Centered logos...
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- Nightshade
... look so bad left-aligned. What to do...
- itstimefortea0
show us?
- seeessess0
They are either centered or left aligned, make up your mind. Jeez...
- hellojeehae0
yeah pics please.
- Nightshade0
Regular logo, looking good-
Left-aligned centered logo, not so nice-
- I don't find your second one is all that bad, tbhContinuity
- The only thing with the second options is that it looks a bit more crowded. Why not try moving the nav more to the right?Continuity
- Maybe I just like the simplicity of the firstNightshade
- Don't mean to sound like a cunt - but aren't the flaws in the second one down to your choice of design?detritus
- Sorry, input long-since rendered redundant. Moving on.detritus
- Fax_Benson0
ditch the client
- thatboyneave0
Move the logo to the right and centre the logo between the two leftmost images?
- I mean, move the *nav* to the right and...thatboyneave
- egad, nomonospaced
- monospaced0
If it looks bad left aligned, center it! And while you're at it, center that line at the bottom, it looks worse right-aligned than anything else on the page.
- ********0
Here are a few ideas;
Place it in the centre.
Layout the page using a grid system - so the logo's negative space is more clearly defined.
Give it a background container with a slightly different tint - so the logo's bounds are more clearly defined.
- Nightshade0
Idea 1
Idea 2
Idea 3
Idea 4 (Lukus')
- 4tFour
- 2 and 4 look gooditstimefortea
- I like 4, it makes an interesting visual hierarchy.Continuity
- Although 2 is strong, tooContinuity
- 4********
- I'm not certain about the background tint in 4 - might not be needed if you're centring the logo.********
- I like 2 - although I'm not sure about the white on the left hand side. Seems out of balance to me.********
- hellojeehae0
i like 4 the best so far
- hellojeehae0
i like 4 the best so far
- ********0
i like 4 the best so far
- Nightshade0
The problem with 2 is now we've centred the header, the alignment on content pages doesn't look right:
I think I prefer tweaking 4 to put a thin white stroked box around the logo:
And then a content page like:
One day I'll have staff to talk about things like this with... thank god for QBN
- i'd def go with 4, although don't like the white stroke, unnecessary and feels very weak********
- i'd def go with 4, although don't like the white stroke, unnecessary and feels very weak
- ********0
I have always fretted over this issue as well
- ********0
I think the white stoke over-complicates things - I'd get rid of it.
I'd move the logo upwards. (Imo) you need more space between the logo and navigation .. and less between the logo and the top of page. Without this space I think it looks too cramped / like the logo is slipping off the page.
- gramme0
This is why I always try to create at least two different lock-ups when designing logos. It sucks when you design a logo you're happy with, then find out later it's a pain in the ass to use.
Agree w/ lukus about the white stroke and the negative space between elements. Bounding the logotype with a box like is not only superfluous, but it looks like a part of the logo the way you have it, and would only just water down the brand.
- Continuity0
All of this made me realise how afraid I am of centring anything in my work; centre-justified type get such (deserved) bad rap, that it kind of dictates other stuff, too, for me, like centring layouts like this.
- centre-aligned, not centre-justified ... urgh. Happy fucking Friday. ¬_¬Continuity
- Nightshade0
Fair comments- I tried without the white stoke and with some tweaks to the spacing it works well.
The logo looks good printed in the centre of bags, it's shame its not so flexible on websites. A centred logo pretty much dictates that it has to be centred on the screen, which stifles layout creativity.
I've just picked up my next design job and hey presto- my client has a centred logo. At least I'm more prepared for it now.
- ********0
Having both the logo and the navigation floating up there doesn't feel solid enough. It might not be what you are going for but I'd be tempted to do something like this.
- Nightshade0
Maybe, the logo feels like it's floating now though - and if I box that too, it feels too boxy. It's a small boutique shop - I'm trying not to make it look too commercial/e-commerce
Dahh maybe I'll ask her whether we can remove the London bit for the website!
- too much box now! go back! go back!********
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- too much box now! go back! go back!