{"id":322,"date":"2006-12-20T23:21:22","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T05:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2006\/12\/20\/the-svg-logo-begins-its-journey\/"},"modified":"2006-12-20T23:21:22","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T05:21:22","slug":"the-svg-logo-begins-its-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/20\/the-svg-logo-begins-its-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The SVG Logo Begins Its Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2006\/12\/18\/adobe-allows-svg-viewer-download-indefinitely\/\">two days ago<\/a>, the SVG Logo Contest is now over and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svglogo.com\/\">official SVG Logo<\/a> has been chosen.  I guess orange is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_new_black\">the new black<\/a>?  \ud83d\ude09  Nothing terribly exciting for the web-at-large, but it does give use SVG developers a bit more sense of identity and will help to establish SVG as a \"brand\".  I hacked the winner's logo for my own purposes.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/googleads.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I ended up taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.root2art.co.uk\/news\/index.php\">Harvey Rainer's<\/a> very large and classy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.root2art.co.uk\/svg_logo\/svg_logo.svg\">SVG submission file<\/a> and stripping away the bits I wasn't interested in to arrive at two versions of the logo I'd like to use for now.<\/p>\n<p>Please, note!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schepers.cc\/\">Doug Schepers<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/tech.groups.yahoo.com\/group\/svg-developers\/message\/57728\">stated<\/a> that they will be coming up with official versions of the logo for purposes of widespread use, so my versions are mere hacks until then, because I was too impatient.  Don't hot-link or copy them.  This post is a good-natured spur to get the logos out there - I'll be one of the first to use the official versions ... so long as I like them \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>The first version of the logo that I used in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/\">home page<\/a> at the bottom (just above my non-validating XHTML tag):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/images\/svg-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The second I use in my blog header image, as you may be able to see with a cool browser like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/\">Opera 9+<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\">Firefox 1.5+<\/a>.  But you can only see it when you mouse over the image.  Mouse over the logo itself for a fully opaque version (with obligatory tooltip and link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Graphics\/SVG\/\">W3C SVG site<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Annoying inconsistencies noticed in my blog header version:  Firefox 2.0 doesn't seem to fire the Mouse Out event to remove the logo and Opera 9.02 doesn't show the tooltip for the logo...  neither one is a show-stopper, but I'm sure guys like <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.macromedia.com\/jd\/\">Dowdell<\/a> are squealing with delight \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/googleads.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned two days ago, the SVG Logo Contest is now over and an official SVG Logo has been chosen. 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