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As there is no formal version of the logo: * I took a capital "S" of Courier Bold © 1991 Digital Typeface Corp. (see POLM citation below) * Used the http://www.slackware.com/favicon.ico as source > Q: What is the original Slackware font as used in the old-style Slackware-with-an-underline style logo ? > > A: I've checked the main Slackware logo (name-with-underline) against some fonts, > and it looks like it's Courier, not Courier New as you have it in the FAQ. > […] > Courier New is inappropriate because it rounds off the ends of the letters, which isn't very slack of it. > > — Paul O'Leary McCann http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/grfxfaq.txt
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I'm not sure. The S looks rather different from the one at https://arm.slackware.com/images/slackware.png Looks like it needs to be squashed and the ends flatter. |
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Oh, you are not bothered by the distances between the elements (^_^'). In a recent post from AlienBob, we can see the old and the modern logos: Let me know which version you prefer: |
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