Re: Logo Contest

 IIRC this whole contest was to replace the use of the _official_
Spelljammer logo. Its scanned size is very comparable to any of the logo's
represented here.

Jim. ( Jammer@???????.com )

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Pali <rpali@?????????.ca>
To: spelljammer@????.com <spelljammer@????.com>
Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Logo Contest



>From: Jim Sheetz <HeyJim@????????.com>
>
>>All of the entries I have received so far are now posted
>>to the site at http://www.LescoIG.com/Jammer/ .
>>Go Vote! Vote early and often!
>
>All right, quick question. How are these logos to be used? Simple question,
>maybe even stupid, but *very* important. My (perhaps flawed) understanding
>is that the logo is to be used on any of out sites that have any
>SpellJamming material on line. The logo would be used on the index page so
>that anyone could see that the page has this material, and it could also
act
>as a link directly to the material.
>
>More importantly, it would serve to alert the person viewing the index page
>of the SpellJamming material, in a *consistent* manner. It could be used in
>a similar (but not exactly the same) manner as the Netscape and Internet
>Explorer logos on so many pages.
>
>I think all of this is a great idea.
>
>But in looking at the submissions, even the smallest one is over a third
the
>width of my 1024-768 screen. A logo of that size would easily overwhelm an
>index page. Because of that, it will be a lot harder to fit on an index
page
>without damaging the flow or flavour of the layout, if it's possible at
all.
>Because of that, the good idea may fail if some reject the winning image
>simply because of its size.
>
>I'd hate that to happen because the images are really stunningly nice.
>Shrinking them is an option, but detail is lost and I fear that some logos
>might suffer because of it.
>
>Just a thought, because the logos are so nice I'd hate for them not to be
>used simply because the winner is huge.
>
>IMHO, of course.
>
>Rick.
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