Why not use a (folded) _letter_ icon for letters ?

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Jonathan Davis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there any existing copywrite on that horn?
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Alan Pyne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> How about adopting the Trystero muted post horn symbol from Pynchon's The
>> Crying of Lot 49?
>>
>> http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:MutedPosthorn.png
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn
>>
>> Here's why I think this could work well:
>>
>> - it's meaningful (in the book, this symbol is representative of a secret
>> postal service)
>> - it's symbolic, rather than literal (avoiding the various cultural
>> variation problems covered earlier)
>> - it's distinctive (it has an alchemical feel to it, not unlike the
>> Quicksilver icon - Letters is a power tool for developers/computer "wizards"
>> ;-)
>>
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>> Alan Pyne
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