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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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Emblems of Connacht

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  Arms of Connacht from 1651, in which the arm is wearing a clothed sleeve instead of armour, which should be reflected in the modern versions displayed on Wikipedia (and all other versions of the Connacht emblem outside of WP display a clothed version as well).

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  The versions of the eagle and sword-arm on the Connacht emblem in the bottom-right corner of this particular flag should be used for the rest of these files.

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Article(s): Any articles these already appear on.

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Alright, I know this may seem like a tall order, but could someone please modify as many as possible of the above files containing the Connacht emblem (except the first two of course) so that the design of both the eagle and the sword-arm match those on the version of the Connacht arms in the second provided file. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:16, 13 August 2023 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 09:27, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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Flags of shipping lines

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  Other flags with helpful elements

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Article(s): en:Georgian Bay Line, en:Crowley Maritime, en:Cuyamel Fruit Company , en:Griswold family, en:Bristol City Line

Request

Please add vectorized versions of these flags. Please don't use colors with HTML ending in zero as these are unprintable colors and therefore ahistorical.

1. Georgian Bay Line
2. Crowley Maritime, it's their old logo, it should be ok as simple geometry
3. Cuyamel Fruit Company[1]
4. N. L. & G. Griswold:  Done, at Flag of N. L. & G. Griswold.svg
5. Griswold's Black X Line[2]
6. Bristol City Line
7. Flotta Lauro

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 07:41, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Germenfer: Hi, I have prepared another set of house flags. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 07:41, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

House flags of Italian companies 1

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Article(s): it:Transatlantica Italiana Società Anonima di Navigazione, fr:La Veloce, it:Sicula Americana, it:Lloyd Italiano

Request

Could somebody add the vectorized versions of these flags, please?

1. Transatlantica Italiana [3]
2. La Veloce [4] (St George killing the dragon and the St George's Cross, flag of Genoa)
3. Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore [5]
4. Sicula Americana [6]
5. Lloyd Italiano [7] [8]

Thanks in advance --Edera1970 (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

@Edera1970: Hi, I've split your request into smaller ones and added my notes. I am also working on this topic and if you have any more materials I would love to see them. I gave OL and IGN completely separately because they are the 2 most complicated flags I know and therefore require a lot of work in vectorization. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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• Transatlantica Italiana

  Transatlantica Italiana

• La Veloce

  La Veloce

• Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore

  Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore

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  Sicula Americana

• Lloyd Italiano

  Lloyd Italiano

•  Done House flag of Sicula Americana --VileGecko (talk) 10:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

House flags of Italian companies 2

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Article(s): it:Cosulich Società Triestina di Navigazione, it:Lloyd Sabaudo, it:Adriatica di Navigazione, it:Lloyd Triestino

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Could somebody add the vectorized versions of these flags, please?

1. Sitmar [9]
2. Cosulich Line [10]
3. Lloyd Sabaudo [11][12] (the eagle and the blue are symbols of the House of Savoy and they also appear in the Royal Standard of Italy)
4. Adriatica di Navigazione (with the Lion of St Mark, symbol of Venice)
5. Lloyd Triestino [13] 1st flag (1919)
6. Lloyd Triestino 2nd flag (1932): as you can see also in the reference pic for Adriatica, it mirrors the flag of Italian Line  Done at House Flag of the Lloyd Triestino.svg

Thanks in advance --Edera1970 (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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Österreichischer Lloyd flag

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  The best logo drawing I found. The blue picture in the background shows the more ornate lettering, use the blue one if it's possible.

Article(s): en:Österreichischer Lloyd

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Please add the house flag of the Österreichischer Lloyd. The flag was navy blue and featured a yellow logo with darker outlines. The crown includes a red filling. The logo consists of an anchor crown with an intricate monogram and ribbons with the inscription. The flag appeared in two versions, only the anchor and the crown without ribbons on the sides or with additional ribbons on the sides of the crown and under the whole. I am asking for both versions. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 20:35, 6 September 2023 (UTC) and Edera1970 (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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Italian General Navigation flag

Article(s): en:Navigazione Generale Italiana

Request

Please add the house flag of the Italian General Navigation, [17][18][19] [20] [21], the drinking lion known as leo bibens, is the symbol of the Florio family, while the St George's Cross is the symbol of the Rubattino family, both the flag and the drawing of drinking lion come from the 19th century and are based on a relief from the 18th century [22].

