Image talk:The New York Times.svg

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[edit] Alt text

{{helpme|Can we add default alt text to this and similar images? How?}} Andy Mabbett 12:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Short answer is no as this is a copyrighted image, You can create your own svg images using programs like Gimp Gnangarra 12:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

What does copyright have to so with alt text? Andy Mabbett 14:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

It's nothing to do with copyright, but images on Wikipedia don't have default alt text. The alt text is specified as the last item on the line used when including the image. --ais523 14:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Public domain?

This image is tagged as public domain, with the rationale that "short text is not copyrightable". That may be the case, but this image is not simply "short text"; it is rendered in the Times's distinctive lettering and would constitute, in my opinion, a copyrighted corporate logo. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 04:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Typefaces cannot be copyrighted in the US: Typeface#Legal aspects, Copyright#Typefaces. Also, note that many newspaper nameplates use this font. Compare to Image:Los Angeles Times.svg for example. It's basically the textualis typeface, one of the first ever used in print. nadav (talk) 09:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)