With a SVG plugin active couldn't we do just that? See attached. :)

My option using the wiki tables formatting can be re-sized just by changing
the pixel width in the css, (or a percent, em etc.)


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Mike
>
> Lovely. The pixelated logos are definitely an interesting idea, and the
> table cell trick is a fun way to get such a thing working in classic TW. As
> I say, I do think the boat has sailed with regard to retrospectively
> applying a logo to classic TW, we should be focussing on a logo for TW5,
> where we don't have any restrictions (technically, I'd prefer the logo to
> be an SVG image, rather than a bitmap, so that it renders well on modern
> high resolution displays).
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:37 AM, cflow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Good to know Jeremy!
>>
>> So after cruising the web looking at different themes for TiddlyWiki (as
>> it's all I do now...) I stumbled across a really well designed TW version
>> that had something really interesting applied, 
>> Mineral<http://mineral-tiddlywiki.appspot.com/>!
>> (also found here <http://themes.tiddlywiki.com/mineraltheme.html>).
>> @BauweBijl designed it, so all props to him.
>>
>> While the theme is great, when you open the MineralTheme tiddler in his
>> example you get a new solution to the logo issue. Using the Table wiki
>> elements he has created his own logo in the space.
>>
>> Using his example and then modifying the displayable CSS, I made the
>> attached examples. The idea is to use TiddlyWiki design and
>> implementation to render the logo. Yes, they are pixelated, but thats part
>> of the charm :) The concepts are, in order:
>>
>>    - Bookmark - which I particularly like due to the "journal"
>>    historical view of TW
>>    - Iconic - created in response to those that want a logo to be
>>    suitable next to the little Facebook Icons etc.
>>    - Capsule - means the most to me because of how we create the
>>    navigation links within a TiddlyWiki, with the "[" and the "]" and I like
>>    the "light" feel of it.
>>
>>
>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gTHGsYQMINQ/UaKbtBKsLNI/AAAAAAAAABw/2nM7rRiUlxw/s1600/twLogo.png>
>> To replicate, copy the below example into a tiddler of your own and save.
>> If we package it with some CSS then the solution gets even clearer.
>> COPY THIS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>> ||!|!||||||||||!|!||
>> |!||||||||||||||!|
>> |!|||!|||||||||||!|
>> |!|||!|||||||||||!|
>> |!|||!|!|!||!||||!|||!|
>> |!|||!||||!||!||!|||!|
>> |!|||!||||!||!||!|||!|
>> |!||||!|!|||!||!||||!|
>> |!||||||||||||||!|
>> ||!|!||||||||||!|!||
>> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::TO HERE
>>
>> Let me know what you think :)
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:23:00 PM UTC+10, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mat
>>>
>>> The history of TiddlyWiki logos goes something like this...
>>>
>>> To begin with, back in 2004/5, TiddlyWiki didn't have the means of
>>> displaying a logo. It was entirely text based, and including an image-based
>>> logo would have broken the single fileness. The one place where I could
>>> display a bitmapped logo without restriction was the favicon; rather than
>>> inventing a logo which would only appear there, and not be echoed in the
>>> design of the page, I went the other way, and made the favicon be a reduced
>>> version of the page. The idea was for the TW page layout to be iconic in
>>> its own right.
>>>
>>> A few years later we established tiddlywiki.org as a community wiki
>>> site for TiddlyWiki users. I came up with this initial logo for it:
>>>
>>> http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/**chrome/site/tworg_logo_med.jpg<http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/chrome/site/tworg_logo_med.jpg>
>>>
>>> There was still regular interest in establishing a TiddlyWiki logo, and
>>> so we decided to focus on coming up with a better logo for
>>> tiddlywiki.org, hence the page that Eric linked to. For a long time,
>>> tiddlywiki.org used the wavy lines logo by Simon.
>>>
>>> Fast forward to the present day: Personally, I feel that the boat has
>>> sailed a long time ago on establishing a logo for classic TW (I'm still
>>> open to discussion). But I am interested in finding a logo for TiddlyWiki5;
>>> in TW5 we can incorporate a graphical logo nicely, thanks to the support
>>> for embedded SVGs and bitmaps.
>>>
>>> I do have some personal observations about logos in general that
>>> probably bias me horribly:
>>>
>>> * A good logo should come from more than just experimenting with the
>>> letter shapes; it needs to deeply reflect the nature of the thing being
>>> branded
>>> * Logos should be fresh and original, and not reference/copy other logos
>>> * Professional logos seem to use a lot fewer gradients, highlights and
>>> shadows than we amateurs
>>> * For the web, logos need to work as small square favicons, as well as
>>> big, lush page headings
>>>
>>> You can see how I applied those principles in coming up with the
>>> TiddlySpace logo: the simplest thing I could find that represented the
>>> private/public structure of TiddlySpace.
>>>
>>> Mat - the two logo experiments you've submitted do pretty well by my
>>> criteria:
>>>
>>> * I like the interlocking T&W. Although it's certainly a riff on the
>>> shapes of the letters, as you point out it also incorporates an image of
>>> TiddlyWiki's nature. I'm not so keen on using the TiddlySpace colours:
>>> there the pink and blue are deliberately used to symbolise private and
>>> public respectively; concepts that don't exist in TiddlyWiki itself.
>>> Possibly hyperlink blue is the colour I most closely associate with TW
>>>
>>> * The tiddler logo goes down a path that I also think promising. What
>>> about a shoal of tiddlers that together make up a larger shape?
>>>
>>> I think by default it would be for me to anoint a logo as the "official"
>>> one. Matters of taste are tricky: I don't want to adopt a logo that I don't
>>> find appealing, but equally I need to listen to the feedback of others.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Mat <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, no I was not aware of those! Some nice ones! ...makes me wonder,
>>>> and sorry if I'm gauche but; @Jeremy - is it you that decide? Or who/how?
>>>> @Unamesa? Any criteria set?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I've updated that tidbits 
>>>> post<http://tidbits.tiddlyspace.com/#[[TW%20logo]]>with a new logo concept.
>>>>
>>>> <:-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:03:04 AM UTC+2, Eric Shulman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 20, 3:08 pm, Mat <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > Some sketches for a logo on tidbits space<http://tidbits.**tiddlyspa
>>>>> **ce.com/#[[TW%20logo]]<http://tidbits.tiddlyspace.com/#[[TW%20logo]]>
>>>>> **>
>>>>> > .
>>>>> > So far, it's the best we've got as far as I know (nudge, nudge -
>>>>> challenge,
>>>>> > challenge)
>>>>> > <:-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you seen these?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/**wik**i/TiddlyWikiDotOrgLogos<http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/TiddlyWikiDotOrgLogos>
>>>>>
>>>>> enjoy,
>>>>> -e
>>>>> Eric Shulman
>>>>> TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios
>>>>>
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