Design a favicon

[waldyrious]

Probably something with two columns (prose on the left and code on the right), or something cleverer like serif & monospace characters to represent both parts.

[andrewbash]

I'll try making one.

[andrewbash]

Thoughts on these rough sketches? (Obviously can refine and add color if one of them stands out)

[waldyrious]

Thanks for working on this! So far the top right and middle right ones are those that stand out to me.

The former would obviously need some simplification to work well at the favicon size. For the latter, perhaps it would work even better if we could get the design to have a more visible vertical split, by introducing an explicit or implicit vertical line. One way to do this could be to shape and position the characters back-to-back, to create vertical symmetry, or partially obscure one character behind the other's vertical stroke. These examples illustrate what I mean:

The one in the middle left position is intriguing -- I get the visual connection of the j's leg and the character on the left, but I'm not sure it can be called a d (I'm not even sure it's meant to be a d -- please confirm).

In any case, considering that the project may be renamed (#10), it might be better not to make this depend on the particular letters d and j (although hopefully @jeromeetienne can make a decision on that soon).

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Some additional ideas that may inspire you:

Using a symbolic logo, like the top right one, but with a non-vertical separation. Something like this:

Using the < /> construct of the bottom left one, and using a writing tool for the slash (perhaps a fountain pen or even a feather pen, to make the distinction clearer). I'm thinking of something similar to this:

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Let me know in which direction you'd like to move forward :)

[andrewbash]

Good thoughts! Appreciate the feedback and inspiration. I love the fountain pen idea. I'll work on this and create iterations of the fountain pen, top right, and middle right.

The character in the middle left is actually an 'o' ;)

[andrewbash]

Here are some expansions on the ideas we talked about. Take a look - if any of them stand out we can refine further/add color.

P.S. ignore the blue box in the top left - screenshot glitch.

[waldyrious]

Sorry for the delay. I think the pencil version is promising. The fountain pen might be too complex to work at smaller scales (e.g. favicon), and I can't see it replacing the slash easily. The quill could do that, so between it and the pencil version, I guess it ends up being a choice of whether we want a more consistent style for all elements (i.e. both the braces and the pencil drawn with similar-width, straight lines), or whether it would make more sense to evidence the style difference (softer curves in the quill contrasting more rigid shapes in the braces). Which option do you think makes more sense?

That said, I must admit I'm still wondering about the vertical split idea. I don't think the blocks convey the right message, and the small text saying function(){} makes it way too busy. I made a small test at favicon size (16x16 px), and came up with this: . It may not be very imaginative, but I don't think it works badly at all :) Thoughts?