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 20:35, 6 September 2023 (UTC) and Edera1970 (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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Vectorise this wiki club logo to SVG

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  Original logo

Article(s): m:Kelab Wiki Kent

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Please vectorise this Wiki Club logo to SVG. The filename will be Logo Kelab Wiki Kent.svg. Thank you. --Tofeiku (talk) 08:08, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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Proposed flags of Worcestershire (2013)

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  The current flag of Worcestershire, which was "Design 3" among the four finalists. The black pears on the shield can be used on all of the flags in this request.

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  Design 1

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Article(s): Flag of Worcestershire

Request

Could someone please create SVG files for the other three finalists from the 2013 contest organised (by BBC Hereford & Worcester) to create a flag for Worcestershire, as seen here. I'd recommend labelling them "Design 1", "Design 2" and "Design 4" respectively. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:01, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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 ⅔ done @Snow Lion Fenian: I've made Design 1 and Design 2. I'm not sure how to get the swirls for Design 4, so I'll leave that to another graphist. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 02:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

@CalendulaAsteraceae: That's okay, and many thanks for creating the first two files! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:22, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

@Snow Lion Fenian: Do you have evidence to show that these designs are below UK's threshold of originality? --痛^Designism (talk) 03:32, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland after Richard Cromwell (eight days in May 1659)

• Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659)

  Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659)

• Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659)

  Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659)

• Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659)

  Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659)

• Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659).

  Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659).

• Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659).

  Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659).

• Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659).

  Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659).

• Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659).

  Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for England (May 1659).

• Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659).

  Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Scotland (May 1659).

• Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659).

  Banner of arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for Ireland (May 1659).

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  Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–1659)

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  Arms of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–1659) with Cromwellian inescutcheon

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  Banner of arms of the Commonwealth (1653–1659) with Cromwellian inescutcheon

Article(s): [[]]

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At present, Commons lacks a full complement of the arms used by the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. We are missing the final arms of 1659, after the deposition of Richard Cromwell. According to George Vertue (plate XXIV here), the third seal of the Commonwealth depicted the arms without the Cromwell inescutcheon and without the normal supporters – two non-descript angels clutching vegetation (laurel crown, palm frond and laurel branch) in their place. It would be nice to have an SVG version of this coat of arms, as well as of the shield alone (File:Arms of the Protectorate (1653–1659).svg with the inescutcheon removed) and of the banner of arms (File:Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg with the inescutcheon removed). It would seem from the seals that different versions of the protectorate-era arms existed, or were intended to exist, for the three different ex-kingdoms: a seal for Irish use has the harp in the second quarter (plate XXV) – so it would be good to have shields of arms and banners of arms for those variations too. GPinkerton (talk) 17:43, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Anglo-Irish royal arms of William III in spring 1689: England quartering Ireland

• Royal arms of England and Ireland (spring 1689)

  Royal arms of England and Ireland (spring 1689)

• Royal arms of England and Ireland with inescutcheon (spring 1689)

  Royal arms of England and Ireland with inescutcheon (spring 1689)

• Coat of arms of England and Ireland (spring 1689)

  Coat of arms of England and Ireland (spring 1689)

• Coat of arms of England and Ireland with inescutcheon (spring 1689)

  Coat of arms of England and Ireland with inescutcheon (spring 1689)

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  Usual 17th-century royal arms

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  17th-century royal arms with William III's inescutcheon.

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  Royal coat of arms with dragon

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  Royal coat of arms after the Glorious Revolution in Scotland

Article(s): e.g. en:William III of England

Request

Please create SVGs for the royal coat of arms in England and Ireland in spring 1689 using existing elements. According to Charles Oman's "Caddinets and a Forgotten Version of the Royal Arms" and Adrian Ailes's "Silent ambassadors of the State: symbols of national identity on the Great Seals and coins of the United Kingdom", the arms of William III between 13 February and 11 April 1689 (i.e. before recognition of William by the Scots Parliament) consisted of England quartered with Ireland only, without any Scottish arms, and with the Tudor dragon in place of the Stuart unicorn. Apparently this design was made into a Great Seal before becoming obsolete, and still exists on a caddinet, formerly among the royal plate collection, sold off to William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, and reacquired by the royal collection in 1975. In simple terms, the Scottish red lion and silver unicorn must come out of the pre-Revolution arms, with the lion being replaced by a second harp and the unicorn replaced by the red dragon. Heraldic banners would also be desirable, but not essential. GPinkerton (talk) 17:44, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Image with 'unexpected content in text element' is untranslatable

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  Flowchart of criminal justice in France

en:Judiciary of France , en:French judiciary courts, en:Jurisdictional dualism in France, en:Law in France and perhaps others.

