Is using the logo tag in sprites good or bad?

Question

When building web pages, one of my colleagues displays any logo using the CSS background-image property, rather than embedding the image using an HTML t

Answer 1

I'd hazard a guess, though this is just a guess, that if your site's logo image is contained within a heading element, such as h1, then it seems likely that a semantic relationship would be made between that image and the site's identity. Also, typically, the logo would be considered meaningful content for the purposes of the brand, being the company's, or the brand's, visual identity.

Using a sprite for this purpose would seem to diminish the importance of that branding, since it would, in effect, be no more, or less, important than any other image included in that site (as, effectively all images are the same image).

If bandwidth is so important then I'd suggest putting all other images together into a sprite, but to maintain the independence/identity of the logo.