Thank you kindly John.
Please bear in mind that we are at "prototype" stage at present solely to solicit views.
As I said in a previous post, I will do each one in 4:1 and 16:9 format for the reason you state.
I think I have solved the PPRuNe logo text problem - at least it looks accurate to me. For this I used Illustrator because I find the shearing facility useful and the fine control of type spacing etc. The first one didn't quite give the correct blue in CYMK, but seems to have done so using RGB.
I also take your point about a border for icons - any finished products will have this built in. Personally I prefer a black border, but some people may prefer white or a light grey shade.
I hope that you don't feel we are stealing your ideas - I have simply responded to someone elses' post.
LM