Request

I tried to use the Svg translate tool to translate the labels in File:Jugement en France.svg, but I get the error message, "This file has unexpected content within a text element. Only tspan elements should be used within text." Can you please adjust this image so I can translate it? Thanks. --Mathglot (talk) 17:48, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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This Visio file has extraneous elements within its text elements:

<text x="17.23" y="797.46" class="st2" v:langID="1036">
  <v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/>
  <v:tabList/>
  Toutes les parties
  <tspan x="29.73" dy="1.2em" class="st3">acceptent le </tspan>
  <tspan x="31.95" dy="1.2em" class="st3">jugement </tspan>
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The extraneous elements confuse SVG Translate. IIRC, SVG Translate will also object to #text nodes mixed with tspan elements. Glrx (talk) 00:06, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Bangladesh Army logo

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. 痛^Designism (talk) 01:44, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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  66 Infantry division Bangladesh army

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  helpful SVG

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  helpful SVG

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  helpful SVG

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  helpful SVG

Article(s): 1.en:Rangpur Cantonment 2.bn:মিলিটারি ইঞ্জিনিয়ার সার্ভিসেস (এমইএস) (বাংলাদেশ)

Request

Would someone please redraw above png files into svg. It is Bangladesh Army's logo. Please someone create svg of the above png.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thanks- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishad Talukdar (talk • contribs) 10:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

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Consider the second image.

• WMF OCR for Bangla: Military Engineer Services Insign of Bangladesh Armed Forces.png →

  {
      "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Military_Engineer_Services_Insign_of_Bangladesh_Armed_Forces.png",
      "engine": "google",
      "langs": [
          "bn"
      ],
      "psm": 3,
      "crop": [],
      "line_id": 0,
      "image_hosts": [
          "upload.wikimedia.org",
          "upload.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org"
      ],
      "text": "সদা সর্বত্র ইঞ্জিনিয়ার্স\nমিলিটারী\nশান্তিতে সংগ্রামে সমুদ্রে দুর্জয়\n((())\nইঞ্জিনিয়ার্স\nবাংলাদেশ\nবিমান\nবাংলার আকাশ\nবাহিনী\nরাখিব মুক্ত\nসেবাই ব্রত"
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• Joining some extracted text and running it through translate.google.com gives

OCR'd text and translation

OCR text	translate.google.com result	Location
মিলিটারী	the military	upper perimeter
ইঞ্জিনিয়ার	Engineers	upper perimeter
সার্ভিসেস	Services	upper perimeter
সেবাই ব্রত	Service is the vow	lower perimeter
শান্তিতে সংগ্রামে সমুদ্রে দুর্জয়	Victory at sea in peaceful struggle	lower left sector
বাংলাদেশ	Bangladesh	lower right sector, top
বিমান বাহিনী	air force	lower right sector, middle
বাংলার আকাশ রাখিব মুক্ত	The sky of Bengal will remain free	lower right sector, bottom
সদা সর্বত্র ইঞ্জিনিয়ার্স	Engineers everywhere	center banner

Clearly, some text is wrong. Please correct the OCR'd text.

I do not have time to do the graphics.

Glrx (talk) 19:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Possible copyright issue. See image used at w:en:Bangladesh_Air_Force that is using a non-free image. Why is Navy image free and Air Force is not not? Glrx (talk) 19:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@Glrx Sir,

Please sir make them svg. I have fixed the ocr text. Please make the logo's svg.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Rishad Talukdar (talk) 02:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

I am calling this section resolved. file:Military Engineer Services Insign of Bangladesh Armed Forces.png has been deleted due to copyright concerns, and file:66 Infantry Division Insign of Bangladesh Army.svg has been uploaded by Rishad 57pymr. --痛^Designism (talk) 01:44, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Creation of an SVG company logo

Article(s): Heb's (draft)

