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They're propertized text. For example, on the splash screen, you can move the point on the logo and M-x describe-char to see that it has: display (ima

• qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  That makes sense. Frankly, Emacs is a fractal of hacks, but it's incredibly powerful, consistent enough from a user perspective, and usually works, so we tend to ignore it.