[tei-council] TEI badges in PNG/GIF formats; please review

[Dan O'Donnell]

David Sewell wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> The designer has tweaked the TEI badges with the final wording and
> format we requested. I have created a display page with them here:
>
> http://lister.ei.virginia.edu/~drs2n/Test/TEI-badges.html
>
> Please take one final look at them and let me know if you see any
> problems.
>
> I'm already aware of one issue. The designer created these as
> transparent PNG graphics; the transparency is needed so that the '<' and
> '>' can float outside of the rectangle. If you look very closely at the
> difference between the PNG and the GIF format, you'll notice that the
> PNG is smoother as PNG transparency is subtler than GIF transparency.
> However, transparent PNG's don't work in some older browser versions,
> notably Internet Explorer 6 and before (the transparent sections appear
> in a light blue color).
>
> Unless someone has a better idea, I would propose that we make both sets
> available and put a caveat on the Web page noting that the PNG versions
> aren't compatible with all browsers.
>   
Sounds good. With perhaps James suggestion about the alternate 
background colour.

> Dan, do you want to find a place on www.tei-c.org to put them? or shall
> I? And will you contribute text with suggested usage and links?
>   
Yes. I circulated a text earlier that I think we can use with the 
addition of this additional comment about the different versions 
(perhaps, David, you and I can work out the final copy between us since 
the intention is clear enough). We should leave the precise placement of 
the page up to Chris Ruotolo, since she'll have a good sense of where 
she wants it to go in the site's topology.

> David
>
>   


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Daniel Paul O'Donnell
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