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Best font for the logo..?

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #840, on January 3rd, 2012, 01:33 PM »
Looks quite busy.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #841, on January 3rd, 2012, 01:49 PM »
Quote from Nao on January 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
Then that makes two of us... Do we have to fight over it? :P
Oh that's fine, I wouldn't dare :unsure:
Quote from Nao on January 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
There's also @wedgeteam, but I simply don't even remember what our password is... Lol. (Otherwise I guess I'd have updated the logo by now.)
Yeah, I meant that account, heh.
Quote from Nao on January 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 10:18 AM

I *think* I've found a way to get a large icon with small text into the logo, without having to turn back to uppercase text, and thus be able to keep the overall effect. Of course it requires inverting the colors for the text, but I'm absolutely fine with that. That way, we can have the two different logos.
Also tried two different fonts. My all-time 3 faves in my designs have been Coolvetica, Segoe-likes and PT Sans Bold. Below are 5m (PT Sans Bold) and 6m (Segoe) tests. Dunny which font would be best...
(Also added a minor diffuse glow to the icon itself, to enhance the 3D effects with the text on top of it.)
I kinda like that. Segoe is definitely the best of those two IMO, PT Sans Bold looks a little odd to me.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #842, on January 3rd, 2012, 03:37 PM »
Just a slight aside.......
side to side mouseover - the logos load fine.
up and down mouseover and the logos really dither/flash/whatever.
nearly set off an epilepsy attack

;)

<br /><br />cough, cough.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #843, on January 3rd, 2012, 04:01 PM »
- Busy: yeah sure, it's busier... Not busy enough to bother me, though. I made busy logos before that I enjoyed. Actually I consider that once I added the gradient inside the icon, it might as well be a bit easier. The flat version works extremely well on flat environments. I'm not sure what I wanna do with this one for now.

- Added a slightly bigger version for you to look at the details. The font is back to PT Sans Bold, without the odd 'ripple' effect that was on the original (which is barely visible, but it's also in the logos in the poll.) Also made the contrast bigger between 'we' and 'dge'.

- The mouseover issue is known, and I discussed it before. It's only temporary... Just keep the mouse in the middle of the hovered logo.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #845, on January 3rd, 2012, 07:26 PM »
Seeing them like that, the right hand one, no doubt to me.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #847, on January 4th, 2012, 03:52 AM »
Voted for the 2nd. ;)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #849, on January 4th, 2012, 11:47 AM »
It looks so incredibly good. Like the kind of thing I could wear a T-shirt of :P
However, I'm at a loss when it comes to readability... Just having one single-size icon isn't enough for me, it has to be adaptable, to all sizes and all background colors. Readability is extremely weakened when the logo is shrunk, so I tried to increase contrast by using dark colors for the font. The result can be seen in the footer but... "meh". It looks good, but not as awesome.

Also used the normal-size logo in the sidebar, so that you can switch between the different logos 'in context'. It's always better in context :)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #850, on January 4th, 2012, 03:14 PM »
One in the sidebar (BUSY) - looks real neat NAO. Think your on a winner there.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #851, on January 4th, 2012, 04:14 PM »
Definitely. I tried it on dark backgrounds and it looks mesmerizing. Even if readability isn't fantastic, it actually makes you look at it and try to read it. I'm still going to make tries in the "sober" area though.

Updated the poll to let you vote for the new logo if you'd like to change your mind...

:edit: I see that Bloc went by after being absent for 1+ month... Apparently it was too tempting to just log in and vote that he didn't like the new logos... :P
Seriously, Bloc, as always your opinion is valued (I still think you're a way better designer than I am), and any suggestions to improve the current logo are welcomed. Nobody here has anything against you, so how about you swallow your pride and accept that, from time to time, someone will tell you that they're "not that excited" by one of your designs? I've been doing Wedge logos for over a year now because none of the logos were loved by everyone, where did you see me complaining? You gave up after two tries :^^;:

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #852, on January 4th, 2012, 05:30 PM »
I voted for busy........ what would it look like with a darker border to the text?

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #854, on January 4th, 2012, 05:57 PM »
Yeah, thats nice
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