 rectangles so that the short side of the page points radially. Anyway I=20 kind of abandon it until a better improvements on the idea can be done. So far my favorite is actually the =E2=80=9CPD document design=E2=80=9D (I = think I=20 mentioned it before): [image: PD] The major selling points are 1.=20 =20 PD is clearly spelling out pandoc. Many documents apps uses some sort of= =20 single character/acronym design (examples are TextWrangler,=20 Word-Excel-Powerpoint-Outlook, TeXShop, MultiMarkdown Composer et al, al= l=20 Adobe CC apps, RStudio, PyCharm, Alternotes, Pagico, Marked, Blogo,=20 Taskpaper, Xmind, other examples are Appstore, Kypass Companion, atext,= =20 FileZilla, Logitech, Duet Display=E2=80=A6). And you can see from the li= st, many of=20 which is related to pandoc in some way. 2.=20 =20 The most standout feature of the design is, the characters are designed= =20 with a document form, and a well-played way to get a P from hiding a=20 document partially with D. 3.=20 =20 The things that I might think differently are 1.=20 =20 the 2 braces on the left and right are unnecessary. 2.=20 =20 the =E2=80=9Choles=E2=80=9D of the P and D characters needed to impro= ve. (But I don=E2=80=99t=20 know how.) 3.=20 =20 Earlier on I mentioned the empty spaces on the 2 corners might be=20 leaking. But when I looked at it more it doesn=E2=80=99t really is a = problem. I=20 suggested to fill the empty spaces with arrows, but now I think the= =20 minimalism is actually better (including the removal of the braces). =20 Just to briefly mention it: another one I like is the one constructed by=20 simply typing out pandoc in a certain way: [image: pandoc] Since it can be typed in markdown, it emphasizes on 1 source code, multiple= =20 representations =E2=80=94 imagine how they would look differently in differ= ent=20 output, and yet all of them are valid pandoc logos. Not to mention that the= =20 logo will be changed when a different font is used. It kind of represents= =20 the infinite possibilities around pandoc, and that pandoc is about the=20 structure of the document. That=E2=80=99s why I was suggesting a build in m= acro=20 \pandoc linking to this. When people keep reading the variants of the=20 pandoc logos in different output formats, all they recognized is then the= =20 structure, but not the actual representation =E2=80=94 again, this would be= an=20 =E2=80=9Centry point=E2=80=9D to open a dialog on pandoc=E2=80=99s philosop= hy (so it is not exactly=20 only [image: \forall] or =E2=80=9Cpointing to AST=E2=80=9D that can be phil= osophical, and=20 open up to good stories, you know). In short, probably the later one a a bit more geeky and the first one is=20 more artsy. On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 2:14:40 PM UTC-8, Sergio Correia wrote: The octagon looks cool but it might be hard to recall what was it about=20 > (e.g. if you have that as an icon in your desktop). > =E2=80=8B --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= pandoc-discuss" group. 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= To me the octagon concept don=E2=80=99t quite work, it suffers a similar pr= oblem with the rmarkdown picture you show (although much simpler). It sprea= ds out too much so the central circle will becomes tiny when it shrinks to = an icon. A potential solution is the central circle is for small size icon,= and the whole thing including the octagon is the full logo (a responsive l= ogo having a small/big version). But since we have problems to perfect 1 de= sign, 2 is overkill for now. Another potential solution is to rotate the re= ctangles so that the short side of the page points radially. Anyway I kind = of abandon it until a better improvements on the idea can be done.

So far my favorite is actual= ly the =E2=80=9CPD document design=E2=80=9D (I think I mentioned it before)= :

3D"PD"

The major selling points are=

  1. PD is clearly spelling out pandoc. Many d= ocuments apps uses some sort of single character/acronym design (examples a= re TextWrangler, Word-Excel-Powerpoint-Outlook, TeXShop, MultiMarkdown Comp= oser et al, all Adobe CC apps, RStudio, PyCharm, Alternotes, Pagico, Marked= , Blogo, Taskpaper, Xmind, other examples are Appstore, Kypass Companion, a= text, FileZilla, Logitech, Duet Display=E2=80=A6). And you can see from the= list, many of which is related to pandoc in some way.

  2. The most standout feature of the design i= s, the characters are designed with a document form, and a well-played way = to get a P from hiding a document partially with D.

  3. The things that I might think differently= are

    1. the 2 braces on the left and right are un= necessary.

    2. the =E2=80=9Choles=E2=80=9D of the P and D characters needed to improve. (But I= don=E2=80=99t know how.)

    3. Earlier on I mentioned the empty spaces o= n the 2 corners might be leaking. But when I looked at it more it doesn=E2= =80=99t really is a problem. I suggested to fill the empty spaces with arro= ws, but now I think the minimalism is actually better (including the remova= l of the braces).

Just to briefly mention it: = another one I like is the one constructed by simply typing out pandoc in a = certain way:

3D"pandoc"

Since it can be typed in mar= kdown, it emphasizes on 1 source code, multiple representations =E2=80=94 i= magine how they would look differently in different output, and yet all of = them are valid pandoc logos. Not to mention that the logo will be changed w= hen a different font is used. It kind of represents the infinite possibilit= ies around pandoc, and that pandoc is about the structure of the document. = That=E2=80=99s why I was suggesting a build in macro \pandoc linking to this. When people keep reading the variants of the pandoc lo= gos in different output formats, all they recognized is then the structure,= but not the actual representation =E2=80=94 again, this would be an =E2=80= =9Centry point=E2=80=9D to open a dialog on pandoc=E2=80=99s philosophy (so= it is not exactly only 3D"\forall" or =E2=80=9Cpointing= to AST=E2=80=9D that can be philosophical, and open up to good stories, yo= u know).

In short, probably the later= one a a bit more geeky and the first one is more artsy.

On Thursday, January 19, 201= 7 at 2:14:40 PM UTC-8, Sergio Correia wrote:

The octagon looks cool but it might be hard to recall what was it = about (e.g. if you have that as an icon in your desktop).

=E2=80=8B

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