Request

Could someone please convert the logo at the following link into an .svg file with the white background cut out for use on the draft Wikipedia page named above? When done, saving it as 'Heb's logo.svg' and uploading it onto Wikimedia would also be great. Many thanks and much appreciation if at all possible. Link: https://scontent.flhr4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/391692699_792745446191836_4832740091541276242_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=tZQOQqcy_DIAX8Y_YqM&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-3.fna&oh=00_AfCj6h1FvfF_vAuBcIeGa_DR17-Zl0YrB9KC5HX1bZJbyA&oe=652F3651 --ArbDardh (talk) 03:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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@User:ArbDardh: The link is broken. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 18:20, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

To @CalendulaAsteraceae: thank you for spotting that - I've updated it now. ArbDardh (talk) 20:24, 14 October 2023 (UTC)ArbDardh

Change colour

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  Bronze Barnstar

Make File:WikiProject Barnstar Hires Bronze.png more bronze, take bronze colour from this version. Eurohunter (talk) 19:57, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Change colour of lines

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  Gold Barnstar

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Make File:WikiProject Barnstar Hires.png outer two brown curved lines golden like it is in the centre of star. Eurohunter (talk) 20:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Proposed flags of Northamptonshire (2014)

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  The current flag of Northamptonshire, which was "Design 4" in the 2014 contest. The rose at the centre can be used as a template on all of the flags in this request, albeit with slightly different colour schemes in the case of "2" and "3".

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  Rose extracted from flag

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  Design 1  Done

Article(s): Flag of Northamptonshire

Request

Could someone please create SVG files for the other three finalists from the 2014 competition organised to design a flag for Northamptonshire, as seen here (I'd recommend labelling them "Design 1", "Design 2" and "Design 3" respectively). Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Snow Lion Fenian: I've created design 1, extracted the rose and added a recolored version. I couldn't figure out how to split the rose for designs 2 and 3, but hopefully someone else will be able to. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 19:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

@CalendulaAsteraceae: No problem, and thanks for your contribution! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 21:47, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Village flag of Epse, Netherlands

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  Farm in Epse

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Article(s): Epse

Request

Sir, Could you please vectorize this village flag. The flag is flying at the farm. Please make it svg and upload it to the following thumbmail. Alexphangia Talk 15:02, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Alexphangia:  Done --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 10:34, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

I like that you used text for Epse, but the file shows continuing limitations with WMF's old librsvg.

First, librsvg apparently does not do font-variant="small-caps", so the obvious typesetting fails:

<text font-size="50" text-anchor="end" font-variant="small-caps">Epse</text>

Second, librsvg 2.44.10 mishandles text chunks, so the obvious workaround fails:

<text font-size="50" text-anchor="end">E<tspan font-size="35">PSE</tspan></text>

Individually placing the characters works for Commons thumbnails, but it does not work when I look at the SVG in my browser: the characters are too big and overlap when Times New Roman is substituted for the font.

Glrx (talk) 22:04, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh, thank you, I didn’t notice. I was sure I converted text to path but it turns out that I didn’t. Unfortunately, now when I try to do it W3C shows errors... Well, I’ll try to draw it by hand. --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 07:31, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 08:54, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

The "errors" are not errors but rather Inkscape/sodipodi extensions. Don't worry about them. Glrx (talk) 15:31, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ReneeWrites (talk) 11:07, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Brown University Coat of Arms

• Coat of Arms of Brown University

  Coat of Arms of Brown University

Article(s): en:Brown University and the equivalent in other languages

Request

A Commons-suitable rendering of the coat of arms of Brown University, whose Blazon can be found here:

Argent, a cross gules between four open books of the first, bound of the second. Crest: a demi-sun issuant radiant or through clouds argent.

--Felix QW (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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SEPTA logos

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:17, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Fake SVGs that can be converted to an actual SVG using simple code. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 13:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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Here is a template for the signs with size 500×500px. Just set the background color, text color, and the text. The background color is not right for G1, but a color picker can find the RGB values. Code can be viewed at File:Test.svg or archive image.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<svg
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
   version="1.1"
   viewBox="0 0 500 500"

   font-family="Noto Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
   font-size="350"
   font-weight="bold"
   text-anchor="middle">

  <!-- set the background color -->
  <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FFFF00" />

  <!-- set the text and color -->
  <text x="250" y="375" fill="black">G1</text>
</svg>

Glrx (talk) 18:14, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Color information. Looking at https://beta-static.septa.org/metro/ which shows L B T G D M colors. Doing view source shows

