goforbroke Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 This idea was brought up in another thread that I can't for the life of me remember so I apologize to whomever suggested it. But I was just curious to see what it would look like. I welcome someone with better custom font skills to take inspiration and make a cleaner version of this and post it here if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 It's pretty good, but I think it's just too much in one spot. I would try the CWS at an angle like the current logo is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchez Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!Looks like lettering slapped just above the Ford sticker on the rear window of a Chevy pickup truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 It's pretty good, but I think it's just too much in one spot. I would try the CWS at an angle like the current logo is.Yeah I tried that but for some reason since it is innitials it made more sense to me for it to read left-to-right instead of top-to-bottom. so i decreased the angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPORTSDOCTOR Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I would try to work out a better to way to interlock the letters. Right now it looks way too forced. Try to make the interlocking a little more smooth and that will help the out a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I wouldn't call it dreadful, but the C could use quite a bit of work. Interesting alternative to the familiar logo. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Dreadful.Thats constructive criticism that will help him improve his concepts which actually has potential to be pretty good. Keep the reviews coming Ebert.-Dan PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Why do people think this is so bad? I actually like it, to an extent. This could use some refining to make it a better logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchez Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Why do people think this is so bad? I actually like it, to an extent. This could use some refining to make it a better logo.This is my opinion, and NOT intended to block creativity.I feel that the typestyle used in the primary logo NOT necessarily needed to extended beyond that logo. Nor the diagonal placement for that matter. The Sox primary logo is in caps and lower case.This particular font (Old English or similar) NEVER lends itself to professional design and legibility when used with ALL CAPS. Even if this example represents initials.Ever follow a car with the owner's name or nickname in Old English, all caps, usually on a curve, on their rear window? Illegible and easily categorized as "low rent"An additional example of where capitalization of similar fonts are overused would easily be found at your nearest biker bar on various tattoos.Even on a tramp stamp on a relatively hot chick, it's "low rent"Again, IMHO something I would not want associated with my favorite baseball team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 I appreciate the comments, positive and negative. I admit its not my best work mainly because I didn't want to use an Old English Font I wanted to try and customize a font, of which this is my first attempt at.(I'm not even sure if the Sox logo is a real font... if it is I'd love someone to let me know what it is so I can try and make this with that font instead of having to mutate a C and W)My point here wasn't really to show off this concept, more to introduce the idea and spark a convo on whether it would look good if executed well. I know this execution isn't perfect. Again, I invite people with better custom font skills to make a better version of this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltravisjr Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Why do people think this is so bad? I actually like it, to an extent. This could use some refining to make it a better logo.This is my opinion, and NOT intended to block creativity.I feel that the typestyle used in the primary logo NOT necessarily needed to extended beyond that logo. Nor the diagonal placement for that matter. The Sox primary logo is in caps and lower case.This particular font (Old English or similar) NEVER lends itself to professional design and legibility when used with ALL CAPS. Even if this example represents initials.Ever follow a car with the owner's name or nickname in Old English, all caps, usually on a curve, on their rear window? Illegible and easily categorized as "low rent"An additional example of where capitalization of similar fonts are overused would easily be found at your nearest biker bar on various tattoos.Even on a tramp stamp on a relatively hot chick, it's "low rent"Again, IMHO something I would not want associated with my favorite baseball team!Is it just me or is your signature image rather ironic in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I had to click on his profile to see what his signature was, because I have sigs off. Doesn't that break some rule for pixel height? or taste? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchez Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I had to click on his profile to see what his signature was, because I have sigs off. Doesn't that break some rule for pixel height? or taste?Don't worry admiral, I can put one up with a dude for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The slope on the monogram doesn't seem even. C to W seems relatively steep, the W to S step seems relatively flat. To me thats why it doesn't work. 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 As a Sox fan, I have to say it's just too busy.I think they have a perfect logo now. The only thing done to it that could work would be a very thin silver or even red outline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.