[OSGeo-Discuss] osgeo logo svg - empty drawing

andrea antonello andrea.antonello at gmail.com
Wed Dec 27 04:18:48 PST 2017


Hi Martin,

> 2017-12-27 8:54 GMT+01:00 andrea antonello <andrea.antonello at gmail.com>:
>>> I am searching for official OSGeo logo in SVG format. I found [1], but
>>> when I open this file in Inkscape or Firefox I just see empty (white)
>>> drawing. BTW,
>>
>> create a big big rectangle of any color. Put it in background and
>> tada: here it is :-)
>> The logo is white, so you have to place it on a background to see it.
>> But export should work.
>
> thanks for investigation:-) So if you want to put on your website
> OSGeo logo in SVG format than you need to modify it?

No, that is why it is "hidden". So you export it without modifying it.

> I am still
> missing the point of hidden logo.

it is not hidden, it is white (on white background, so it looks
hidden). Look at the file names, there are other ones.

Ciao,
Andrea


>
>>> I was surprised that logo of organization that supports open source
>>> software development is using for promo materials proprietary
>>> software.
>>
>> Well, even if I basically agree, the format is open and accessible.
>
> [...]
>
> Martin
>
> --
> Martin Landa
> http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Landa
> http://gismentors.cz/mentors/landa


More information about the Discuss mailing list