[APBeta] New icon

[Paul Rodman]

On Nov 24, 2008, at 05:36 AM, Jeff Young wrote:

> I also worry that the star portal / red body of the swiss army knife  
> will look like the international "don't do it" sign (i.e.: a circle  
> with a red slash through it) when scaled.

Or the London Underground if horizontal.

Perhaps vertical will be the least baffling. I could change the  
colour, but anything other than red is just not "Swiss Army".

Paul R.


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net 
>> ] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Portuesi
>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:41 AM
>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] New icon
>>
>> I like the concept, and I like the Swiss Army Knife graphic.  But I
>> think the background star portal is overwhelmed by the knife and
>> doesn't get its point across - that this is a swiss army knife for
>> astronomy.
>>
>> Perhaps if the star portal were replaced by something more obvious  
>> - a
>> swirling face-on spiral galaxy, for instance?
>>
>> Michael Portuesi
>>
>> On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>>
>>> Opinions on the proposed new AP V2 icon?
>>>
>>> <pastedGraphic.pdf>
>>>
>>>
>>> (designed by my sister-in-law-in-law, who, amongst other things,
>>> designed the current South African banknotes. This is her first time
>>> as an icon designer, so be nice :^)
>>>
>>> Paul R.
>>>