diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/test-macos.yml
index 0f2fa30bb3..c802d52246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-macos.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd ttk-data
         # remove buggy example
+        rm python/harmonicSkeleton.py
         # related issue: https://github.com/topology-tool-kit/ttk/issues/1055
         rm python/nestedTrackingFromOverlap.py
         # tmp removal of mpi example
diff --git a/core/base/common/welcomeMsg.inl b/core/base/common/welcomeMsg.inl
index cdc132bdb5..8c5fdd8dec 100644
--- a/core/base/common/welcomeMsg.inl
+++ b/core/base/common/welcomeMsg.inl
@@ -6,35 +6,33 @@
 
 printMsg(
   debug::output::BOLD
-    + " _____ _____ _  __                    __  __    ____   ___ ____  ____"
+    + " _____ _____ _  __                    __  __    ____   ___ ____   __"
     + debug::output::ENDCOLOR,
   debug::Priority::PERFORMANCE,
   debug::LineMode::NEW,
   stream);
 printMsg(debug::output::BOLD
-           + "|_   _|_   _| |/ /                   / /__\\ \\  |___ \\ / _ "
-             "\\___ \\| ___|"
+  + "|_   _|_   _| |/ /                   / /__\\ \\  |___ \\ / _ \\___ \\ / /"
            + debug::output::ENDCOLOR,
          debug::Priority::PERFORMANCE,
          debug::LineMode::NEW,
          stream);
 printMsg(
   debug::output::BOLD
-    + "  | |   | | | ' /                   | |/ __| |   __) | | | |__) |___ \\"
+    + "  | |   | | | ' /                   | |/ __| |   __) | | | |__) | '_ \\"
     + debug::output::ENDCOLOR,
   debug::Priority::PERFORMANCE,
   debug::LineMode::NEW,
   stream);
 printMsg(
   debug::output::BOLD
-    + "  | |   | | | . \\                   | | (__| |  / __/| |_| / __/ ___) |"
+    + "  | |   | | | . \\                   | | (__| |  / __/| |_| / __/| (_) |"
     + debug::output::ENDCOLOR,
   debug::Priority::PERFORMANCE,
   debug::LineMode::NEW,
   stream);
 printMsg(debug::output::BOLD
-           + "  |_|   |_| |_|\\_\\                  | |\\___| | "
-             "|_____|\\___/_____|____/"
+    + "  |_|   |_| |_|\\_\\                  | |\\___| | |_____|\\___/_____|\\___/"
            + debug::output::ENDCOLOR,
          debug::Priority::PERFORMANCE,
          debug::LineMode::NEW,
diff --git a/doc/img/splash.png b/doc/img/splash.png
index 0c09bb40aa..60cbfb3f13 100644
Binary files a/doc/img/splash.png and b/doc/img/splash.png differ
diff --git a/doc/img/splash.svg b/doc/img/splash.svg
index 849c81bb06..8a33dd6670 100644
--- a/doc/img/splash.svg
+++ b/doc/img/splash.svg
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@
      fit-margin-left="0"
      fit-margin-top="0"
      inkscape:window-maximized="1"
-     inkscape:window-y="21"
+     inkscape:window-y="26"
      inkscape:window-x="0"
-     inkscape:window-height="1393"
-     inkscape:window-width="2560"
+     inkscape:window-height="2094"
+     inkscape:window-width="3840"
      showgrid="false"
      inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
      inkscape:document-units="px"
-     inkscape:cy="437.39605"
+     inkscape:cy="436.3859"
      inkscape:cx="610.13213"
      inkscape:zoom="0.49497475"
      inkscape:pageshadow="2"
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
            width="823.20734"
            id="rect3854-5" /></flowRegion><flowPara
          style="font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:55.5768px;line-height:1.25;font-family:sans-serif;-inkscape-font-specification:'Sans Bold';text-align:end;text-anchor:end"
-         id="flowPara3856-2">(c) 2025 </flowPara></flowRoot>
+         id="flowPara3856-2">(c) 2026 </flowPara></flowRoot>
     <g
        transform="matrix(0.85798078,0,0,0.85798078,601.45311,151.10986)"
        id="g3021">