Isphahan is the ancient capital of Persia, modern-day Iran. More than this, it is, and has been since the 16th Century, the hand-woven rug capital of the world. To me, the Persian carpet is the ultimate in luxury: rich in color and pattern, sensuous to the touch, and capable of infusing any environment with delicate, yet compelling harmonies. I only wish I could afford one! So these rugs were a natural inspiration for a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme, particularly with the release of version 1.7, which offers the option of putting additional patterns throughout the interface. The patterns you will see were based on an Isphahani carpet made in 1960. The other two rugs that serve as backgrounds for the two logos are, respectively, a Kazak and a Bijar (to see the second, click once on the first when you see Isphahan on the Kaleidoscope panel).
Thank you for giving Isphahan a try. It has been produced for the Kaleidoscope 1.5 (and later) control panel, created by Gregory D. Landweber (greg@math.harvard.edu) and Frederick J. Bass. If you don't have Kaleidoscope, it can be downloaded from Greg's website at http://www. kaleidoscope.net. You can find almost every color scheme ever made, including all of mine, at The Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive (Eric Reid, Webmaster, http://www.kaleidoscope. net/schemes.
The Isphahan package includes the color scheme, a folder of desktop patterns and, unless you chose the sabok (Farsee for "light") version, a complete set of custom icons. After installing Kaleidoscope in your Control Panels folder, simply dropIsphahan in the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder which goes in your Extensions folder. Then open the Kaleidoscope control panel and select Isphahan . To install the desktop patterns, open your Desktop Patterns control panel and drop the patterns on the open Desktop Patterns window and select the one you want. (Personally, I like # 1, but to each his or her own!) The new icons will magically appear when you restart your Mac.
Though it should be functional at all color depths, please note that Isphahan will look best on computers capable of 1000s of colors or more.
Isphahan is opinionware; if you have strong feelings about it, send them along via E-mail. As a dedicated Mac-type, I am committed to the pursuit of quality in all things, so let me know what you think -- I can't improve if I don't know what I'm doing wrong!
The Small Print: All artwork in this color scheme is copyrighted. Please do not use it for any purpose, without my prior approval. It may be freely distributed as long as it is not altered and this docu mentation accompanies it.
