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Quote from: TiagoTiago on July 14, 2011, 04:34:50 PM

Am i the only one that sees balls and erect penis there before seeing a hashb?

I can't speak for others, but uh no, not until you mention it.

Don't get caught up on the colors and auxiliary graphics. The beauty of edgeworth's design is in the glyph shape. His lines are clean, uniform, connected, and simple.

I just happen to disagree about the specific location of the bottom lines which could be moved top and left to allow a # (hash) or ♯ (sharp) to subtly emerge (as attempted in posts above).

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Quote from: TierNolan on July 14, 2011, 09:36:05 AM

Quote from: kloinko1n on July 14, 2011, 08:05:26 AM

mm.. it is hard at that scale.
I tried with the hash at the base:
1.00

icon size at 16x16 comes out a little better:

What about switching it to a lower case b

Am i the only one that sees balls and erect penis there before seeing a hashb?

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Quote from: Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza on July 14, 2011, 03:01:23 PM

I like Edgeworth's Italics better as well, but I like the shiny-ness of this one. Cheesy

Been staring at these things too long, I was almost instantly like "Oh yeah, I know what you mean".. but double checked. And ... I know what you mean Sad

That glare on the original does have a 'newer' shine than Edgeworth's. In fact, now his looks like a dirty penny

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on July 14, 2011, 02:58:22 PM

Ah, yeah, that is the one I am used to. Conceptually with the line placement in the B, though a different font/italics, I think has that same, bold, solid look. I like the italics more Sad

I like Edgeworth's Italics better as well, but I like the shiny-ness of this one. Cheesy

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Quote from: Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza on July 14, 2011, 02:55:31 PM

I don't think it's Edgeworth's design you see everywhere. Edgeworth's design is fairly new. You might be confusing it with this, as they are very similar:

Ah, yeah, that is the one I am used to. Conceptually with the line placement in the B, though a different font/italics, I think has that same, bold, solid look. I like the italics more Sad

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Quote from: Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza on July 14, 2011, 02:55:31 PM

Of course, I may be wrong.

I don't think you are

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on July 14, 2011, 11:31:35 AM

I see Edgeworth's design everywhere, how did that not become just the staple for the symbol talk? It has definitely been the accepted icon for Bitcoin. I see it more than I do the Orange B logo. It has the lines clearly drawn.

Someone just needs to black and white that, throw it in a font program, clean it up, bam, right?

I don't think it's Edgeworth's design you see everywhere. Edgeworth's design is fairly new. You might be confusing it with this, as they are very similar:

Of course, I may be wrong.

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Quote from: BitcoinPorn on July 14, 2011, 11:31:35 AM

Someone just needs to black and white that, throw it in a font program, clean it up, bam, right?

Yeah, I agree that it is the best one.

Slightly off topic, what is needed is some kind of standard way of distributing new fonts.

For example, to register a new character, you would register a domain name at name-of-new-symbol.fnt. This would be a high resolution or vector graphics image of the character.

When a browser or text editor hits an unknown symbol, it could download it and use that. Popular symbols would eventually make it into standard fonts.

To add a symbol to a document you are typing, you would use ALT+name-of-new-symbol and it would add it if available, or download it if not already available.

This could work for all the old symbols too. ALT+d-o-l-l-a-r would give the $ symbol. It would be like a DNS for fonts

. You wouldn't have to remember the unicode numbers. It would make files larger though if you used a lot of non-standard characters.

All it would take it one unicode symbol which means non-standard character.

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Quote from: netrin on July 14, 2011, 09:37:43 AM

Based on edgeworth's design

I see Edgeworth's design everywhere, how did that not become just the staple for the symbol talk? It has definitely been the accepted icon for Bitcoin. I see it more than I do the Orange B logo. It has the lines clearly drawn.

Someone just needs to black and white that, throw it in a font program, clean it up, bam, right?

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lower case, how will this one shrink I wonder?

