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Posted by apul in
21 Dec 2010 — 11:58am

Hi,

would appreciate any spacing suggestions for this logo. NN is throwing me off. Thanks in advance.

eliason
21 Dec 2010 — 7:41pm
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Can you lighten the /N/s a little? The spacing looks good but the /N/s look dark to my eye.

apankrat
21 Dec 2010 — 7:54pm
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NN looks a hair tighter than the rest with an exception of OR that looks looser than the rest.

apul
22 Dec 2010 — 2:51am
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Thanks for that. The diagonals on the NN fill out that space and seem to drag the Ns together. Subtle change.

Wesley.Bancroft
22 Dec 2010 — 10:29am
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You can always explore the option of opening up the intersecting strokes, especially for print purposes. I am assuming this will go on a business card or something? Creating some "clog reduction" would most likely reduce the "type color" for the NN, especially if it is displayed at a larger size or for print, and it does not compromise the rest of the letterform. You can see this extreme example here from Matthew Carter's font Bell Centennial.

apul
22 Dec 2010 — 1:18pm
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Thanks Wesley, I'll have a look at that option. It will eventually be used in print and on screen.

typeidentity
28 Dec 2010 — 10:26am
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Final version looks amazing! Did you draw the logotype yourself?

Bert Vanderveen
28 Dec 2010 — 11:28am
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In light of Wesley's remarks I would also shorten the crossbars of the G's a bit…
And on an altogether other matter: the wordspace def. looks American (in other words: too wide. The same width as an N works better, I think.

apankrat
28 Dec 2010 — 3:01pm
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I'd also consider removing G's crossbar altogether. Worth a try.

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