Author: Chris Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [Dng] Logo
While its oh so tempting to be childish and say we're not making logo's
for some other project...
point well made....
On 12/13/14 03:33, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 06:10:22PM -0800, Go Linux wrote:
>> Even 'pan European' is a very small part of world cultures. There have
>> been several suggestions to make Devuan a more globally inclusive endeavor
>> and I think that is a good idea. :) Surely there is a symbol that would
>> meet that criterion.
> I do know a symbol that's been used in most of world's cultures. Most
> prominently in Hinduism and Buddhism, but also in:
> * British heraldry
> * slavic areas
> * China
> * Tibet
> * Nepal
> * south Asia
> * Armenia
> * Greco-Roman art
> * Celts
> * Sami
> * North America indians
> * Denmark
> * Ireland
> * Ukraine
> * Iran
> * Indus Valley Civilization
> * and so on, so on
>
> It does have some negative connotations, but they're limited to a single
> western European nation. That's, by your logic, too insignificant as the
> symbol's other uses globally are overwhelmingly positive.
>
> Thus, I propose: ࿕ (U+0FD5).
>
> Hmm... on a second thought, perhaps caring too much about a symbol being
> global might be a bad idea.
>