Type Crit
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- thejudders
Hey guys if you have 2 minutes can you look at the type for a logo I am working on and help me choose which is best...
http://ijsr32.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~1…
Is there anything you would change regarding the kerning?
- arseni0
I like #3. But something feels a little unbalanced...
- enjine0
something like 2, but keep it vector or something. but a sharper f/t
- thejudders0
"something feels a little unbalanced" I know what you mean arseni, thats the main reason im posting here, I just find it a tricky combination of letters to work with.
enjine, do you mean a Sharper fit ?
- doesnotexist0
maybe make that t not curved on the bottom, it looks all angled.
- enjine0
just looks like there is some blurring between the two characters, like it should be white 0xFFFFF
but it's not... probably a rasterizing issue, that's why it would look nicer the way it is for print, but cleaned up for web
- thejudders0
"maybe make that t not curved on the bottom, it looks all angled."
how about taking th curve off the 1st t then leaving the curve on the last t ?and "looks like there is some blurring between the two characters"
Yeah, it was just a quick screen shoot which I saved as a .gif , so you like the spacing in 2 then if it was not anti alias of course and perfectly white in between AKA nice and crisp ?
- jpowell0
round letters, like the "e" "c" and "u", take up a lot of optical space. the vertical letters don't take up so much... so, thats what's throwing off the balance some. you should have equal optical space for all your letterforms. tighten up the round letters, spread apart the more vertical.
but, your type selection has made it really difficult for you. those rounded "t"s are difficult to work with... so that might be the fix. straighten out the "t"s and make sure you have optical balance throughout.
good luck.
-j
- thejudders0
Thanks for all the choices and for that advice jpowell. I will try it with edited t's and strive for more ballance.
any more comments welcome..
- jpowell0
no problem.
but, now the t's are off balance because they were designed to have the curved base off to the right. i think if you even out the top it should work out fine.
- thejudders0
I appreciate the time you have taken out to comment and give such good advice. I’ve made the changes you mentioned about spacing out the top end of things because the t's were kinda off..
Do you think ive got it now ?
http://ijsr32.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~1…
- _salisae_0
you have three number twos! this is unheard of!!
- _salisae_0
are you making this in photoshop? looks it.
- _salisae_0
the third number two is the best spacing (reading left to right). still needs work tho.
there's an exercise on kerning within this website: http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/…
- Nairn0
it strikes me that there's not enough to differentiate between what you are proposing to be worthwhile asking for input...
- thejudders0
Yeah I know 3 number twos!
Its in Freehand, but im making the changes for now just in photoshop so I can quickly upload and get a verdict.
- _salisae_0
you can quickly upload from freehand as well .. i'd stick to a vector program for logo.
release the photoshop crutch. you'll get better practice.
- ********0
it strikes me that there's not enough to differentiate between what you are proposing to be worthwhile asking for input...
Nairn
(Apr 8 06, 16:37)it strikes me that you did not read that he is not asking for a logo crit but for a crit on the kerning of the type.
- thejudders0
I don’t work such ways normally, I just wanted to get the spacing right from the feedback received by moving pixel by pixel from each change I made and fast.
I’m going to rework it in Freehand tomorrow; I know it’s a bit of a silly method.
- thejudders0
I fixed the numbering and I’ve made another revision with more spacing...
http://ijsr32.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~1…
Does any particular letter combination look wrong to you ?
There is an icon, which will accompany the design, but I just wanted some help with the type so I’ve not introduced it yet as not to confuse things.
I found it looked unbalanced so that’s why I came here for help, as I knew I could get good feedback from good designers. I do want to improve my type skills and such postings are helping me out, I think I will purchase that book also.