[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython logo redux

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi,

IMHO the grail idea would be a cool one, especially given the OS 
X-style icon treatment. (Bright gold, some jewelry and embellishment, 
realistic but not photorealistic design.) I don't think it needs to be 
cute, instead it should look perfect and maybe a *little* ornate, like 
the Grail would. This at least does emphasize another aspect I like 
about Python - the quest for the perfect programming language/CP4E. And 
yes, we get the Monty Python reference too! In that sense, the icon is 
almost ideal, except that it loses the snake reference on other 
platforms. (Though with a cool icon I think the other platforms may 
even switch...)

Kevin

On Nov 4, 2003, at 2:08 PM, Bugbee, Larry wrote:

> I think the 'Grail' idea is worth pursuing....
>
> fm Miriam-Webster:
>  1: the cup or platter used, according to medieval
>     legend, by Christ at the Last Supper and thereafter
>     the object of knightly quests
>  2: the object of an extended or difficult quest
>
>> From Google, here are some "grail" logos:
>   http://www.csd.uwo.ca/research/grail/
>   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005O3VC
>
> Now, how can we make them cute?
>
> This one is cute for another reason...
>   http://grail.sdsc.edu/
>
> A good site that may give additional ideas.
>   http://www.greatdreams.com/arthur.htm
>
> BTW, what does a "quest" look like?
>
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>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Miller [mailto:jmillr at umich.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:44 PM
> To: pythonmac-sig at python.org
> Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Pythonmac-SIG Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12
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>
> On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Glenn Andreas
> <gandreas at delver.com> wrote:
>> For a different idea, what about a "grail"?  It would be both a Monty
>> Python reference (probably more recognizable than the 10-ton weight,
>> since Wile E. Coyote is also hit by weights like that), as well as
>> something that has connotations of something "really good" (which
>> Python of course is).  It would also be a "real world" sort of object
>> that tends to look good as aqua icons.
>
> Fwiw, I like this idea better than the '>>>' or [~~~~] I suggested
> earlier. (Maybe put 'container' symbols on the grail: (), [], {}, ''',
> """.)
>
> John Miller
>
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