New JS icon is not legible/recognizable in small size

Question

New JS icon is not legible/recognizable in small size

MunifTanjim opened this issue 9 months ago · 11 comments

MunifTanjim commented 9 months ago

#366

This is the new JS Icon:

In small size, it's not legible/recognizable at all:

The previous one was much better:

Same for CJS and MJS:

#368

Answer 1 · 2024-01-03T13:41:25.000Z

I think we should revert those 2 PRs.

cc: @alex-courtis @ronitkrshah

Answer 2 · 2024-01-03T14:02:24.000Z

@MunifTanjim Well it's looking fine for me in Termux also in my PC

Answer 3 · 2024-01-03T14:19:07.000Z

I guess it's terminal dependant.

MacOS

Alacritty:

Kitty:

WezTerm:

Answer 4 · 2024-01-03T15:13:11.000Z

It depends on the font size of your terminal. Naturally, if you are using a smaller font size, it will show a small icon, and vice versa for a bigger font size.

Answer 5 · 2024-01-03T16:16:59.000Z

Also depends on how the terminal renders the font.

In either way, the new icon is not very recognizable in small size. The previous one was immediately recognizable.

Answer 6 · 2024-01-04T05:38:11.000Z

Hmm ....Then we should revert this 2 PRs

Answer 7 · 2024-01-04T09:02:49.000Z

I am leaning toward using 'official' icons as much as possible, mainly in order to avoid discussions which icon fits user's preferences best. @MunifTanjim obviously I am not having a go or disrespecting you and your concern here, it's just that this icon is what it is. Just my opinion.

Answer 8 · 2024-01-04T09:19:49.000Z

Makes sense. No worries.

Answer 9 · 2024-01-04T09:22:39.000Z

Let's hear @alex-courtis' and @Akmadan23 opinions on this as well.

Answer 10 · 2024-01-06T00:44:53.000Z

Let's stick to the official icons.

If the official icon is not usable, it's something that should and very likely will be fixed in the font itself.

Answer 11 · 2024-01-06T00:46:21.000Z

Closing off; we can revisit and raise upstream if it continues to be a problem.