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Arantor

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #870, on January 19th, 2012, 12:52 PM »
Now, with the bigger variant, the blue doesn't take anything away from the writing so it works. Not a fan of the ! variant (both in terms of having the ! and the font it uses), the slightly serif version above it, also not keen on - the font doesn't quite work for me, and I'd rather have the lowercase version, because it's more readable and more interesting.

The variant on brown I don't like much - the font is the same one as the ! one (and I'm not keen on it for the same reason) but I think the brown takes something away from the brown in the main logo.

Of all the ones posted there in big, the one in the lower left is easily my favourite.

Of the smaller logos (10 and 11), I prefer the fact that 11 has more space round the writing but I prefer the emblem in 10.
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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #871, on January 19th, 2012, 03:57 PM »
Nao, I think you are going in a wrong direction here. The tight box around the text looks a bit messy, IMO.

I still like the wedgebox! best.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #872, on January 19th, 2012, 07:16 PM »
The wedgebox actually looks like something that goes nicely on the restaurant menu, I change my vote to the busy one. :D

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #873, on January 20th, 2012, 12:25 AM »
I have no idea who likes what at this point, and for what reasons ;)
I for one would be happy to see my logos on restaurant menus... :P

Here's another before I go to bed. Spent too much time on this freakin' editor... -_-

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #874, on January 20th, 2012, 12:37 AM »
Sound like you're taking vector imaging extremely serious, bloody hell. :lol:

I noticed the first three username on the vote for the current logo, "Alanthar and Arantor".  Are you three planning on doing a gig? :D

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #875, on January 20th, 2012, 12:39 AM »
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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #876, on January 20th, 2012, 01:01 AM »
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I have no idea who likes what at this point, and for what reasons
I don't actively dislike any logo you've done, I think. I just know what ticks my boxes and what doesn't... and basically I like it nice and readable with the lowercase fonts.

The new two you've posted look good, though I think the background might not have quite enough contrast to the left logo (but then again, I'm no artist and my best attempt didn't exactly light anyone's fire)
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I noticed the first three username on the vote for the current logo, "Alanthar and Arantor".  Are you three planning on doing a gig?
Haha, that's awesome.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #877, on January 20th, 2012, 11:44 AM »Last edited on January 20th, 2012, 10:58 PM by Nao
Okay, bit more contrast, and switching to a font I always liked but never tried for fear that it looked too much like a 'cool' font. (Don't ask.)
Readability is pretty good now. :)

:edit: Just for fun... A silly one ;)
:edit: This has got to be the simplest logo I've done since my monochrome one which Bloc liked so much... I'm sure he'd love that one, too! Still, did you notice how I tend to make something very sober, and then add stupid details to it until it becomes unbearable? And here it only took me 3 steps to reach that point... Eheh.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #878, on January 20th, 2012, 11:06 PM »
16 I like. The boldness of the text seems to counter my usual 'block of stone' view of densely package capitals. Colouring is nice, it's not overstated.

17 I like too, though to decide if the first E looks like it's tilted slightly, it seems out of line compared to the other letters.

18 is nice. Carries the effect of the wedge. Not sure about the green, and I'm getting a slightly 'vague' feeling about it. It's as though it's not wanting to commit to things a bit (like how I feel right now)

20 I'm not so keen on. There's too much background, not enough foreground and it just looks like two triangles in a big space; there's no 'wedge' feeling about it.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #879, on January 21st, 2012, 10:52 AM »Last edited on January 23rd, 2012, 07:51 AM by Nao
Quote from Arantor on January 20th, 2012, 11:06 PM
16 I like. The boldness of the text seems to counter my usual 'block of stone' view of densely package capitals. Colouring is nice, it's not overstated.
Yeah, it's a pretty good logo really. I tried it as Worg's footer logo yesterday and it worked just as well as the current minilogo (which is hard to unseat!)
Oh, Worg is the codename for the new skin, it's just 'Wedge.org'...
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17 I like too, though to decide if the first E looks like it's tilted slightly, it seems out of line compared to the other letters.
It's the same font, Helsinki. You can look it up Fontsquirrel. It's definitely a bit tilted to the right -- not just the E, all letters.
What matters here is that... How to say it. I think Wedge needs a font that's both 'original' and 'classic'. Most successful logos try to distantiate themselves from Helvetica & co fonts, yet remain very basic to be both readable and not stand out too much. (Why does my spell-checker complain on the word 'distantiate'....? Doesn't that word exist in English? What should it be? Push themselves further away, or something...?)
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18 is nice. Carries the effect of the wedge. Not sure about the green, and I'm getting a slightly 'vague' feeling about it. It's as though it's not wanting to commit to things a bit (like how I feel right now)
:lol:
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20 I'm not so keen on. There's too much background, not enough foreground and it just looks like two triangles in a big space; there's no 'wedge' feeling about it.
Definitely not good. (And 21, either.)
I made something in between 18 and 20 -- what do you think? Also went for 'as sober as possible' by getting rid of the nice little gradient effects, and choosing a more primary color. Maybe a bit too 'strong', though...

