Design a logo (square/circle) for *.ftl file associations

[SethFalco]

In many editors or operating systems, files can be associated with an icon.

It would be great if Project Fluent had an official logo that could be used for this purpose. That way third-party add-ons/extensions can do the file/icon association so *.ftl stands out more, and with consistency between different software.

The existing branding isn't optimized for this use-case, or have I missed anything? 🤔

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While I can't design such a logo myself, would there be any interest in a logo?
I'd be happy to bring someone in to suggest/implement designs, maintainers are welcome to note preferences already. I just want icon associations in my editors. ^-^'

[eemeli]

This sounds like a rather good idea! Potentially not just for Fluent, but for localization file formats in general.

Is the actual need more to identify FTL files specifically, or any l10n files from others?

[SethFalco]

I'm thinking something specific for FTL, but we could consider something that covers i18n/l10n in general. 🤔

There are examples of both:

• In most editors, bitmap/raster file formats have the same icon (WEBP/AVIF/PNG/JPG/GIF). However, in VSC at least, SVG, ICO, and program-specific formats get their own icon.
• But even within the same file extension, they can differ too:
  • *.js, *.test.js, .eslintrc.js, webpack.config.js
  • *.json, tsconfig.json,
  • *.md, CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
  • *.yml, .gitlab-ci.yml, docker-compose.yml

Among l10n specific formats, the only ones I've encountered are XLIFF (*.xlf) and TMX (*.tmx). In VSC, both just use the XML icon, since they're ultimately just XML files.

My personally preference would be that FTL aimed to have its own icon. Mostly as it introduces a new syntax, and imo it's nice to have a more specific icon, rather than sharing one with XLIFF and TMX for example.

You're welcome to disagree with the above! Meanwhile, I'll open an issue against editors to propose a sensible default icon for i18n/l10n files, similarly to what they've done with bitmap images. I think that's a good idea. 👍

[ngdangtu-vn]

There is a plugin I'm using has an icon for Fluent file:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=macabeus.vscode-fluent

(But I like the idea to have a professional icon)