QIP-011: Denomination ideograms for Quanta and Shor as svg, webfonts
| Author | Jack Matier |
|---|---|
| Discussions-To | https://github.com/theQRL/qips/pull/23 |
| Status | draft/withdrawn |
| Layer | na |
| Created | 2020-01-16 |
Table of Contents
Motivation
Ideograms are useful in conveying an idea or concept which is independent of any particular language.
Doing so as an SVG allows for usage in a wide variety of mediums. Further creating a webfont hosted either locally or from popular third-party services has the added advantage of being able to be easy to implement.
Specification
The reference asset format should follow the Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG v1.1) standard which has a wide userbase and can be incorporated into a font and hosted either locally and/or on third-party services.
This will be then compiled into the Web Open Font Format (woff) and Web Open Font Format 2 (woff2) standards.
In order to qualify whether a prospective ideogram is symbolic as a currency, it should be tested against a diverse background of people from different regions with a positive result being that it’s recognised as a currency.
For the test, every positive result can be recorded as 1 and negative as 0. These results would then be compiled and an average established with the final resulting floating point value between a 0 and 1. An overall result that’s greater than a value that’s to be determined through discussions will signify whether the ideogram works to represent a currency in a series of short-listing rounds.
Backward compatibility
Both SVG 1.1 and Woff/Woff2 are open standards and offer wide support.
Implementation
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Quanta and Shor ideograms should be uploaded as a gist in the SVG format and linked to in a comment as part of the comments-uri thread of this QIP.
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A diverse team will be elected to do an initial round of testing as specified in the specification portion of this QIP with a process where the submitter of the ideogram wont be identified.
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Ideograms would be short-listed and tested against a wider audience less familiar with QRL and short-listed further.
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A vote would take place to identify favourite currency ideograms
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The selected ideograms would be cleaned up and made into respective woff and woff2 files.
Citation
Please cite this document as:
Jack Matier, "QIP-011: Denomination ideograms for Quanta and Shor as svg, webfonts," QRL Improvement Proposals, no. 11, January 2020. Available: https://www.theqrl.org/qips/QIP-011.