At first, I thought this idea was silly. But the more I thought about it, the more I wondered if newbies would be influenced by the popular Perl logos that spell Perl as PERL.

I am talking about the ORA logos that you've all seen: The circular Republic one and especially the "Powered by" one.

At first glance, it appears that the capitalized spelling is necessary due to the small size of the graphics. But when you look at the "Powered by" logo, you must wonder if it is possible to use the proper spelling.

Of course, I don't think the logos are responsible for the misspellings we see everywhere, but I can imagine them contributing to the problem.

In reply to Do ORA's Perl logos contribute to common misspelling? by jacques

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