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Best font for the logo..?

Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #915, on February 17th, 2012, 02:51 PM »
The wedgebomije is nice :)



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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #916, on February 17th, 2012, 03:01 PM »
OK, guess it's time to look at these and comment :P

bomi9 and bomiab are nice, no problems with the fonts either (bomiab is better in that respect)

bomibb does give me Nike vibes <_<

bomice, I like the background particularly, I think it works well, but not as well as the shapes in 9 and ab.

The green text doesn't work with the blue background in bomide, and the same thing with the shapes as bomice.

bomige has the same issues with bomide, but with the smaller writing, the impact of the green vs blue is actually somehow more apparent.

I like the contrasting outline in bomihe, but same as previous comments re shapes.

bomiie resolves the issue with the background vs the green writing, but the white feels a bit harsh even compared to the background of the page it's on.

bomije doesn't have the harshness but I think the border gave it something.

As for bomike, I'm not sure about the shapes, the blue looks too insubstantial and like it's out of place.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #917, on February 17th, 2012, 05:43 PM »
Hmm... Let's do it this way:

Try to determine (give me a filename for it) your:

- favorite background (I assume it's the blue one, but most are a bit different from each other, mostly in contrast)
- favorite font
- favorite font color (I assume reddish)
- favorite font position (center, right?)
- favorite logo images (I'm saying images because there are too many to find a good compromise I think :P mi9, mice and mide are the main ones.)
- favorite logo position (well inside the element, or overflowing like in the first couple?)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #918, on February 17th, 2012, 05:53 PM »
Well, the current logo in the sidebar and footer works pretty well for me on all counts... :whistle: But if we're going to go through the list...
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favorite background
nwl4 or bomihe
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favorite font
bomiab
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favorite font color
The two-tone in bomiab works for me.
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favorite font position
centered relative to the logo works pretty well for me.
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favorite logo images
Of the logo itself, bomiab, I think is my favourite (and mi9 is just a smaller version, no?)
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favorite logo position
Just overflowing looks good, or nicely inset - either go over the edge or have a decent border, and I think I'd rather have something overflowing.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #919, on February 20th, 2012, 10:20 PM »Last edited on March 14th, 2012, 10:16 AM by Nao
Something like this, then, following your remarks..?
(Did the logo a few days ago but forgot to post...)

I think I prefer a 'simpler' logo, myself.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #920, on February 28th, 2012, 03:11 AM »
Didn't see this until now >_> bomine is nice, not sure the 'ship' goes with the writing.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #921, on March 7th, 2012, 04:12 PM »
Added simplest75 above. As the name implies... I tried to get rid of everything but the font itself. The logo is now just a little something that can be stripped from the image without hurting it. I also made it more 'dynamic' per se.
(Heck, that's the only logo I like among the dozen of logos I made in the past week without posting any of them.)

Also, I don't think I'll be using Bebas Neue in the final text. Not because of personal taste -- I do love it, but I noticed that it's being used on smcore.org, and I don't want people to think it's a reference :P

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #922, on March 7th, 2012, 04:23 PM »
It's only in use on smcore.org because the Citiez theme uses it - not because it was smCore's customisation of that theme.

It's a nice enough logo, I guess, but I'm just left with a slightly 'bland' feeling about it :( (Probably not what you wanted to hear.)

I'm actually comfortable enough with the logo currently in use (non hovered) here on wedge.org as it is, don't really feel a need to change it.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #923, on March 7th, 2012, 04:58 PM »
Quote from Arantor on March 7th, 2012, 04:23 PM
I'm actually comfortable enough with the logo currently in use (non hovered) here on wedge.org as it is, don't really feel a need to change it.
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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #924, on March 7th, 2012, 06:29 PM »
Quote from Arantor on March 7th, 2012, 04:23 PM
It's only in use on smcore.org because the Citiez theme uses it - not because it was smCore's customisation of that theme.
It doesn't change the fact that they 'may' want to keep it that way... :P
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It's a nice enough logo, I guess, but I'm just left with a slightly 'bland' feeling about it :( (Probably not what you wanted to hear.)
Nah, it's destined to be bland... Because the blander it is, the lazier people will be to remove it if we ever happen to add it to the main template... :P
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I'm actually comfortable enough with the logo currently in use (non hovered) here on wedge.org as it is, don't really feel a need to change it.
It's always going to be that one eh? Sure it's one of my most popular outputs and I do like it too, but it's what it is -- usable here, in the sidebar, and nowhere else. Can't use it as a footer (see the demo site, it's not exactly readable...), can't use it in horizontal form (signatures etc.)

Here are a few others I was about to post yesterday and forgot to.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #925, on March 7th, 2012, 07:02 PM »
Bit slow off the block, but I like the tall lettering on wedgeship 1 & 2.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #926, on March 7th, 2012, 11:31 PM »
We all like it. But it's not the best for readability.
So am I the only one to like the smaller lettering? ;)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #927, on March 8th, 2012, 10:51 AM »
I like the with smaller lettering.
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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #928, on March 8th, 2012, 04:15 PM »
Let's just see how well/badly it takes if I force it into everyone's signatures... :P

(FWIW, the 'old' sig logo is now at wedgetops.png instead of minilogo.png)
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 11:27 AM

Bump, for Pete to tell me off :P

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #929, on March 8th, 2012, 04:17 PM »
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