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Also, the text beside the button could well be center aligned vertically.

You bet! Let's think of the current version as a mock-up :)

I can mock up a few for you if that helps? Then we can let people "hnLike" the button to see what people prefer? Ill keep adding more to the set throughout the day.

http://roberthubert.com/hnlikes.html

^ edit: these now include the buttons from acous too! :)

Let's do it!

Awesome, Ill keep updating the url and then Ill activate all the buttons when I think I have a fair amount to choose from :)

Feel free to keep refreshing the ^URL to watch my progress, Ill upload each one as I make'em.

I like the second one better, its crisper. Font-size could do with a pixel less?

Hopefully I'm not being rude, but I thought I might try my hand at some as well.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103004/hnlike.html

edit: I can't reply below yet, but I think I'm done at 4 so feel free to incorporate them into a sheet!

Nice, Perhaps we could put them all onto a single sheet? Have a submission deadline, then voting time?

I imagined something like http://dl.dropbox.com/u/408087/hn/button.png

That makes way more sense :) I just added an imitation to my post below.

absolutely, there are alignment issues as well