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Description	English: The text logo of the UCLA.
Source	UCLA Arts Brand Guide
Author	UCLA
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This text-logo was created with a text editor.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:47, 24 November 2018	250 × 82 (1 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	color
	19:49, 12 November 2017	512 × 169 (1 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js
	01:43, 23 July 2017	512 × 169 (1 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	fixed cropped bottom
	17:45, 22 July 2017	22 × 7 (3 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	Reverted to version as of 02:17, 7 June 2016 (UTC) your version has cropped off the lettering
	17:13, 2 July 2017	23 × 7 (960 bytes)	BrianKrent	Expanded visible area a little, since previous crop ended up cropping off the lower arc of the "C" ever so slightly.
	02:17, 7 June 2016	22 × 7 (3 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	cropped excess space
	01:59, 21 February 2016	23 × 8 (1 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	color http://brand.ucla.edu/brand/digital/logo/ // Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js
	06:20, 13 February 2016	23 × 8 (1 KB)	Corkythehornetfan	colors // Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js
	02:38, 9 February 2010	23 × 8 (1 KB)	McSush	code cleanup
	21:15, 19 September 2009	23 × 8 (95 KB)	Connormah	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=The text logo of the UCLA.}} \|Source=UCLA Arts Brand Guide \|Author=UCLA \|Date= \|Permission={{PD-textlogo}} \|other_versions= }}