:edit: And another font I like... Sansation Bold. I realize it's a bit small to distinguish the letters and all, but you can always look it up ;)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #880, on January 21st, 2012, 01:30 PM »
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Yeah, it's a pretty good logo really. I tried it as Worg's footer logo yesterday and it worked just as well as the current minilogo (which is hard to unseat!)
Oh, Worg is the codename for the new skin, it's just 'Wedge.org'...
I actually figured that out before you got to explain it, heh. But yeah, it's hard to unseat that one!
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It's the same font, Helsinki. You can look it up Fontsquirrel. It's definitely a bit tilted to the right -- not just the E, all letters.
What matters here is that... How to say it. I think Wedge needs a font that's both 'original' and 'classic'. Most successful logos try to distantiate themselves from Helvetica & co fonts, yet remain very basic to be both readable and not stand out too much. (Why does my spell-checker complain on the word 'distantiate'....? Doesn't that word exist in English? What should it be? Push themselves further away, or something...?)
I currently focus my work on Lato, which I found on Google Fonts. See the attached pic.
I actually don't think there's a need to try merging classic and original styles at once, I think it runs the risk of being inconsistent by trying to be something it isn't.

(Distantiate isn't a word. The word you're after here is 'distance', which is one of those awesome words that's both a verb and a noun.)

But yeah, I see what you're getting at.
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Definitely not good. (And 21, either.)
I made something in between 18 and 20 -- what do you think? Also went for 'as sober as possible' by getting rid of the nice little gradient effects, and choosing a more primary color. Maybe a bit too 'strong', though...

 And another font I like... Sansation Bold. I realize it's a bit small to distinguish the letters and all, but you can always look it up
The font's nice - I'm not seeing a problem with the size, I see more problem with trying to read that green against the background (the 'we' is fine)

'Sober' is definitely carried through on both 22 and 23 and I'm getting the 'wedge' vibe from it, but more from 22 than 23; the brown just doesn't quite have the weight to it that the blue does.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #881, on January 22nd, 2012, 11:44 PM »
Quote from Arantor on January 21st, 2012, 01:30 PM
I actually figured that out before you got to explain it, heh. But yeah, it's hard to unseat that one!
I thought you weren't too fond of it...? ()
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(Distantiate isn't a word. The word you're after here is 'distance', which is one of those awesome words that's both a verb and a noun.)
Oh... Right, thanks. French verbs ending with -cier or -tier, like Negocier, are usually translated to -tiate in English, like Negotiate... So, I figured that Distancier would be Distanciate or Distantiate ;)
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The font's nice - I'm not seeing a problem with the size, I see more problem with trying to read that green against the background (the 'we' is fine)
Later tries use a darker green.
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'Sober' is definitely carried through on both 22 and 23 and I'm getting the 'wedge' vibe from it, but more from 22 than 23; the brown just doesn't quite have the weight to it that the blue does.
Well, I tried to stay within the confines of our current color palettes ;)

What do you think about wedge24 and wedge26..? (Just added them.)
Posted: January 22nd, 2012, 11:08 AM

Bump, added wedge272. I also have another variation under work. It's fun. Definitely more fun than this week wasted on the wysiwyg editor... :whistle:
Posted: January 22nd, 2012, 07:18 PM

Added another sample, this time in both sizes (large and small).
Should I assume that the lack of feedback is due to no one being interested in that direction...? Or should I just change something, like the color palette or something..?

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #882, on January 23rd, 2012, 01:57 AM »
I think it's just because there's been so many that people aren't sure what to look at next...

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