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What font should I use?
Posted by DuffanyHero in
15 May 2011 — 4:43pm
15 May 2011 — 4:43pm
I need to create a logo for a robotics group, the CyberKnights.
I am thinking of having CYBER in one font, sort of like a more modern font, and having KNIGHTS right next to it in a more old looking font. (And no, I am not looking for a combination of Arial and Old English Text, otherwise I would be embarrassed to be on this forum.) Afterwards I was planning on making slight adjustments to the logo, such as turning the T into a sword or something generic like that.
Alternatively, I could just put the whole logo in one font.
Notes: I've tried slab serif (Vitesse, Sentinel, Soho...) but it's not really doing it for me. It creates more of a varsity sport look.
At the moment I lack inspiration, and I need either a perfect font or two different fonts that complement each other perfectly. Any ideas?
At this point even crazy stuff would work (something electrifying, etc., but not Jokerman obviously lol)
EDIT: For clarification, I don't want to use anything calligraphic or anything reminiscent of old English / medieval text.
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15 May 2011 — 5:43pm
What is your price range?
The following are either free or default:
Eurostile (default on both my older PC and my Mac)
Dearest (available on such websites like fontspace)
If you are willing to pay you can check out Monarchia
http://www.stormtype.com/family-monarchia.html
and Zeppelin
http://www.stormtype.com/family-zeppelin.html
Storm Type Foundry has many fonts you can check out - they are really high quality, even their free fonts!
15 May 2011 — 5:56pm
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/phospho/adhesive-nr-seven/
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/canadatype/blackhaus/
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bomparte/blackletter-sans/
15 May 2011 — 7:28pm
http://themicrofoundry.com/f_brutaal.html
hhp
15 May 2011 — 7:58pm
... or something generic like that.
Alternative A: Hire a professional designer
Alternative B: Rewind the process and start with an actual idea
Alternative C: Carry on, as you were, making the world a slightly worse place for all of us
17 May 2011 — 1:13pm
Is Amelia too cliché?
17 May 2011 — 3:32pm
Frode is right, of course. But if this is an amateur job, as I suspect, you could play with the monospaced appearance of a programmer font for “Cyber” and that of a blackletter face for “Knights”.