[racket-dev] new logo

On 02/18/2012 08:49 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> An hour ago, Neil Toronto wrote:
> That's why after several attempts to connect the paren to the rest of
> the "R" I went back to Michael's original thing and left it
> disconnected, and instead used the pointy serifs that match the pointy
> tips of the paren, making the "R" a result of your brain connecting
> the pieces.  In this image, I think that there are several problems in
> that direction: separating the lambda into two parts make it look less
> lambda-ish, and the low point of connecting the leg makes it look less
> R-ish.  I found that using round lines helps in making it possible to
> lift the hip with it still looking like a lambda.

Is the attached SVG better, in your opinion? I've thickened the left 
leg, attached it to the slash, changed the angle to more R-ish, and also 
attached the top of the round bit.

> (There's also something else that bugs me, but probably not many
> others: de-emphasizing the line at the top makes it look too much like
> an aleph ("ℵ"), in some army-like style.)

Yeah, but aleph is cool. If you're seeing aleph, I call that a bonus. In 
fact, we should see how many letters from different alphabets we can 
cram in there!

Uh, not really. :D

Neil ⊥
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