Arc Forum | Ask Arc: What's the Arc symbol going to be?

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	Ask Arc: What's the Arc symbol going to be?
	6 points by daniel-cussen 6172 days ago \| 9 comments
	The cross of a Lambda and an A? A lambda shaped like a <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=gothic+keystone+arch&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi">gothic keystone arch</a>? Will there be a vote of some sort? How is this kind of thing usually decided upon in Open Source?

6 points by aidenn0 6171 days ago | link

I propose we use an ascii art menorah. Unless that's taken by some other project I'm unaware of...

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1 point by jsg 6171 days ago | link

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1 point by olifante 6171 days ago | link

Don't you think the icon should be a bit more neutral? Would you consider using a cross or a crescent? Me neither.

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2 points by dmm 6170 days ago | link

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

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1 point by sjs 6170 days ago | link

Something clever involving parens and arches.

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2 points by aaco 6171 days ago | link

I'd use an Unicode arc.

◠ 9696 25E0 UPPER HALF CIRCLE

Would work as a presage for a soon Unicode implementation.

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2 points by bayareaguy 6171 days ago | link

Character 2221 (measured angle) from the mathematical operators range would be good too.

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2 points by olifante 6171 days ago | link

How about using @? It has an "a" underneath an arc, plus it's webby...

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2 points by parenthesis 6170 days ago | link

... and it's ascii!

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