/*METRO Colors */
.kb-svg-icon-icon-B-Solid {color: #ff6600;}
.kb-svg-icon-icon-test {color: #0693e3;}
.kb-svg-icon-icon-M-Solid {color: #60269E;}
.kb-svg-icon-icon-T-Solid {color: #61A60E;}
.kb-svg-icon-icon-D-Solid {color: #E6427A;}
.g-fill {fill: #FFD600;}

The SVG code that generates the squares uses the following classes for the CSS:

• L Line Icon → kb-svg-icon-icon-test
• B Line Icon → kb-svg-icon-icon-B-Solid
• Trolley Line Icon → kb-svg-icon-icon-T-Solid
• G Line Icon → g-fill
• D Line Icon → kb-svg-icon-icon-D-Solid
• M Line Icon → kb-svg-icon-icon-M-Solid

Glrx (talk) 23:35, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

And... what is the used font ?

En rouge (talk) 02:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@En rouge:

The "1" suggests Helvetica or Arial, but SEPTA's "G" is tall/thin, so perhaps condensed bold. Liberation Sans has a slab-serif "1".

The single-letter (family) symbols use a smaller font; compare G versus G1.

SVG with curves can be pulled from the embedded SVG at https://beta-static.septa.org/metro/ (but there are artifacts at the bottom edge).

Glrx (talk) 19:37, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Font seems to be incorrect. Any other suggestions? --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 03:56, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

@Minorax: From Meta:SVG fonts, the Commons fonts Noto Sans, IPAPGothic, and Loma have a similar "G" and "1". I edited the SVG above and tried it at [[File:Test.svg}}. Glrx (talk) 15:43, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done ReneeWrites (talk) 17:17, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Japanese Spider Crab

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Article(s): [[]]

Request

(I would appreciate a modern image of the crab with a human to act as a size comparison.) --UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 15:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition:

Do you request:

• a full vector drawing: spider crab + man at scale
• a mixed photo: real spider crab (color) photo + man drawing, at scale
• a full photo: real spider crab + real man (as your second B/W sample photo, but in color I suppose)

yours, En rouge (talk) 02:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

A full vector for a more direct comparison, possibly showing the crab from a separate front and top POV. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 03:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition You haven't added any article so I just would like to know what your intentions are for this vector image? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:02, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Goran. I intend to replace this image on this page which I believe doesn't convey the size properly and could be in color. If you believe this is unnecessary, I fully understand. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 21:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition To create a svg of this type includes quite a lot of work and for the reason you say I'm not willing to do that. Don't you think you can find a better free image online for this purpose. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I could not find another free image that accurately compares size. However, I believe the existing image will suffice. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 13:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

text in SVG (sheet index)

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  svg (possibly readable at 1,024 × 635 pixels)

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  jpeg (for comparison, readable at 800 × 517 pixels, possibly 640 × 414 pixels)

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  numbers only version (see request below)

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  for 1:50'000 (labels and numbers)

Request

How could I improve the readability of the text in the SVG for lower sizes (for comparison, a jpeg with similar text). --Enhancing999 (talk) 08:54, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Use bigger fonts. The SVG font size is 1/6 the box height (20 px / 120 px). The JPEG fonts are relatively larger. Larger fonts means some names will not fit the width; the JPEG uses two lines for some names (see 1185) and abbreviations for others (see 1126). The JPEG also uses a even larger font for the map number. Glrx (talk) 17:24, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Glrx: Thanks for your advice. I increased font-sizes and added classes for longer names (>12 chars) and sheet numbers.

I hesitate to add more abbreviations. I split the "bis"-numbers on two lines, but left the name of 1185 on 1 line. Enhancing999 (talk) 20:08, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I split text in 2 lines where possible and added a different text size for short names.

Font-sizes are now (in v 0.51): 35px (sheet number), 23px (longer names, 12 and more characters), 40px (short names, up to 6 characters), 30px (others). Enhancing999 (talk) 19:55, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

@Enhancing999:

I think you have a reasonable index. Congratulations on using classes. I would have kept the names at a single font size (like the JPEG version) to avoid making Basel appear more important than Sissach, but that is a personal preference. Also, the lines at the margins are 1/2 width; that can be fixed by offsetting and enlarging the size by a few pixels.

