June 25, 2007
Information Card Icon

Information Card IconI’m very pleased to announce that, as of today, there is now a graphical icon freely available for people to use to indicate that “Information Cards are accepted here”. This icon is intended to provide a common visual cue that Information Cards can be used to provide information to a site or program, similarly to how the RSS icon is used to indicate the availability of syndicated content.

The guidelines for the use of the icon, a frequently asked questions document, a set of png images of the icon rendered in a range of sizes, and the original artwork in Illustrator format are all available together in a download package. Please consult the guidelines and the FAQ before using the icon.

You’ll notice that the login page for my blog now uses the icon. Hopefully your sites will soon too!

And just for fun, because the icon is, after all, a graphical element, here’s a gallery of the renderings of the icon that we included in the downloads package. Enjoy!


12 Responses to “Information Card Icon”

  1. Secure Place on 25 Jun 2007 at 4:49 am #

    It´s available: The information card icon…

    Mike Jones told us that the information card icon is available now. The icon looks like this. You should…

  2. Impersonation Failure on 25 Jun 2007 at 11:43 am #

    Information Card Resources…

    New Information Card Logo Gone are the days of the little gray framed man serving as an indicator for…

  3. Vibro.NET on 25 Jun 2007 at 12:05 pm #

    Sticker for” Information Cards Accepted Here”…

    How many times you glance at the stickers on the window of a restaurant for understanding if your credit…

  4. Daniel Bartholomew's Blog on 26 Jun 2007 at 5:35 am #

    CardSpace Logo Released…

    Some time back MS hinted that a new logo for Web Sites that accept Information Cards would be available.
    Finally, it has been released. Mike Jones was first to annouce it, as far as i can tell: http: ……

  5. Adlai Maschiach on 27 Jun 2007 at 1:30 am #

    CardSpace Resources…

    This page is a summary of links which are relevant to CardSpace .NET 3.0. The page will be updated as…

  6. Neil Hutson - Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 for developers on 28 Jun 2007 at 1:35 pm #

    The Universal Sign for Information Cards…

    The industry has made great steps at making RSS easy to understand, by supporting the simple RSS logo…

  7. Windows CardSpace News and Announcements on 03 Aug 2007 at 1:47 am #

    Information Card Deployment Guide Update…

    An updated version of the Information Card Deployment Guide is now available. Among other improvements, it’s been updated to employ the Information Card Icon….

  8. .NET Framework 3 Technology News and Announcements on 03 Aug 2007 at 1:54 am #

    Information Card Deployment Guide Update…

    An updated version of the Information Card Deployment Guide is now available. Among other improvements,…

  9. Living in a World of Connected Systems on 12 Aug 2007 at 10:03 am #

    Information Card Icon…

  10. dale olds’ virtualsoul » Fashions in information card beachware on 28 Aug 2007 at 3:40 pm #

    […] Thanks to Mike for the information card shirt. I try to wear it in compliance with the logo usage guidelines, but I think I probably sometimes stand too close to other images and I spilled some salsa on it. […]

  11. Mike Jones: self-issued » Information Card Icon Usage Guidelines Updated on 27 Aug 2008 at 11:06 am #

    […] wrote: Thanks to Mike for the information card shirt. I try to wear it in compliance with the logo usage guidelines, but I think I probably sometimes stand too close to other images and I spilled some salsa on it. […]

  12. Mike Jones: self-issued » Additional 3:2 Information Card Icon Aspect Ratio on 29 Jan 2009 at 9:34 pm #

    […] has released an additional rendering of the Information Card Icon with a 3:2 aspect ratio, which can be used in addition to the existing 10:7 aspect ratio […]