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Stone work inspiration
Posted by mijlee in
31 Jul 2010 — 3:57am
31 Jul 2010 — 3:57am
I’m designing a logo for a friends church and want to use the rather lovely stone work above the entrance as inspiration. Does anyone have an idea of a good starting point to creat something similar. Obviously it doesn’t need to be in relief but something of the same weight and style (possibly without flourishes) would be a great help.
I could draw the letters from the original but to be honest the budget is pretty small so don’t really have the time.
Any help greatly appreciated.
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31 Jul 2010 — 4:47am
I can only think of Algerian, not sure if that is of any help.
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/efscangraphic/algerian-sb/
http://www.fontshop.com/search/?q=algerian&x=0&y=0
31 Jul 2010 — 4:46am
ITC Quorum Bold has a similar feel, and you could make it closer by tweaking a few characters.
31 Jul 2010 — 6:21am
Maybe you can dig up some info about the architect or artist who created these. It’s kinda hard to tell from your image, but I guess that A (like in Algerian) is a keeper if you want it to look similar.
31 Jul 2010 — 6:34am
Quorum isn’t to far off actually, I can see how with a little fiddling I could get a very similar effect.
Thanks guys.
31 Jul 2010 — 6:37am
What kind of church is this?
31 Jul 2010 — 1:08pm
It’s Church of England. I have done a really quick mock up of part of the logo, what do you guys think?
31 Jul 2010 — 2:22pm
Fix the weight of your first T, perhaps? I like it.
31 Jul 2010 — 2:36pm
FWIW, here's a set I'm working on. based on an Eric Gill stonework design for a memorial...
31 Jul 2010 — 4:04pm
Absolutely right frode frank, there are quite a few small details that I need to spend more time on. Just a mock up for now to show the client the concept :D
Love your work oldnick, think the Gill influence makes it a bit tricky for this purpose though, not quite uniform enough.
2 Aug 2010 — 10:31am
the mock up you have is a good concept. The only problem I can see is that the E gets a little bit lost at the end. Maybe try putting the terminals on an angle and leaving a small notch in the corners similar to the top left of the first S.
Of course, doing that might mean you have to angle the terminals of S T and G as well.