You can add a feature to the red dots. Instead of

<circle cy="1020" cx="1200" fill="red" r="8" id="Bern_Swiss_grid_initial_point_zero" />

do

<circle cy="1020" cx="1200" fill="red" r="8" id="Bern_Swiss_grid_initial_point_zero">
  <title>Bern Swiss grid initial point zero</title>
</circle>

It will not show up on WP, but it will show up when the SVG is viewed directly

Glrx (talk) 20:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I noticed my preferred font-size varies based on the png size. I tried to improve the positioning, fixed the borders and added the title feature. Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

FYI, I made a request for this on COM:GL/M#Create a SVG version of File:Topo 25 sheets orig.jpg. It would be useful to add a background map, as mentioned there. And to have a version with the numbers only. Yann (talk) 21:01, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Will do a number only one later. Also one without the (partial) digital-only tiles (some barely cover anything at all, currently we only have "Samnaun Ost"). Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Added it above. Also one for 1:50'000. Somehow the font looks better locally than rendered as png. Enhancing999 (talk) 14:35, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Emblem of the 4th of August Regime

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Article(s): en:4th of August Regime, ru:Режим 4 августа

Request

Please, make an svg-version of this emblem. Additional sources: «4 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 1938-1939», «4 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 1936 - 1938», Symbols of the Metaxas regime (4th of August State), Posters from the Metaxas 4th of August state – Αφίσες Μεταξα 4η Αυγούστου. --صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 23:10, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@صلاح الأوكراني:  Done --痛^Designism (talk) 18:48, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

@痛: , can you, please, change the area in the circle (background) to white instead of transparent (the text «ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ» should also be on the white background)? You can see a sample here: poster with this emblem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by صلاح الأوكراني (talk • contribs) 18:57, October 28, 2023‎ (UTC)

@صلاح الأوكراني: Added. --痛^Designism (talk) 02:49, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Seals of the Ukrainian national government

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  Version No. 1 with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКА ДЕРЖАВА».

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  Version No. 2 with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПРАВЛІННЯ».

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  Version No. 2 with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПРАВЛІННЯ».

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  Version No. 2 with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПРАВЛІННЯ».

Article(s): en:Ukrainian national government (1941), ru:Украинское государственное правление

Request

Please, make svg-versions of these emblems. And it is important to preserve original design of font and trident. I have found one vectorized version of the seal No. 2 (with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПРАВЛІННЯ») , but it is wrong, because it uses totally different font and an other design of the trident. --صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 23:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@صلاح الأوكراني: I made the first one. Is it OK? --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 07:39, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

@Obivan Kenobi: Yes, it is excellent. Thank you very much. — صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 22:49, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done:

Feel free to make comments if needed. --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 08:21, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

@Obivan Kenobi: Can you, please, change the transparent background of the seal to white, as here ? And, I think, that all three variations of the seal with the text «УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПРАВЛІННЯ» should be merged in one, with white background — . The original background colour was white (colour of paper), and other colours are explained by the different quality of photos or scans, from which I have extracted these seals (here are original documents with seals: white background (colour of common white paper), yellowish background (colour of old paper) and dark background (colour of old paper, and also lighting was very bad). — صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 15:14, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

@صلاح الأوكراني: I changed the background and requested deletion of these two unnecessary variations. --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 15:54, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

I think seals should have a transparent background. Seals are stamped or embossed onto paper; they would not obscure much of the original image. Glrx (talk) 22:12, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

There is no problem to change. @صلاح الأوكراني: should I? --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 07:35, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@Obivan Kenobi: , yes, I think that Glrx is right about the transparent background of seals. So, you can change the background. — صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 22:46, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done. --Obivan Kenobi (talk) 06:12, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Emblem of the of the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind).

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Article(s): ru:Азад Хинд, en:State Emblem of India, as:ভাৰতৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় প্ৰতীক

Request

Please, make an svg-version of this emblem. Unfortunately, the quality of the original png-version is not very good. --صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 23:31, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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North Korea just changed its military and police flags

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  Flag of the Korean's People's Army

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  Flag of the Korean's People's Army (reverse)

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  Flag of the Korean's People's Army Ground Forces (reverse)

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  Flag of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force

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  Flag of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (reverse)

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  Flag of the Korean People's Army Naval Forces

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  Flag of the Korean People's Army Naval Forces (variant)

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  Backside Flag of the Korean People's Army Naval Forces (reverse)

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  Flag of the Missile General Bureau

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  Flag of the 1st Red Flag Company

