Brendan Simons wrote: > I'm wary of using the brick logo, because as far as I can see Apple uses > them extensively for OS components. I don't want to dilute their visual > meaning by co-opting the icon for something different. I agree that the > box isn't great either though since eggs aren't executable.
The brick icon is just a generic "Plug-in" icon, used by numerous types of plug-ins throughout the OS (iTunes plugins, internet plugins, &c.) > OK, here I have to disagree again. I use icon view all the time, and I > really appreciate having filetypes written on file icons. It's one of > the reasons I switched to the mac. It lets me know what type of is > what without having to decode some unfamiliar icon, or look to the file > extension (which is still optional on the mac, though I admit, required > for python). I'll look into the font, but I thought it was supposed > to be Lucida Grande. It's only unfamiliar once ;). In any case, if you do want to add text, use the template, because all the Apple icons use 18 point Lucida Grande Bold, black text, 60% opacity, -20 tracking, "Crisp" rendering, and centered at a particular spot. The easiest way to imitate this is by just using the template. > - The rocket logo looks better to me centered over the widest bit Yeah, I think so too, now that I compare them. I'm still not sure I like the rocket in general... it's kind of tacky. > - The mechanical pencil needs a bit of perspective so that it appears to > lay flat on the sheet. If you're looking for more pencil images, here's > two good ones: Hmm... I'll let someone else take a crack at that one--I just copied some picture off a random google search. For reference, here's what the AHIG has to say about icons: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIcons/chapter_14_section_2.html -Jacob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
