Re: [GMG-Devel] [Social-mediagoblin] MediaGoblin: the Logo

[Thorsten Wilms]

On 07/28/2011 12:08 AM, Jef van Schendel wrote:

> I definitely agree with this, I love the type. From what I read in the
> post, I assume you made it yourself (or at least heavily customized
> it)? Not completely sure about the tail on the G, the end of it feels
> like it's a little too close to the rest of the letter. But I like how
> the overall look is cute, friendly and inviting, without looking like
> it was made for a kid's birthday party. It's recognizable, but not too
> silly. (And hey, as Thorsten pointed out, maybe a logotype alone will
> suffice, who knows...)

The type is build from scratch. The tail of the "g" definitively 
deserves some more attention (followed by "e" and "a", characters I deem 
very tricky. Good thing there is no "s" in it :).

It would be good to select a font for continuous text, harmonious with 
the custom type, which could be tweaked to improve the match, while 
keeping it unique.

The font should have bold and italic styles. Have a look at
http://www.google.com/webfonts#ReviewPlace:refine/Collection:Istok+Web|Lato|Open+Sans|Cabin|Arimo


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