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  Flag of the Korean People's Army Special Operation Force

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  Flag of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards

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  Flag of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards (reverse)

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  Flag of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School

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  Flag of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School (reverse)

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  Flag of the Ministry of State Security

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  Flag of the Ministry of Social Security

Article(s): List of North Korean flags

Request

The title speaks for itself. Also, most new flags that were uploaded were not good looking. --SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 05:29, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

SVG version of the Butler Printing House Logo

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  Logo of the Butler Printing House (Noblesville, Indiana)

Article(s): s:en:Senior Annual, Mooresville High School, 1909

Request

I'd like an SVG version of this logo to use in the Wikisource transcription of the 1909 Mooresville High School yearbook (and possibly future yearbooks as well). —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 06:22, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

CalendulaAsteraceae The source is not very good but I will do my best,  Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:44, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

File:Sum and difference of 2 cubes.svg

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T97233

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T265549

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Article(s): en:Sum of two cubes

Request

Formulae at bottom render improperly upon conversion to PNG. --–LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 10:33, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

​

Graphist opinion(s)

One of the regressions introduced when Thumbor switched from 3-YO C-librsvg to 5-YO Rust-librsvg.

Only the width of the last tspan element/#text node is used to calculate centered text.

WMF should be using a recent version of Rust-librsvg.

Glrx (talk) 17:49, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

@LaundryPizza03 Would it not be the best if the creator @Cmglee had a look at it. I did look at the file and there are some stuff which I don't understand why it is as it is, but I do believe it can be fixed. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:35, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: @LaundryPizza03: I can work around it but can one of you please report the rsvg bug regression on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97233#8977673 as I think the more people report it, the more attention it will get. Thanks, cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 18:47, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Cmglee My I ask why you use blur, a font which is not free, text boxes for individual texts and a huge white circle in the back?

I just want to understand, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 18:57, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Blur: to fake the drop shadow.

Font: for the SVG display reasonably on Windows and Mac which don't natively have Liberation Sans.

White circle: to make the background opaque so the text can be seen if overlaid on a dark background.

Text boxes: I don't understand what you mean – how else would text be displayed?

@Goran tek-en: cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 21:34, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Cmglee

• Blur can be some troublesome rendering and it is to my understand also using quite a lot of computer power to be rendered, at least when you open it in Inkscape. Do you think those shadows are that important for the image, for me it would work very well without, or have you tried to use Radial Gradient.
• Yes fonts are a difficult part here but this might help. I guess you already know this list.
• Why don't just make a rectangle with the same size as the document.
• In Inkscape you can just click with the text tool and start writing, you don't have to draw a box. When you have a box you will limit the texts to be within it. Sometimes when a system uses another font it can render larger/longer and then the box cut it and force to a new line or not being visible at all depending on the size of the box.

When I draw in svg I always keep it as simple as possible, everything you add which will complicate things will be something that might give you problems ahead. We never know how our images will be used or rendered, so we have no control over that. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:33, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Good you've found your way of doing things. I write SVG files by hand or with a script, so, for example, tend to use a lot of use to reduce repetition of common code. It may look complicated to you, but it keeps things consistent and to me, easier to maintain.

• The shadow helps convey that the shapes should be interpreted as 3D projections, so I'd say they're important.
• I add Liberation Sans to recent diagrams but it would be too much effort to refresh my back catalogue and confirm that they work as intended. Helvetica and Arial have been tested to be properly substituted on rsvg.
• It will then have to updated when the viewBox changes. As my browser has a white background, failure to do so is hard to detect.
• As I write SVG files by hand or with a script, I'm unaware of Inkscape peculiarities. I believe text and tspan tags are the standard way of outputting text in SVG.

cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 14:01, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Submitted "Work around rsvg bug regression on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97233#8977673" on https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sum_and_difference_of_2_cubes.svg&diff=prev&oldid=816665681 cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 21:53, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Media Go

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  SVG

Article(s): en:Media Go

Request

Anyone able to create a free SVG of this logo without the background and effects (the icon + wordmark)? --Chifonr (talk) 16:17, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Please, read Copyright notice in the given .jpg file... En rouge (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

@Chifonr:  Not done due to copyright concerns. --痛^Designism (talk) 19:03, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Prolog

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  Relationships between Prolog systems

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  Prolog timeline

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  SVG [OK]

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  SVG [OK]

Article(s): en:Comparison of Prolog implementations, en:Prolog.

