Re: Len's CSS solution for the text in image problem - will designers adopt?

Marshall,

yes, like I said in email that crossed yours in the ether, we're in 
agreement: I think text in a logo graphic is appropriate.

Now, how do you feel about requiring that other text on the page be HTML?

In what situations do you think that should that be required?

What if any additional exceptions do you think should be made?

Some techniques hold up with NN 3.2 (e.g.  <font>); but other techniques 
that require CSS do not (like the technique this thread is nominally 
about).  What's your feelings there?

Len

At 02:58 PM 10/24/00 -0500, Marshall Jansen wrote:
>At 04:29 PM 10/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Actually, Marshall's example of the CNN web
> >site  http://www.cnn.com  supports use of HTML text.
>
>Just to clarify, I wasn't using the CNN website as an example, nor the
>Coca-Cola site. I didn't even go look at them. I merely pointed out that
>the CNN logo can't be represented in CSS, nor can the Coca-Cola logo, even
>though both are merely letters.
>
>If you want to allow the logo to be used as a graphic, regardless of
>whether or not it is an image (like a Nike Swoosh (tm)) or text (like
>Coca-Cola's special font), then I don't think designers will balk. It's
>when you tell them that ANY text in logos must be HTML/CSS that they won't
>listen to you.
>
>If we had a disconnect and are actually agreeing, then great.
>
>Marshall.

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Received on Wednesday, 25 October 2000 11:33:58 UTC