I do a map about every month for a city agency, in the form of a gatefold legal (8.5″ x 14″ brochure. The back panel of which is a logo bomb. You see these anywhere something is printed through the support of multiple sponsors, and the piece needs to reflect each sponsor with their logo. Most of the time a sponsor hands over the money, and then the person managing the sponsors goes to the websites of the sponsors and collects the logos. Webgraphics are almost always unsuitable for printing on paper in general. They’re too low-res (jaggie in the parlance of the people) and usually horribly compressed with color artifacting. Case in point: The Nueces County Seal. This one is the best version of this logo I could find. Trying to track down a camera-ready logo from a small private company is generally nearly impossible. Doing the same with a government entity seemed like an exercise in futility, especially with a deadline. I love this city, So I rebuilt it. I took a few liberties with color, font, and shadow. It ends up being about an inch square on the piece.
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I work with the Commissioners Court and believe you should contact County Judge Loyd Neal and share your design with him. I am of the belief we need one great image of our seal in various formats and as you expressed, I often look for a crisp image and it is often hard to locate.
You’re awesome. I’ll do that when I have a free moment. In the meantime, email me if you ever need the logo in any format.