It nagged me the whole afternoon that Alacritty does not have a fancy icon,
so I made one. If you like it - let me know. I kind of do - but thats not good enough.
Now since I can look at it- its not nagging me anymore ;-)
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In my opinion, as an uninvolved bystander, maybe a rust-brown version of the logo would look cool, and give a nod to its "written in Rust" nature?
Your designs look pretty nice, tho!
d3rrial
on 11 Jan 2017
Good point - I forgot about the rusty roots- was all winter cheerful and didn't though about the cog. Will do.
inoperable
on 11 Jan 2017
Here some more rusty approach:
inoperable
on 11 Jan 2017
Just for clarity. This is unofficial- I'm not the project owner, and my 'relationship' is what you see above. Let's see what the authors says, maybe this is just unnecessary and he got's his own idea (and rightly so if he does). If not then other could give more feedback and I can smooth out the kinks to make it offical if approved.
inoperable
on 11 Jan 2017
I'm actually interested in soliciting the community for input here, and I like your abstract A.
WRT including Rust branding, I'm strictly against that. Although the project benefits greatly from being written in Rust, and I will continue using the project to promote the language and vis-versa, Alacritty is interesting in its own right.
In my imagination, I am hoping for a more interesting take on a standard terminal icon with something like your A.
jwilm
on 11 Jan 2017
Hi Joe, Thanks for your feedback. Huh, funny- You more or less wrote what I thought initially. Alacritty might not want to be seen as a PR around Rust, and Rust is "just" the language used.
I also like the flipped prompt > :) I'll play with it further and will expand the word. The "cog icon", can be a nice sticker or stamp- a simple addition the main project 'branding'
Thanks for your input. That clears the topic. I'll come with further proposals once I chew on this.
inoperable
on 12 Jan 2017
Although I really like the abstract A inside the Rust cog, I totally understand the reason why you guys don't fancy it. While all the logos look really nice to me, I really like the colors in first two with "more rusty approach".
Just my two cents :)
okuuva
on 12 Jan 2017
I think this should be in jwilm's hands, I just hope jankun doesn't throw away the rusty approach, so that it remains as an alternative ;)
d3rrial
on 12 Jan 2017
No worries, I'll post further designs in the next 2 days- need some time to sit down over the weekend and sketch the ideas.
inoperable
on 13 Jan 2017
@jankun -- I was bothered the same way! A project this cool _must_ have a great icon.
I'd vote for the the all black rotated > in the cog (2nd option in the 2nd batch)
brycefisher
on 17 Jan 2017
I really like the rusty color scheme of the ^ in 1st one in the cog series, but the cog itself IMHO doesn't really fit in there.
jansol
on 18 Jan 2017
The minimal ones with some internal shadows look great!
simonmurdock
on 18 Jan 2017
I really like the none rusty ones. The minimalism seems appropriate. However they do look very similar to the logo for Autodesk, but without the flick at the bottom, which could be a problem depending on how bored their lawyers are. :-)
richiejp
on 20 Jan 2017
Obviously this is one of those major bike shed type of issues, but nonetheless I'll add my input: I think the icon should encapsulate the principles of alacritty: fast, minimal, terminal emulator. Possibly some reference to using the GPU. I agree with others above that Rust should not necessarily be featured in the icon.
Fast can be represented with speed lines, like in this:
https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/hero/500/fast-512.png
Minimal can be represented by keeping the icon minimal.
Lastly I think the overall icon shape should be a terminal.
So maybe a terminal shape with the A shape from @jankun inside, that has speed lines coming off it.
leavengood
on 22 Feb 2017
I like all icons in the first post.
impowski
on 23 Feb 2017
Seems like this (super exciting) issue has stalled a bit. I for one would be delighted to have any of the icons herein available for use in Alacritty by default, with (perhaps) a README or Wiki entry describing how to change out the icon. Does anyone on this thread feel super strongly any particular option presented?
brycefisher
on 2 Apr 2017
I'm sorry for not-updating, something come along and well... lame excuse. I'm gonna do this in few days and post the "source" files somewhere for anyone who would like to fiddle with them. All of them are vector, can export them to .eps or .svg or .ai or whatever.
inoperable
on 6 Apr 2017
Not a fan of the first ones—too much corner radius. The Rust ones look really nice.
net
on 1 Jun 2017
I adapted @jankun 's design to look more native on mac
I personally like the only barely visible rust gear...