Request

These really should be in SVG to be useful, and it should hopefully not take a skilled illustrator too long to do. --Felix QW (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Felix QW:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 06:34, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Mrmw: You're a star, thank you so much! Felix QW (talk) 08:39, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Just one more question: Shouldn't the text be embedded in the image somehow, so that it could be, say, translated or appropriately scaled? Or does that not really make a difference for this use case? Felix QW (talk) 08:49, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Felix QW: yes you are right, text should be embedded - in this case i just converted vectordata from pdf-file - beside that, a complex file like this is difficult to render for wiki-software- its easier to handle a file like this for articles, but its expensive e.g. for translating --Mrmw (talk) 16:42, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Seal of the Finnish Democratic Republic

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  Seal [OK]

Article(s): en:Finnish Democratic Republic

Request

The seal should have a transparent background instead of white. Please, change it. — صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 23:04, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@صلاح الأوكراني:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 05:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Coat of arms of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Article(s): en:Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico (as well as the article on the municipality in other languages)

Request

Could someone please vectorize the coat of arms of Juana Díaz? There is a .gif file of the COA on ENWiki here, and it looks to be official based on this page for the municipality. Thanks in advance. --Tymewalk (talk) 03:16, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Atlantic Telegraph Company flags

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Article(s): w:Atlantic Telegraph Company

Request

Please make these two flags used by a 19th century company laying undersea telegraph cables. Both companies are discussed in the same article, but technically they were separate entities.

1. Atlantic Telegraph Company [23], make an inscription "Atlantic Telegraph" in blue, although this is speculation
2. Anglo-American Telegraph Company [24]

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 16:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Samsung wordmark logos

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  PNG

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  PNG

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  [OK]JPEG

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  [OK]SVG

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  [OK]PNG

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  [OK]SVG

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  [OK]PNG

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  [OK]SVG

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  [OK]PNG

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  [OK]SVG

Article(s):

Request

Create SVG vectors of these wordmark logos, thanks. --Cfsprt (talk) 18:02, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

I vectorized the last four logos. Sorry but I do not plan to take the first two. --痛^Designism (talk) 18:50, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for the ones you've done. Cfsprt (talk) 21:47, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Just the first two left to do, for anyone reading this and interested. --Cfsprt (talk) 16:48, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I've created a new request for the remaining two so that it's more perceptible that it's still to be done. I'm resolving this bit now. --Cfsprt (talk) 19:11, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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Personal flag of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer.svg

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  SVG [OK]

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Article(s): [[]]

Request

Please correct this file by adding an additional white bar at the bottom, but maintaining the current aspect ratio of the image. What I care about is greater compliance with the source.

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 18:56, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Swiãtopôłk:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 20:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for doing it so quickly.

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Seal of the Finnish People’s Delegation

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  Seal

Article(s): en:Finnish People's Delegation, en:Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic

Request

Please, make an svg-version of this seal. Additional images of this seal: here and here. — صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 22:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Request taken by ReneeWrites (talk) 11:06, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Proposed flags of Somerset (2013)

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  An unofficial commercial variant of the Somerset County Council flag. I think the dragon from this could be used as a template in the creation of two of the flags in this request, albeit with slight modifications in both cases.

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  Joint second place  Done

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  Joint second place  Done

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  Third place  Done

Article(s): Flag of Somerset, Nordic cross flag, Glastonbury Tor

Request

Could someone please create SVG files for the other three finalists from the 2013 competition organised to create a flag for Somerset? They can be seen here (joint second place), here (joint second place) and here (third place). Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 01:48, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

I've done the second-place images, and have added most of the third-place flag, but am having trouble with the waves. If another graphist wants to jump in at this point, that would be great. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 04:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@CalendulaAsteraceae: Thanks very much! And regarding the issue of the waves, by any chance would the type of wave shapes on this flag here be of any use to you as a template in completing the third file? But no pressure. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:21, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@Snow Lion Fenian and CalendulaAsteraceae:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 20:00, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@CalendulaAsteraceae and Mrmw: Great job, and thanks again to both of you for all your time and work in this request. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 22:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Samsung wordmark logos remaining

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  PNG

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  PNG

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  PNG

Article(s):

Request

Create SVG vectors of these wordmark logos, thanks. --Cfsprt (talk) 19:11, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)