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Andrew Menkart
Moderator
Username: andrew
Post Number: 1240
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 07:08 pm: | 
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Is anyone interested in building some small icons for use on the discussion board topics page?
You will notice that I have changed the default icon to: 
But I would like to change each of the topics to a logo that represents the engine manufacturer, such as:
Acadia 
Gray 
Palmer 
It's just for fun and to make the topics page look better. If anyone wants to do it you let me know or post below. It's not hard but you have to use a photo editor to create a small gif file. The image must be exactly 24 x 24 pixels. And it works best to use a something square or a square portion of a logo or letterhead. If you try to have text it is generally illegible at that small size.
If you look at the board topics page at marineengine.com you will see that I have done it with the modern manufacturers.
If anyone is interested in try some they should probably post below and say which mfg's they are going to do so we don't get a duplication of effort.
Thanks.
Andrew |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 628
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 07:46 pm: |
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If I did it correctly here is a Lathrop 3 hp.
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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 629
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 07:57 pm: |
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Here is a Detroit 1hp
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Andrew Menkart
Moderator
Username: andrew
Post Number: 1243
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 08:17 pm: |
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Ernie,
That's quick work, but they are hard to recognize...
Generally a photo of the engine doesn't work as well as using a part of the logo, or something representative of the company name.
Like with Palmer using the flag, or the acadia maple leaf...
24 x 24 is very small so it has to stand out... it's not easy...  |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 901
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 08:54 pm: |
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Kermath
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 902
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:05 pm: |
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Pierce-Budd Co.
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 903
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:18 pm: |
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Here's "Miss Simlicity's" Logo how would one condense such a pretty thing ??
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Andrew Menkart
Moderator
Username: andrew
Post Number: 1244
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:39 pm: |
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Richard,
I put up the Kermath logo, see the topics page.
We don't have a topics category for Pierce-Budd
... or Miss Simplicity  |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 907
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 10:32 pm: |
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Andrew
You did just great with the lady, maybe we should add her engine to the list just because the logo is so cool !!
This is 1913 Gray catalog logo, don't know if its usable ?
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 908
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 11:02 pm: |
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Ferro
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 909
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 11:16 pm: |
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Dunn
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Andrew Menkart
Moderator
Username: andrew
Post Number: 1245
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 09:13 am: |
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Richard,
Those are hard to read.
It usually doesn't work to condense a full logo or words of text. You usually have to take an element of the logo or a single letter of the logo and work with that. The Kermath one was good.
See the link to the MarineEngine board above and you will see what I mean. |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 633
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 07:21 pm: |
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A friend sent me some Lathrop stuff. I found this little anchor just inside the cover on some of their literature
The Atlantics from Lunenburg,NS had a distinct flywheel with heart shaped holes.
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Andrew Menkart
Moderator
Username: andrew
Post Number: 1246
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 08:57 am: |
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Those will work well. Thanks! I will put them up tonight.
... okay, they are up on the topics page... |
