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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · yesterday

The proposed (and widely used) fediverse logo is now part of the Font Awesome library.

https://fontawesome.com/icons/fediverse?f=brands&s=solid

#fediverse #FontAwesome #logo #design

julian

@julian@activitypub.space replied · 9 hours ago

Re: The proposed (and widely used) fediverse logo is now part of the Font Awesome library.

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Thanks for sharing, this is huge news! I've been using share-nodes and circle-nodes in NodeBB to represent fediverse stuff (or @liaizon@social.wake.st's asterisms), but I will likely switch over to this once we update our FontAwesome library

wakest ⁂

@liaizon@social.wake.st replied · 9 hours ago

@julian @stefan I will continue my slow fight against this monstrous complexity of a symbol. It doesn't work at small sizes and without the rainbow it's not recognizable at all

Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied · 9 hours ago

@liaizon That's all valid criticism!

I do like ⁂, and it seems to be already pretty widely accepted as the new fediverse logo.

I guess I'm personally feeling a bit nostalgic about the old one, even though I'm not the biggest fan of the design itself, I will admit.

@julian

wakest ⁂

@liaizon@social.wake.st replied · 8 hours ago

@stefan @julian its great it has its place, I am glad it exists, I have been using and promoting it since it was proposed originally. But it needs a major rethink if/when people try to shoehorn it next to a simplified pictogram
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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied · 8 hours ago

@liaizon Oh I absolutely agree.

You will recall that it took me forever to decide what to use as the favicon for https://jointhefediverse.net. Especially at the time the pentagram felt more recognizable, but...everything you just said.

@julian