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Using the MIT Libraries Logo

Downloading the MIT Libraries Logo for Print

The standard library logo can be accessed by visiting the directory:

http://libraries.mit.edu/img/dome/print

Available graphics

For information on individual library logos, see Individually labeled library logos.

NB: A .tiff image is suitable for most print formats, and is less confusing to work with than an .eps image. *

Choose the image you need, and, depending on your browser:

• <option>-click (Mac OS 8 or 9)
• <control>-click (Mac OS X)
• right-click (Windows)

and choose "save to disk" to download and use. (Remember that .eps files cannot be opened directly; they can only be viewed by being inserted into a document.)

NB: Some browsers add a suffix (.tiff or .jfx) to the name of a tiff file, or .ps to the name of an .eps file. (This results in a name like "liblogo.black.tiff.tiff" or "liblogo.black.eps.ps")

Leaving the extra suffix may make no difference in the case of the .tiff, aside from confusion in the image name, but the .eps file may not work if it retains the suffix .ps. Delete the extra suffix and download the file as liblogo.black.tiff or liblogo.black.eps.

* .eps

• An .eps file cannot be directly opened. To use it, open the print document into which you wish to insert it and place it there.
• Not all .eps files contain print previews - so you may not know what your image looks like until you've printed it.
• Eps images will only print to postscript printers.

More on .eps/.tiff:

According to Carroll Conquest, a graphic designer who has completed successful projects for the MIT Libraries, either the .eps or .tiff format will work for print. She writes:

"The EPS graphics are resolution independent and are therefore fully scalable. They can be output at any size and still look good and crisp. TIFF files are resolution dependent and are only scalable up to a point. If you are offset printing the TIFF graphic then the final graphic needs to be 300 dpi (non line art) - 1200 dpi (line art) at its final printed size. Having both options available would allow the most flexibility for the designer using the art work."

She comments further, "the distinction I am making is really between vector based images and bitmapped images more than it is between EPS and TIFF file formats. Vector based graphics are fully scalable, resolution independent graphics and are saved in the EPS file format... However, it is also possible to save bitmapped graphics in the EPS file format. If the graphic is a bitmap and not vector artwork it would be resolution dependent and scalable only up to a point."

In other words -- if you are using a designer, talk to him/her!