Re: [Nolug] Logo ideas

On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 15:02, Simon Dorfman wrote:
> On 4/17/04 2:33 PM, "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 13:44, Simon Dorfman wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> Here are a couple NOLUG logo ideas in pdf format:
> >> http://www.SimonDorfman.com/misc/Simons_NOLUGlogoIdea1.pdf
> >> http://www.SimonDorfman.com/misc/Simons_NOLUGlogoIdea2.pdf
> >>
> >> Let me know what you think. And feel free to open them up in
> >> Illustrator (or your vector editing app of choice) and improve or take
> >> them in a new direction or whatever.
> >
> > The images look nice. Are you planning on making them 3D?
>
> No plans to make them 3d.
>
> > Can I ask why they aren't in PNG, TIFF, JPG, etc? PDF seems an
> > odd choice when there are so many open, purpose-built graphic file
> > formats.
>
> Posted PDF so they are still in vector format so other people can edit them
> further if they desire.

Oh, because programs like GIMP don't understand PDF. It reads
PS, though, so I guess you can do a pdf2ps, first.

> If one is chosen as the logo, I would export it to
> a GIF (for file size and browser compatibility reasons), unless y'all get
> out the "GIF sucks, PNG rules" argument on me. Then I'd futilely argue that
> GIF has more widespread support, while y'all tell the GIF stories of woe.
> :) Or something like that.

I won't go into the political aspect, but will say that even IE5.5
supports PNG, and everything supports JPG. Try exporting to all
3 types (GIF, JPG & PNG), and see which is smaller.

-- 
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
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