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

From the archives:

"A lot of people think that the pentacle was chosen because of its occult or satanic connotations. And while it would be in Fediverse's rebellious spirit, this was not the case."

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-history-of-the-fediverse-logo/

#fediverse #FediverseLogo #FediverseSymbol

@stefan @gdinwiddie oh, hurray!!

@stefan It would be nice to have it in Unicode so we don't use ⁂.

@stefan Had too many issues with Font Awesome (limits on free tier + not wanting to pay for icons ). Eventually moved to Phosphor (https://phosphoricons.com) which awesomely has had the Fedi icon for a while now!

@shellsharks Yeah, I haven't used Font Awesome in quite some time myself. But it is nice to get a bit more recognition!

Phosphor looks nice, will have to check them out!

@michal @stefan I wonde what the process of getting something in unicode is like. I much prefer the pentagram icon over the three asterisks.

@sashin

I don't think they'd accept this.

> Automatically Declined
> Logos, brands, other third-party IP rights, UI icons, signage, specific people, specific buildings and landmarks, deities

https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#automatically_declined

Probably same rules for emoji.

@michal

@stefan @sashin Strange... ₿

@michal @stefan The fediverse as a concept isn't privately owned, maybe it wouldn't fall under "brands", I think a case could be made for this

@michal Oh wow, didn't even realize this was a thing.

Found this conversation on Reddit that links to the original proposal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1dkal6k/7_years_ago_the_bitcoin_sign_was_officially/

Fun highlight from the person who filed the proposal:

"Strangely enough, I'm not invested in Bitcoin. I expected it would fall apart long ago"

@sashin

@sashin Perhaps!

I certainly don't have the bandwidth, but this other related reddit thread could have some useful insights, if this is something you (or anyone also here) would be interested in taking this on!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3j0261/help_me_get_the_bitcoin_symbol_added_to_unicode/

@michal

@stefan oh brutal they didn't even clean it up

@liaizon Ah, won't be able to unsee this now!

@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 <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f389.png?v=bde9488fb98" title="" />

@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

@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

@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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@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

No worries @liaizon@social.wake.st at this rate the asterism will be a font awesome icon by 2032!

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online