#The Markdown Mark Use this mark to identify Markdown. It should be used to identify user input areas which support Markdown-compiled HTML output or to identify general Markdown support. See "Usage".
This mark was designed by Dustin Curtis, a superhero. http://twitter.com/dcurtis
Markdown was invented by John Gruber. http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown
Contributions provided by Mac Tyler. http://mactyler.com
If you can contribute more or better icon sizes, an Illustrator file or other facsimile of the included Photoshop document, or an SVG version of the Markdown Mark, please submit it as a pull request to the Markdown Mark repository on Github.
##Specification
Let the border be 1/2 of X. The internal whitespace between the M glyph, the down arrow, and the box border should be precisely X.
##Usage
You should use this mark to identify user input areas which support Markdown-compiled HTML output or to identify general Markdown support. Although you may modify this mark any way you like, without restriction, please respect the following guidelines:
- Do not change the aspect ratio of the rounded box enclosure.
- Do not change the border radius of the rounded box enclosure.
- Do not change the relative sizes of the M glyph, the down arrow icon, and the box.
- The three elements that make up the mark, including the M glyph, the down arrow icon, and the box enclosure, should always be the same color.
- When possible, please display the mark in a shade of gray, white, or black.
##Examples
Note: These examples do not yet perfectly conform to the above specifications. They are provided here as placeholders only.
Use the Markdown Mark to identify a user text input area:
Use the Markdown Mark to identify general markdown support:
Other examples:
- Markdown Editor by Fabio Basile (Does not conform to the proper specifications.)
- Please add further example links and submit them as pull requests.
#License
See the included file LICENSE.