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Site Logo Design
I'm trying to make a logo for someone's Video Game site, and I'm running out of ideas. Basically, I need some font suggestions, but I'm not sure of what kind of fonts I should even use.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
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5 May 2004 — 10:08pm
Bitmappy ones, with outline effects?
Like that new Linotype Lomo stuff.
hhp
5 May 2004 — 10:19pm
hmm, I don't really like using bitmap fonts usually. Any other ideas? I was assuming I'd probably use grunge or something (the name of the site is Psychotic Gaming, I think, i can't remember).
5 May 2004 — 10:20pm
Like All Your Base-stylee? Just use one of the many free bitmap fonts designed for Flash text at small sizes, blow it up to 36pt, and you'll have your jaggies.
5 May 2004 — 10:25pm
Ah, nevermind. You can get grunge brushes for Illustrator and Photoshop from http://www.nocturna.net/ and do your own text overlays if you can't find a suitable font.
5 May 2004 — 10:28pm
Maybe I'll try to "grunge" up a bitmap font...Not sure if that'd wind up looking very good, though. But, we'll see.
5 May 2004 — 10:36pm
Crap, Nocturna seems to be down. There are some free ones on DeviantArt, but you'll have to wade through a scad or two of stuff you won't want.
5 May 2004 — 11:13pm
Here's a very shoddy attempt --- neither fonts really seem to fit a "gaming" scheme, but It's all I can really come up with for now... Any more ideas, or suggestions? Keep in mind I'm not a professional, so this is kind of challenging for me.
6 May 2004 — 3:22am
Here's another version...I had problems with the cord, though, so it looks odd... (Would've rather drawn it, but I lack skills in that department).
6 May 2004 — 5:38am
Try the opposite and go bold and clean with the type with bright colors. Way too much grunge associated with gaming sites, its become old.
6 May 2004 — 9:26am
I like the grubby bitmap one.
If you go Daniel's way, make it like really shiny and plastic.
hhp
6 May 2004 — 10:41am
Aleph, I think the problem with the cord is that it also resembles the outline of a solid shape (think goblet). Maybe make it cross behind the text and plug into the bottom, or give it a loop over itself.
Could also be due to the smoothness of the controller and cord, in contrast to the rough outline of the text.
6 May 2004 — 2:08pm
hmm...
Ok, I tried Antique Olive Nord Italic this time...
6 May 2004 — 3:34pm
previous post was much nicer
6 May 2004 — 3:41pm
Of course.
But I figured I'd just try. Maybe I'll try a real bitmap font this time. And Maybe will work on the cord, but it's really annoying.
6 May 2004 — 4:45pm
Aleph, you can find a lot of usefull stuff at Adobes site http://share.studio.adobe.com/axLGSubmit.asp?lg=1&p=2&t=-1&ft=Photoshop+Files
look at the styles category, there are a lot of high quality pro-made-free styles made by various authors. Also, I think there is a letter brush set for phshp.
hope this helps
g
6 May 2004 — 5:43pm
Thanks. Never thought to check there.
Unfortunately, I can't find any decent fonts, though.
10 May 2004 — 5:19am
May be something like that, dirty though.
10 May 2004 — 6:53am
I like the second one (but maybe get rid of the controller).
Is it cliche? Maybe. But it seems to hit the target audience perfectly.