Safari Logo PNG
The emblem shows that the application will help users navigate the sea of information. The Safari logo represents a fast, accurate web resource that guides you to what you’re looking for.
Meaning and History
Before being named Safari, the web browser was known as Freedom, Alexander, and iBrowse. But these were temporary options used within the development team. The current name came to him when the beta version for Mac OS X was released. The presentation took place in January 2003 at Macworld in San Francisco. Several more unofficial and official releases followed this until the utility under the original 0.1 number began operating in the summer of the same year.
Steve Jobs supervised the work. The digital novelty was based on the KHTML rendering engine known as WebKit. Starting with Mac OS X version 10.3, Apple included the enhanced browser by default. The predecessor, Safari (Internet Explorer), was moved to the alternative category. Its main search engine is Google, with additional options including DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Bing.
Safari’s speed and convenience come from storing data not in the browser but on an external platform called iCloud, which syncs with the system. It also offers safe browsing and pop-up protection. In addition, users can enable a JavaScript blocker extension in the settings. In 2005, Apple partially opened the code, and until then, access was limited to the WebCore and JavaScriptCore libraries.
According to data from May 2021, this web browser ranks second in popularity, behind Chrome. In other words, its logo has gained universal recognition. It has existed in six versions, the first of which appeared when Safari was released.
MacOS logo
2003 – 2014
From the logo’s debut, the compass became its key detail. It was presented realistically, with a three-dimensional image set within a wide silver-metal frame. Glare and reflections were present on the surface, creating a smooth gloss effect on the frame and glass. The compass was tilted left, while the needle pointed right. The hidden idea is that no matter how users deviate from the right course, the system will still recognize and find the right direction (information). The logo has been used on many devices, from Mac OS X Panther to Mavericks.
2014 – today
Apple has introduced a new corporate brand identity style reminiscent of iOS 7’s design. The logo has lost its realism; it has become simpler and better suited to print advertising. But it does not depict the compass itself, only its dial from an upper angle, from the front. The arrow’s slope and direction remain the same: it points northeast by a small degree. But the developers removed the cardinal-point letter designations, leaving only the gradation as strokes of different lengths. There is also a barely noticeable edging frame and a line in the middle of the arrow, dividing it into two parts and giving it a three-dimensional look. The icon is used on macOS Catalina and earlier versions.
2020 – today
After the logo update, the compass has a light gray square background with rounded corners. The dial’s gradient disappeared, and the hand became slightly thinner.
IOS logo
2007 – 2013
When Safari launched for this operating system, the logo was square. It was a compass with rounded corners and circular markings in the form of fine gradations and cardinal-point directions. It used almost-dotted short strokes and serif capital letters. Each sign was in a dark blue circle. The dial’s background was a world map depicting the Americas. The arrows pointed northeast. This option was intended for iPhone OS 1 and iOS up to version 6.
2013 – 2017
After the update, the logo looks simpler. The developers removed the square background, the map, the letter symbols, and the decorative elements in the center, focusing only on the dial. The compass has a 2D design that emphasizes the red and white arrows. In addition, the tones around the circle disappeared, and a blue gradient was added. This symbology was used on iOS from version 7 to version 10 inclusive.
2017 – today
After the release of iOS 11, the web browser received a new logo. But the changes were minor. The designers removed the white background, added a gray square frame, shortened the arrow ends, shifted the arrow slightly to the left, and converted the colors to a pastel palette.
Font and Colors
Safari symbology was originally associated with accurate, simple, and fast spatial orientation (in this case, on the web). To demonstrate this, the authors chose a compass image as the logo, which is easy to understand. It has several elements to focus on, and the designers did so. They especially highlighted the arrow, removing the geographic designations of the cardinal points from the drawn dial. This technique is used intentionally because the Internet focuses on tags that are the same for everyone, regardless of country or location. But the developers still kept the circle of small strokes, which unifies users and does not distinguish them from one another.
The compass lettering uses classic typography inspired by vintage dials. The signs are straight, with serifs and bulges.
The corporate palette also connects to the spatial theme; blue prevails as the color of the sky and water. White (strokes, letters, part of the arrow), red (half of the arrow), and gray (background, frame) are also used.