1995-10-27 - The Unofficial “PGP” Icon / Logo

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From: Bryce <wilcoxb@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
To: don@cs.byu.edu
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Message ID: <199510270353.VAA13851@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
Reply To: <199510270018.SAA00625@wero.byu.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1995-10-27 04:10:59 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 12:10:59 +0800

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From: Bryce <wilcoxb@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 12:10:59 +0800
To: don@cs.byu.edu
Subject: The Unofficial "PGP" Icon / Logo
In-Reply-To: <199510270018.SAA00625@wero.byu.edu>
Message-ID: <199510270353.VAA13851@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
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 don@cs.byu.edu allegedly wrote:
>
> Oh, by the way, anyone have any cool PGP/crypto icons to Inline into
> my web page? <g>


A few months ago I decided that what the world needed was a friendly-
looking "PGP" icon which we could all display everywhere and which 
would catch people's attention.  I quickly rejected pictures of locks,
chains, safes, keys and so forth as appealing too much to those who
go for tech and tools.  I wanted something that would appeal to my
mom.  I finally settled on a big-pixel ("digital") blue envelope 
with a big "PGP" stamp across the seal.  (Alternately I considered
having the "PGP" stamp in the upper-right-hand-corner "stamp slot",
but this wasn't as fitting a metaphor...)


After shopping around and finding nothing like it available, I sat
down at some stupid Windoze paint program and created one.  It's not
very pretty (I'm a better programmer than graphic artist, I think),
but you can see it/get a copy at 
<a href="http://www-ugrad.cs.colorado.edu/~wilcoxb> The Niche </a>, 
my home page.


I hope someone makes a nicer-looking version soon so I can use it.


Sitting down and trying to draw a nicer-looking PGP icon is on my
(very long) list of Things To Do.  I'm considering scanning a real
envelope and super-imposing the "PGP" stamp digitally, but that
would probably look even uglier...


Regards,

Bryce

signatures follow


            "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."   
    <a href="http://ugrad-www.cs.colorado.edu/~wilcoxb/Niche.html">

                          bryce@colorado.edu                   </a>



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