224:: The file is now below 9,500KB down from over 13,000KB. I generated the image in Adobe Illustrator CS6 and then prepared the SVG file from there. I am unsure how efficient Illustrator is at producing SVG files, and I grant that it may be very inefficient. But the criteria for becoming a featured picture do not include efficiency, so I did not take this into any real consideration when constructing the image (though I have reduced its size by roughly a quarter since nomination in a retrospective effort to accommodate this). Being eyecatching, however, IS a criterion, as is a
123:: a detailed and clear illustration of anatomy. I wonder if the extremely complex shading and textures can be reduced and replaced with gradients, so as to make the file size smaller and easier for browsers to render. Also, the font size is different in various browsers (it's too big in Chrome, for example)... but that's not your fault; and as long as it displays properly in the Wikimedia generated PNG, it should be fine. Otherwise, it is quite good.
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The head and the gonad therefore account for nearly half of the entire file size (13,000K) as they are. I hate to lose the details in the head (all those pores!) but let me see if I can get the gonad to drop below 1,000. It will still be a large file, but it will be close to
295:. As you can see, the text layout is messy, with text impinging on other text and on the lines, and very noticeably different spacings between the lines and the labels.
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I am not sure what to do about the font size— can you recommend some code that will help keep it reigned in? Let me know. Thanks!
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151:* Nephridia and atria: approx. 1,000K
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169:* Head (entire): approx. 3,000K
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