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by Tagbert 899 days ago
You can do that kind of thing in html today.

I use this embedded SVG for the logo on a page:

<img id="logo" src='data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2054%2050%22%20version%3D%221

I think I recall using a base64 encoded png at one point for a different project in the same way.

Minimizing bytes was not the reason for this. It was to tidy up the directory listing as this html was used as a self contained local file. I didn’t want a separate logo file hanging around and risk getting lost.