Drew Adams wrote:

>    > The idea of using an E on a gnu is ok semantically.  Whether it looks
>    > better than just an E, I am not sure.
>
>    Attached is an idea ;-) It don't look too bad when resized as a 16x16
>icon.
>
>This could make an attractive _logo_, but it would _not_ work as a 16x16
>icon, IMO (see attached). Clever combination of E with gnu head - bravo!
>But, as Richard pointed out, that makes it hard to distinguish the E.
>
>Let's not forget the story of "The Gnu Who Became a Mushroom" - that's an
>invaluable icon lesson. If shrinking a gnu head can turn it into a mushroom,
>there is no hope for shrinking E-gnus and other such artistic subtleties. In
>particular, shrunken heads seldom appear brilliant.
>
>16x16 is a hard nut to crack.
>
Here is one crack, the 48x48 version and a 16x16 version. BTW if anyone 
want to play with this some of the Gimp xcf files are at the same 
directory as the images for the web page.