Re: Tarsnap logo contest

[Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>]

On 12/13/13 22:38, Daniel Staal wrote:
> --As of December 13, 2013 10:11:53 PM -0800, Colin Percival is alleged to have
> said:
>> (does the .ico format even support transparency?)
> 
> --As for the rest, it is mine.
> 
> A quick check sounds like the answer is 'yes, but': Technically, the format
> supports basic transparency

Is that "pixels are either 100% transparent or 100% opaque"?  That would look
even worse for the Tarsnap logo, since the rounded edges wouldn't work properly.

> but most writers/converters don't.  There's a few
> online that say they do.
> 
> I'm annoyed that GraphicConverter (my fallback of choice, that makes a point of
> supporting *everything*) doesn't.  Meh.

I've been using imagemagick for converting EPS to *, and it also tends to
absolutely everything... except not this apparently.

-- 
Colin Percival
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