New Metropol signatures

[Sput]

WE SUMMON YOU, OH OWNER OF THE SIG, TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF

[dosxuk]

WE SUMMON YOU, OH OWNER OF THE SIG, TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF

Hello?

Firstly, Bail - you missed the other bit of the graphic... There's two parts to put together like

(and there is a reason for splitting it).

There is a script which parses the TV forum homepage to get the most recent topic, as it's nice and simple to get the topic text from there. It's only called when people request the sig, and theres a cache to stop it from being called on every request, so it will occaisionally be out of date with the other sigs. If I'd known of this xml file, it would have been easier I suppose.

And finally, for the why?, I was bored and had nothing better to do with my Monday afternoon.

Any further questions?

[Sput]

Yes. What possessed you to use that font?

[Gavin Scott]

Any further questions?

Yes. What goes up and chimney down, but not down a chimney up?

Oh, that's a different thread.

[dosxuk]

Yes. What possessed you to use that font?

I quite like it.

I couldn't find the font used on the official ones, and it would have looked stupid to have a similar font, but not the right one, so I chose one which is completely different, and that I like.

[Beep]

Any further questions?

Yes. What goes up and chimney down, but not down a chimney up?

An umbrella?

Anyway, I think there needs to be a pink version of the sig, bright pink.

[Bail]

Whilst I'm not a fan of the above.. this alternate is very clever and wins my approval.

[Sput]

Isn't that illegally wide?

[Bail]

Technically.. but its aesthetically passable.

[Pete]

I also note it works on the new site whereas when Ash tried this with the older one it failed due to some odd random padding the old software added.

[dosxuk]

Whilst I'm not a fan of the above..

I can always change the font...



ETA: Jake also has a customised version now