I think the 'A' shape could be used as the project logo and then every platform should have it's own application icon with it.
robertgzr
on 2 Jun 2017
What about making this abstract "A" horizontal: something like ">" also suggests a terminal prompt.
Determinant
on 23 Jun 2017
Used the idea of speed lines of @leavengood and went for a retro aesthetic.
Is this something that feels appropriate or is it too much 80's neon?
MaximDeloof
on 13 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof I think the A with speed lines is really fitting as a logo and the colors are awesome.
Looks like you also used the mac icon template? any chance you can share a link to the .icns file?
robertgzr
on 13 Jul 2017
@robertgzr Sure!
.icns file: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5v2sn3ck5z9yn7g/AABRe_cvnwQz_V-daW8QdZnAa?dl=0
I didn't use the mac icon template, but I did try to emulate the terminal shape used on other icons.
MaximDeloof
on 13 Jul 2017
Made some refinements and created a couple of variations.
The .icns files for all of them can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5v2sn3ck5z9yn7g/AABRe_cvnwQz_V-daW8QdZnAa?dl=0
MaximDeloof
on 14 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof I really like the direction you've gone with it! Would it be easy to see a variation where the speed line triangles are flat at the bottom instead of the top?
jwilm
on 14 Jul 2017
Maybe try this design with a triangle mesh wireframe?
jansol
on 14 Jul 2017
With speed line triangles flat at the bottom ( @jwilm )
With triangle mesh wireframe ( @jansol ).
MaximDeloof
on 14 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof
Thanks for showing that version. My only concern is that it looks/feels like the triangles aren't actually flat but instead angled away slightly. Could you show one more version where the triangles are not flat on either side?
jwilm
on 14 Jul 2017
@jwilm I see what you mean. So like this?
MaximDeloof
on 14 Jul 2017
Yeah, exactly like that. I feel this looks better!
As far as colors, I like scheme 1 and 8 the best. Probably 1 is my top pick.
jwilm
on 14 Jul 2017
I agree, it does look better!
I've made a new folder including .icns and .png files of both scheme 1 and 8 with adjusted triangles. You can find it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s3pfr3f4mwj4ttb/AAAGxEoFUiNy4ZT48QekZA6Aa?dl=0
If you need any other formats just let me know.
MaximDeloof
on 14 Jul 2017
I'm a bit bothered by how the speed lines aren't strictly centered (i.e. fade first on the edges of the scanlines, last in the center of the line) on the scanlines as they fade out. Introducing "aliasing" would somewhat break the triangle look but would play nicer with the retro look I think.
jansol
on 14 Jul 2017
Or maybe the speed triangles could even adhere to the same scanline style as the A for betterconsistency and a slightly pixelated look..
jansol
on 14 Jul 2017
@jansol So more like this?
MaximDeloof
on 15 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof that looks great!
I felt inspired by the retro icons so I made my own—
.icns if you want to download it and try it out (zipped because GitHub doesn't support .icns)
net
on 15 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof yeah, although the rounded ends in the original looked good and would work here as well. The other thing I was thinking of was making the speed lines fade out and get thinner at the same time, kinda like the right one here with a healthy dose of glow.
@net hey that's a pretty neat design. Especially as it would be easily recognisable at low resolutions too! (and I mean low as in 8x8-low, maybe even 5x5)
jansol
on 15 Jul 2017
I'm in!
iology
on 16 Jul 2017
@net That looks fantastic too! Could you maybe try to somehow incorporate the blue from @MaximDeloof 's version?
robertgzr
on 16 Jul 2017
@MaximDeloof could we see a fuzzier version of your most recent image? I like the full bars but miss the fuzz from earlier options.
jwilm
on 18 Jul 2017
@net digging that website mock-up 😁
jwilm
on 18 Jul 2017
net
on 18 Jul 2017
@net these are sweet, I wonder if removing that top color bar would add more contrast, make the 'a' take the focus, could be nice.
I like the blue : )
Site mock is nice too, @jwilm we could add it in a 'mockups' folder on the gdrive?
asilvadesigns
on 18 Jul 2017
@jwilm Here comes the fuzz
With more rounded edges
MaximDeloof
on 18 Jul 2017
Very nice icons! I'd just like to add my 2 cents.
