[rab] Indeed I am, sir! I wouldn't put anything past them!

Nice one in the 50 Ways, Guest Login! Should've been fiftieth, that one. Any ideas for the next lot?

Ladies and gentlemen... just to conduct a straw poll, if the top-left-hand corner of this page doesn't look (roughly) like this:

Could you inform. Obliged.

Well, mine looks like that little mc5 symbol in a white square on a grey background.

rab]Running IE6 I see the logo is on white background.

Not on my IE or Firbird browsers, rab. I confirm Inkspot's comment regarding the IE6 background.

There's so many people who aren't getting the full smoothness of this site...

I must be going bonkers. The Firebird browser shows a smooth and 'highlighted' mc⁵ logo, whereas the IE shows the same image but with the white rectangular background; sorry for any confusion.

It's a (fairly) specific (range of) version(s) of IE that don't render transparencies in pngs. I don't like gifs and I don't know how to set the default background colour of a png. Yet.

rab]Running IE6 I see the logo is on white background too. What was clever was your screen capture insert!

[Chalky] I don't even want to think about doing that

I discover a shiny new magazine in my pigeonhole tomorrow, in which the new university logo' (for some reason, it has a trailing apostrophe in the article) was unveiled. Sadly, I can't track down a website with it on, but it looks a bit like this MANCHESTER with the number "1824" under the gold lettering. Vertically upwards and below to the left we have (on two lines) "The University" and "of Manchester" in a sort of matt grey sans-serif. In case we needed any explanation, here it is:

It features a simple, but distinctive, typographical treatment of the word "Manchester" that acknowledges the key feature of our brand and the way in which colloquially people talk about universities. ... The positioning of the full university title alongside the word "Manchester" is also a crucial element of the overall logotype, achieving a contemporary and consistent look whilst reinfocing the University's official name.

Later, we learn that "more detailed information about the reputation-building project and how to use the visual identity will be explained in a special leaflet and website". I will of course let you know when this happens.