Type Battle 27 // Draw Typophile a new logo
// THIS WEEK'S TYPOGRAPHY BATTLE
Draw us a new logo! Yes, that is right. Typophile is ready to move past the pixel-T, and especially the pixel-7. We are looking for not just one amazing drawing, rather a large handful that can be rotated on the red square and potentially used in other Typophile promotional materials. What better way to show off the talents in this community, than to display them proudly in our mark?
Examples of previous logos:
// REQUIREMENTS
- Draw only the letter T -- it can be uppercase or lowercase.
- How you draw it is up to you (vector tools or ink), just as long as the file is submitted in the proper format.
- By participating, you pledge that the work is of your own design.
- Do not use any fonts or other rights-protected imagery (unless you own the rights to the design).
- Image size: 500 width x 500 height. 600 dpi
- Color: Black and White
- Format: TIF
Judging // Punchcut will judge the entries, keeping in mind the popularity of the entries in the thread.
Copyright Retention // Participants (those who submit entries to Typophile) grant Typophile permission to use the artwork/design for promotional use, as we see fit, and for applications not limited to the website. Participants retain copyrights and Typophile agrees not to sell or transfer our usage rights. (In other words, we don’t require exclusive rights, just unlimited usage.)
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE'S TYPOGRAPHY BATTLES
This is your chance to stretch your type muscles on a weekly basis. You have one week to create and submit your entry. Anyone may submit a design response to the challenge. You may enter as often as you wish. Post anytime. Critiques and comments are welcome throughout the game, from participants and spectators alike. Smack talk is encouraged.
Link directly to this thread: http://www.typophile.com/battle27




7.Aug.2008 4.34pm
I guess somebody's gotta go first.
Any thoughts?
7.Aug.2008 5.47pm
2nd
7.Aug.2008 7.41pm
Another one.
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8.Aug.2008 1.28am
I cannot upload TIF files. Here's a PNG:
8.Aug.2008 1.55am
Topophile
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8.Aug.2008 3.09am
Not sure if this really works, I tried to take the bouma approach drawing only ascenders and descenders, and still have a large centered T…
In small size:
8.Aug.2008 3.14am
I’ve tried to include the „phile” in „typophile” ...
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Design means: thinking comes first.
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8.Aug.2008 6.48am
So when/where are we supposed to upload the .tif files? will they just ask the winners to do that after they pick from this thread?
8.Aug.2008 8.01am
Here is my T for typophile.
8.Aug.2008 8.08am
Another T-face for Typophile.
8.Aug.2008 8.24am
Another T-letters for Typophile.
8.Aug.2008 8.25am
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Another T-letters for Typophile.
8.Aug.2008 8.33am
I’ll try it with four attempts.
8.Aug.2008 8.34am
# 2
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# 3
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8.Aug.2008 8.44am
Two more too
penn
8.Aug.2008 8.45am
One TYPOSMILE! Best regards from Macedonia!
8.Aug.2008 9.00am
8.Aug.2008 9.19am
helveticomma..
8.Aug.2008 10.05am
My T!
...es su T.
And yeah, uh...can't post a tif either. Am I being dumb?
8.Aug.2008 10.05am
8.Aug.2008 10.12am
formlos...wow. It took me a while to digest, but man...you win.
...unless, of course, they like mine better.
8.Aug.2008 10.40am
Excellent to see so many great submissions in less than a day! Keep them coming.
Sorry for the issues with TIF uploads. We might have overlooked the system's image prefs - we were too excited to post the battle.
Go ahead and upload PNGs for now, but keep in mind that we'll probably want to ask the "winners" to provide us with a TIF format later. So keep one handy if you can :)
Thanks all, great work!
8.Aug.2008 11.15am
It's really great formlos. Took me like a minute but then it really hit me. Great job!
8.Aug.2008 12.42pm
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Jean C.
8.Aug.2008 1.35pm
^^^ formschub
8.Aug.2008 2.23pm
Off to a great start. It's worth keeping in mind the primary use will be for the site, at 150 pixels square at 72 dpi.
8.Aug.2008 2.36pm
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8.Aug.2008 2.46pm
romantic ?
8.Aug.2008 2.51pm
#5
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Jean C.
8.Aug.2008 3.12pm
8.Aug.2008 3.31pm
ohhhh whoops the letter T, not a T
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8.Aug.2008 6.38pm
here is an updated, closer-cropped version of my design more suited to reduction to 150x150 px
9.Aug.2008 12.43am
There's a concept to mine. A logo with 49 different variations!
See it in action here: http://type.salsen.com/typophile/
Here's a preview:
Primary Logo
Alternate Samples
9.Aug.2008 1.40am
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On Your Own with Flowers
.oooO=====Oooo.
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9.Aug.2008 2.09am
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9.Aug.2008 4.02am
I really dig Koleslaw’s proposal. Great concept!
IMHO, it could even be more permissive:
The middle part doesn’t have to be fixed; it could also change to be waisted, or have a Tuscan thorn &c.
F
9.Aug.2008 4.28am
I like Koleslaw’s concept of different hats and boots.
9.Aug.2008 4.34am
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9.Aug.2008 5.03am
The first, the one, the only: Gutenberg
9.Aug.2008 5.16am
9.Aug.2008 5.21am
formlos came strong, but koleslaw killed it!
9.Aug.2008 5.56am
Jan, doesn't that look a bit too much like the Typoart-Freunde logo?
9.Aug.2008 6.16am
Jan, doesn’t that look a bit too much like the Typoart-Freunde logo?
Now that I’ve seen it ...
9.Aug.2008 6.32am
9.Aug.2008 7.57am
I like Paul’s first, Fernando’s negative space ones, and Pieter’s. There are some other nice ones but in some cases I wonder how they would look at a small size.
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ChrisL
9.Aug.2008 5.20pm
koleslaw’s concept is also my favourite. The versatility of its components is incredible. From cowboy to diva to king to jester with any little swap. I’d love to see a complete font of each variant!
However, here comes an evil one.
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Design means: thinking comes first.
9.Aug.2008 5.40pm
darn! i wish the mods were on the judging squad!
9.Aug.2008 6.37pm
keeping in mind the popularity of the entries in the thread.
Better get it off your chest.
9.Aug.2008 11.34pm
Yay, thanks for the positive comments. Florian, I decided to keep the middle stem constant to emulate the original Typophile logo blocks as well as to maintain continuity through all variations.
10.Aug.2008 2.00am
Only a minimal T, like a letterpunch by side.
10.Aug.2008 2.30am
@Phillip: transformers T's in disguise or ikea T... love it
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10.Aug.2008 5.17am
Design means: There is love and passion in type
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10.Aug.2008 8.07am
Bechira,
I like your last version. It conveys the old Bauhaus face, El Lizzitsky square, as well as the lowercase t.
ChrisL
10.Aug.2008 9.36am
ooops ... breaking rquirements
10.Aug.2008 9.53am
To grant a balance of forces, I finally had to add a counterpart to the evil.
Here’s the good one.
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Design means: thinking comes first.
10.Aug.2008 10.24am
hello! this is my proposal....
10.Aug.2008 10.55am
Typophile...for the love of type