It would be good if the winning icon have a good outline, so the icon is clearly visible when on dark background.
This is how the current icon looks on my setup (4th icon from the top)
It is hardly visible (and flu.x makes it even harder to make out ;-)
martinlindhe
on 7 Aug 2017
Very last one by @MaximDeloof with the rounded edges is my favorite one of all of them in this thread so far.
sagebind
on 23 Aug 2017
Unfortunately, the retro scan lines kinda get lost in the smaller version :/
dsego
on 24 Aug 2017
You can pass it off as dithering. "it's supposed to not be visible when you squint"
EDIT: I actually like the graceful loss of detail that is achieved with this style.
jansol
on 24 Aug 2017
I think I'd like to move forward with @net's rocket icon. Although the retro flaming A is a lot of fun, I don't think it's quite right for the project logo. Thanks @MaximDeloof for all of the iterations on it.
Copy of image to be completely unambiguous:
@net -- Are you willing to release the icon source files under the project license? Would also love to talk about the website mockup -- I really like it!
jwilm
on 24 Aug 2017
FWIW I have been using the @net icon now for several weeks and I think it is great. The web design he (or she) made is also very nice.
leavengood
on 25 Aug 2017
@jwilm Glad you like it. I'm absolutely willing to release the icon under the project's license. Is an SVG sufficient?
We can definitely improve upon the website mockup.
@leavengood thanks!
net
on 25 Aug 2017
@jwilm Any chance to move icon stuff on?
I'd love to see the icon in my gnome dock. Otherwise I just keep searching for terminal every time I need it.
@dsego Maybe in the meantime, any chance for instructions on getting @net icon used locally?
typekpb
on 12 Oct 2017
@net SVG works for me.
@typekpb heh, just need to make time myself or for someone to send a PR.
jwilm
on 12 Oct 2017
@net @jwilm Is there an .svg of the logo available? I can't find one. Trying to add it to https://trevordmiller.com/projects/nova plugins list. Right now I'm just using a generic terminal icon but I'd like to replace it with the official Alacritty .svg icon:
trevordmiller
on 14 Apr 2018
Net has not responded since sharing the icon, so unless he does we'll probably have to look for something else.
chrisduerr
on 15 Apr 2018
What's the status on this one? I'm here to offer help with the website or the logo if needed.
MarioRicalde
on 13 Mar 2019
I've converted the logo to an SVG here: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/pull/1451
However it still has a few issues and needs some finishing touches. Unfortunately I'm not very comfortable with image/svg editors, so it has been on the backburner for a while.
chrisduerr
on 13 Mar 2019
@chrisduerr if you provide with some clear instructions for what you want, I can probably help with the SVG polishing. Let me know.
MarioRicalde
on 14 Mar 2019
@MarioRicalde You can see the SVG version here:
https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/967#issuecomment-397145025
The SVG files are all available in the PR I believe. We have permission to modify this icon to our liking.
The original icon by net looks like this:
While I've tried reproducing this icon, it's not quite 100% there and the icon designed by net still looks a bit better. The biggest issue with net's icon though is that the border with the gradient makes things really hard to see on some backgrounds, so the goal would be to change the border to fix this and make this icon easily recognizable on all backgrounds. The linked issues have some more details.
The SVG I've created might not look great, however it should be very clean and simple to work with, so hopefully that will help with getting anyone started.
chrisduerr
on 14 Mar 2019
I noticed Alacritty doesn't have an icon when I install on Arch Linux, but it does when I install on macOS from Homebrew. Is Mac just testing this icon? Or is something in my install not configuring the icon correctly for GNOME?
andrewbanchich
on 31 Mar 2019
The proposed icon has not yet been converted to SVG successfully. While some distributions and package managers have already taken what is available, unfortunately it hasn't been standardized yet.
Unfortunately I'm no artist myself and there are definitely still some finishing touches required. So until that is done there won't be an 'official' icon available in standard formats.
chrisduerr
on 31 Mar 2019
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@MaximDeloof that looks great!
I felt inspired by the retro icons so I made my own—
.icns if you want to download it and try it out (zipped because GitHub doesn't support .icns)