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Quote from: wareen on July 14, 2011, 03:17:57 AM

As much as I love the new #-B combination, I'm not sure it works on a small scale:

I hope someone more talented is able to make a better looking version with 10 pixel height, because this is a must-have for a proper new symbol.

Apart from that, I think the #-B is a great idea: It has similarity to other currency symbols, is distinct from any existing symbol and most importantly: it incorporates the symbol for the foundation of the Bitcoin system!
Please, somebody make this scale and lets propose this as a new Unicode character!

I think it looks fine as you've done it. Keep in mind that fonts are not boolean pixels, there's antialiasing and subpixel rendering (LCD screen), etc.

is not more complex than a %. As for a 'lower case' version:

Tho I personally prefer the original #B

Or more subdued:

Based on edgeworth's design

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Quote from: kloinko1n on July 14, 2011, 08:05:26 AM

mm.. it is hard at that scale.
I tried with the hash at the base:
1.00

icon size at 16x16 comes out a little better:

What about switching it to a lower case b

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Quote from: kloinko1n on July 14, 2011, 08:05:26 AM

The problem with the hash, an with the double lines through the B, is that it's simply too much ink for such a small area.
One line would be far better, so I'd vote for a 'b' with horizontal line through it (␢?)

I agree - double lines through the B are impossible - even the Baht symbol doesn't work well with small fonts. But the #-B as well as the B with the double lines on top and bottom only (from the bitcoin.org logo) does not necessarily have this problem. I think it's perfectly possible and might have a look at FontForge later.

It would be great if everybody tried to design his/her favorite non-existing font symbol for BTC with something like FontForge and then we can finally have a poll on a Bitcoin symbol without being restricted by existing typesets.

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Quote from: julz on July 14, 2011, 04:04:22 AM

.. should probably leave it to the pros.

Who wants to try with FontForge?

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Quote from: julz on July 14, 2011, 04:04:22 AM

Quote from: wareen on July 14, 2011, 03:17:57 AM

As much as I love the new #-B combination, I'm not sure it works on a small scale:

I hope someone more talented is able to make a better looking version with 10 pixel height, because this is a must-have for a proper new symbol.

Apart from that, I think the #-B is a great idea: It has similarity to other currency symbols, is distinct from any existing symbol and most importantly: it incorporates the symbol for the foundation of the Bitcoin system!
Please, somebody make this scale and lets propose this as a new Unicode character!

mm.. it is hard at that scale.
I tried with the hash at the base:
1.00

icon size at 16x16 comes out a little better:

.. should probably leave it to the pros.

The problem with the hash, an with the double lines through the B, is that it's simply too much ink for such a small area.
One line would be far better, so I'd vote for a 'b' with horizontal line through it (␢?)

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Quote from: wareen on July 14, 2011, 03:17:57 AM

As much as I love the new #-B combination, I'm not sure it works on a small scale:

I hope someone more talented is able to make a better looking version with 10 pixel height, because this is a must-have for a proper new symbol.

Apart from that, I think the #-B is a great idea: It has similarity to other currency symbols, is distinct from any existing symbol and most importantly: it incorporates the symbol for the foundation of the Bitcoin system!
Please, somebody make this scale and lets propose this as a new Unicode character!

mm.. it is hard at that scale.
I tried with the hash at the base:
1.00

icon size at 16x16 comes out a little better:

.. should probably leave it to the pros.

wareen

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As much as I love the new #-B combination, I'm not sure it works on a small scale:

I hope someone more talented is able to make a better looking version with 10 pixel height, because this is a must-have for a proper new symbol.

Apart from that, I think the #-B is a great idea: It has similarity to other currency symbols, is distinct from any existing symbol and most importantly: it incorporates the symbol for the foundation of the Bitcoin system!
Please, somebody make this scale and lets propose this as a new Unicode character!

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Startet a Vote with most symbols of this threat
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=28741.0

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hmm.. ears vs legs... tough call.
The one with legs looks like it goes faster!

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Bhash (bit of a hack job)

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