>Most of all, it would look perfect even on 1982's QL ! :-)
1982? I thought the QL came out in 1983/84???
>Everything else looks worse. Any text would require from user to read
it and so
>would ruin purpose of the logo as
>a momentarily identifiable image. Even simple "QL" with Q in #2 and L
in #1
>doesn't look good.
>Besides that, this would cripple scaling capabilites. At larger
resolutions,
>everything would have to be at least antialiased and at lower res. it
would get
>garbled.
Well, that's why I made the sample logo on my web page using the QL
font, which is meant to look blocky. Must admit, most people seem to
be against the use of monitor screens (legalities apart) and the
letters QL from the few emails I've had, so I guess it's a
non-starter, even though I liked it.
Next try is just a keyboard, monitor and the letters QL on the screen!
>Worries about legal issues are exagerrated. Whatever used as a logo,
it will be
>similar to some other logo.
Well, a company that size could and may well get irate over it, as
Geoff Wicks pointed out. My wife works for an outdoor
clothing/equipment company called Gelert. Their logo is a kind of
squashed G. Looked general enough to avoid trouble to me...until
'George at Asda' (some designer clothes company) who also used a G as
a logo (never actually seen it). Guess that meant they had to sort out
who owned rights to the letter G and so now we are all not allowed to
write capital G's? (says he with great sarcasm). The problem seems to
be on the commercial side. Individuals making up T-shirts at no or
little profit should escape hassle, but traders making them for a
profit (no matter how small) may well run into trouble.
SO: If anyone wants to make T-shirts using the public domain logo on
my website, so ahead (I'm a size XXL ... thank you!)
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Dilwyn Jones
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