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From: Bill DeWitt
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 6 May 2000 15:25:14
Message: <3914719a@news.povray.org>
"Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
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> In the thread "PLC: General qualities of the logo" there is a big
discussion
> about whether or not the logo *must* be presentable in black and white.
>

    Again, let the author submit whatever they want and let the final voting
decide if it was a good Idea...

    I would hate to see the best possible Logo go unsubmitted because it
doesn't work in 2D or B/W...


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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 6 May 2000 16:59:03
Message: <39148797@news.povray.org>
"TonyB" <ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote in message
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> >Must the logo be presentable and easy recognizable when viewed
> >in just black and white (with no shades of gray)? (yes or no)
>
> Preferably yes, but also consider this: who would really want to see the
> logo like that? Most people would use it in color form.

If, for example, I wanted to put the logo on an image, like a watermark.

If the image didn't have many bright colors it would ruin the image to have
that colorful mark down in the corner. Simply converting the colors to
grayscale might not work. Unless there was a rather "flat" area in the
corner of the image, it would require a logo with high contrast in order to
make the logo visible and recognizable.

It's all about flexibility.

Greetings,

Rune

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From: Kari Kivisalo
Subject: Re: PLC: Black and white or not?
Date: 7 May 2000 13:22:35
Message: <3915A689.BFF9D2DC@kivisalo.net>
Yes.


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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 8 May 2000 11:09:17
Message: <3916d89d@news.povray.org>
> Must the logo be presentable and easy
> recognizable when viewed in just black
> and white (with no shades of gray)?

Yes.

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From: Peter J  Holzer
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 8 May 2000 20:02:06
Message: <slrn8hehm5.pd.hjp-usenet@teal.h.hjp.at>
On Mon, 8 May 2000 15:51:28 +0200, Rune wrote:
>> Must the logo be presentable and easy
>> recognizable when viewed in just black
>> and white (with no shades of gray)?
>
>Yes.

You are voting on your own questions in public? Does that count as an
election campaign? :-)

ObVote: yes.

	hp


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From: Fabien Hénon
Subject: Re: PLC: Black and white or not?
Date: 9 May 2000 17:57:58
Message: <39187EFF.EDA80707@club-internet.fr>
Short answer : No

In pure Black & White : No
In shades of gray : Yes

Pure black and white is too destructive and would surely ruin any logo (even the
best one).
The size of the logo is already a limit in itself, turning it into B&W would
make it unrecognizable.









> In the thread "PLC: General qualities of the logo" there is a big discussion
> about whether or not the logo *must* be presentable in black and white.
>
> People can't quite agree no matter how much arguing is done, but I guess
> that's just natural.
>
> Since we can't reach a conclusion by arguing, I think we could make a
> "mini-voting" about the question, and see people's opinions that way. Let's
> say, if more than 60% agree, then we have our conclusion. If not, we'll have
> to find another way to find out.
>
> I have not been able to summarize the arguments I've seen, so I encourage
> everybody to read the thread "PLC: General qualities of the logo" and as
> many of the replies as possible before voting here.
>
> Remember: This voting is not about if the logos *should* be presentable in
> black and white. It is about if the logos *must* be presentable in black and
> white. If we reach a conclusion, that conclusion will be a rule everyone
> must follow.
>
> Reply to this message with your vote.
>
> You can vote "yes" or "no", but please don't come with arguments here. Post
> your arguments in the thread "PLC: General qualities of the logo" if you
> want.
>
> So here's the question we vote about:
>
> Must the logo be presentable and easy recognizable when viewed in just black
> and white (with no shades of gray)? (yes or no)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Rune
>
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From: Philippe Debar
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 10 May 2000 06:50:31
Message: <39193ef7@news.povray.org>
Yes, it should... but (there always is one)...

For this rule/guideline, as with all other contest rules, I adopt the
following attitude : the rule must be obeyed except if the benefits of
breaking it outweighs the benefits gained by applying the rule. Talk about a
subjective notion :-)

So, it would be better if the logo was presentable in B/W, but if there is
an outstanding logo that does not follow the rule, I'll forget the rule and
that logo would get my preference. Now, I would penalise an average-quality
logo (to my taste, by comparison to the other submitted logos) that breaks
this rule - or any other one. This is why I prefer the "guideline" word.


Povingly


Philippe


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From: Franks
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 10 May 2000 16:06:02
Message: <3919c12a@news.povray.org>
> Must the logo be presentable and easy recognizable when viewed in just
black
> and white (with no shades of gray)? (yes or no)
yes, I feel that the image must be able to be presented in black and white


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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Black and white or not?
Date: 10 May 2000 16:54:08
Message: <3919cc70@news.povray.org>
"Peter J. Holzer" wrote:
> You are voting on your own questions in
> public? Does that count as an election
> campaign? :-)

No, I just thoughy I had as much right to vote as everybody else.

> ObVote: yes.

What does ObVote mean? It is your vote right?

Greetings,

Rune

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: PLC: Black and white or not?
Date: 10 May 2000 16:54:12
Message: <3919cc74@news.povray.org>

> Short answer : No
>
> In pure Black & White : No
> In shades of gray : Yes
>
> Pure black and white is too destructive
> and would surely ruin any logo (even the
> best one).
> The size of the logo is already a limit
> in itself, turning it into B&W would
> make it unrecognizable.

Just to eliminate confusion:

When I say no shades of gray I mean in the logo itself only. Anti-aliasing
is not a part of the logo itself, so shades of gray can be used for
anti-aliasing.

Having got that extra bit of information, do you still want to vote "no"?

If you do not respond to this message I will presume that you still want to
vote "no".

Greetings,

Rune

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