[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Donovan Preston]

On Apr 21, 2006, at 5:04 AM, 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.

eggs are like components. They are plugins that you drop into Python  
to give Python more capabilities.

>> Probably the python logo is enough, since the file ends in .py.
> 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.

I'm fine with having py on the icon. I don't care because I'll never  
be seeing that particular icon, because my py files will be  
associated with another editor.

dp

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