SAS ODS Graphics code to generate the new Twitter X logo. Used Microsoft Paint to grab the x/y vertex points for the polygons from image accompanying Elon Musk just changed Twitter's logo again article in The Verge.
* Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: 3-Polygon Twitter X Logo;
data twitterXlogo; /* Generate 4 pairs of x,y points for 3 polygons */
infile datalines dlm=', '; /* 1 = White line lower left to upper right */
input x y@@; /* 2 = White outline lower right to upper left */
id=floor((_n_-1)/4)+1; /* 3 = Blue fill line lower right to upper left */
datalines;
0,0 540,620 590,620 50,0
435,0 0,620 185,620 620,0
460,35 70,585 160,585 550,35
; /* Plot polygons against Twitter blue background */
ods graphics / reset antialias border=off width=6.2in height=6.2in;
proc sgplot aspect=1 pad=0 nowall noborder noautolegend;
styleattrs backcolor=cX1DA1F2 datacolors=(white white cX1DA1F2);
polygon x=x y=y id=id / group=id nooutline fill;
xaxis display=none offsetmin=.1 offsetmax=.1;
yaxis display=none offsetmin=.1 offsetmax=.1;
run;
USING PAINT TO GRAB POLYGON VERTEX POINTS
Cool take on this! Now can you make it flash at a bazillion lumens like the real thing?
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