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I also, for some reason, have never cared much for white helmets in the NFL. Sure, if your uniform is predominately white, it works, but the teams that do wear white helmets (Cardinals, Colts, Chargers and Dolphins come to mind) often don't have predominately white uniforms (excluding the road, of course), and I just feel their identities would be more creative with a more colorful helmet.

Along with gray facemasks, I just find white helmets to be "default" and boring.

I think Phoenix Design Works does good work.

Does anyone have a vector of the unused Bills' 2002 alternate logo? I actually kind of like it. Maybe it's not as "iconic" as the "red laser beam buffalo" logo they use now, but it's also kind of cool. I like the way the buffalo curls around the red and blue "B."

Anyway, the idea is that, in general, states with two franchises should have one per league. So this realignment idea maintains the Rangers in the AL and the Astros in the NL, moves the Pirates into the AL and keeps the Phillies in the NL, although it does alter both Missouri franchises, as they've become division rivals. But since we're talking about the Royals here, so have somewhat less history than say, the Pirates, I think the change is acceptable.

What's the point of this "idea"? Just because two teams are located in the same political subdivision of the country doesn't mean that they're rivals. In most (not all though) cases, they are parts of two completely separate metropolitan areas, and the fact that they just happen to be in the same state is irrelevant.

Did the topic title not say pointless realignment?

There's a reason the MLB's divisions aren't like this in reality. It was just a concept, an idea. Although there does tend to be a natural tendency for one area of a state to create a rivalry with another part of the state. You might have SoCal vs. NorCal, Upstate New York vs. NYC, etc. Maybe those kinds of rivalries do exist in reality, maybe they don't, but I posted nothing more than how *I* would like to see MLB aligned.

I don't care what anyone else thinks... The MLB needs five teams per division.

AL East

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~ New York Yankees

~ Boston Red Sox

~ Toronto Blue Jays

~ Tampa Bay Rays

~ Baltimore Orioles

AL Central

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~ Pittsburgh Pirates

~ Cleveland Indians

~ Minnesota Twins

~ Chicago White Sox

~ Detroit Tigers

AL West

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~ Los Angeles Angels

~ Texas Rangers

~ Seattle Mariners

~ Oakland A's

~ Arizona Diamondbacks

NL East

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~ Philadelphia Phillies

~ Florida Marlins

~ New York Mets

~ Washington Nationals

~ Atlanta Braves

NL Central

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~ Kansas City Royals

~ St. Louis Cardinals

~ Chicago Cubs

~ Milwaukee Brewers

~ Cincinnati Reds

NL West

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~ Houston Astros

~ Los Angeles Dodgers

~ San Diego Padres

~ San Francisco Giants

~ Colorado Rockies

It's nothing earth-shattering... Arizona originally considered the AL West way back in 1998, anyway. The Brewers would stay in the NL but I moved the Astros into the NL West... I think it makes more sense considering the Texas Rangers also play in the Western Division. I read an article recently about swapping the Royals' and Pirates' leagues, and it made a lot of sense. I still think the Pirates should be in the AL East but since they'd be the westernmost of the Eastern teams, it makes sense leaving them in the AL Central.

Anyway, the idea is that, in general, states with two franchises should have one per league. So this realignment idea maintains the Rangers in the AL and the Astros in the NL, moves the Pirates into the AL and keeps the Phillies in the NL, although it does alter both Missouri franchises, as they've become division rivals. But since we're talking about the Royals here, so have somewhat less history than say, the Pirates, I think the change is acceptable.

In reality, if the MLB simply altered the way they schedule interleague play, there's no reason you can't have an equal five teams per division.

Not a full uniform, but...

The somewhat infamous original logo for the Jacksonville Jaguars, bound to be the franchise's primary logo but unused due to a potential lawsuit by Ford.

use the scissors tool to cut the circle at the points where it meets the tiger

Oh my... How have I never noticed that tool before? That did exactly what I wanted it to do, though it took a little more work than I thought it would. Anyway, thanks, that did it.

Is there any way in Illustrator I can break up a single line and/or path into multiple ones?

For example, I have this image (in a vector version):

I would like to remove the black circle, but I can't because the outline of the circle (the black) is attached to the rest of the black in the image, that makes up the tiger's body. Basically, I want to somehow get the circle onto its own path or layer or w/e so that I can delete it but keep the rest of the image intact.

Is this possible?

sounds like you arent zooming it but enlarging and reducing it without selecting transform > scale > stroke with image?

or maybe lock the layers...

I guess I can give that a try. There's still a lot about Illustrator I don't know.

But, hey, I got what I needed to do done. The nice thing about Illustrator is there's usually a bunch of ways to accomplish one task.

I've got another issue... When I try to apply white keylines to the outermost objects of my logo, I only want said white keyline to appear on one side, the outside edge. Usually this works, but on some images, the keyline will appear on both sides, and overlaps some inner objects on my logo. I've played around with all sorts of settings, and I can't figure out how to get it to just appear on the outside edge.

by "keyline" i assume you mean a white border. you can do this with the Object>Path>Offset Path>offset distance option, or it sounds like you just used the stroke option. Select Window>Stroke or [Ctrl+F10] you will open the Stroke Pallete. Under the weight and mitre selections is "align stroke", adjust that to be either center offset, inside offset, or outside offset. i think it's center by default.

The problem is even when I assign the stroke to the outside or inside, I still get that issue.

I'll try playing around with the Offset Path, though... Maybe that's what I need.

Oh, so I finally got what I wanted to do done. What I learned was that for some reason, the .EPS files I was working with were laid out in such a way that it was not technically possible to apply a stroke to just one side of the object (even the stroke options didn't do anything.) So basically, I solved this issue by applying the stroke, outlining the stroke (to basically turn it into its own object), and then I was able to move it onto a new layer and delete everything in the center. I then simply moved the stroke back into place and what I wanted to do happened.

It was kind of messy workaround, but hey... it worked.

I've got another issue... When I try to apply white keylines to the outermost objects of my logo, I only want said white keyline to appear on one side, the outside edge. Usually this works, but on some images, the keyline will appear on both sides, and overlaps some inner objects on my logo. I've played around with all sorts of settings, and I can't figure out how to get it to just appear on the outside edge.

by "keyline" i assume you mean a white border. you can do this with the Object>Path>Offset Path>offset distance option, or it sounds like you just used the stroke option. Select Window>Stroke or [Ctrl+F10] you will open the Stroke Pallete. Under the weight and mitre selections is "align stroke", adjust that to be either center offset, inside offset, or outside offset. i think it's center by default.

The problem is even when I assign the stroke to the outside or inside, I still get that issue.

I'll try playing around with the Offset Path, though... Maybe that's what I need.

I've got another issue... When I try to apply white keylines to the outermost objects of my logo, I only want said white keyline to appear on one side, the outside edge. Usually this works, but on some images, the keyline will appear on both sides, and overlaps some inner objects on my logo. I've played around with all sorts of settings, and I can't figure out how to get it to just appear on the outside edge.

I have a question...

I found this really nice hockey template, but my problem is I'm not quite sure how to start in Illustrator. If I just try to change the colors, the colors are static and replace the effects on the sweaters. I guess what I'm asking is... How do you edit these templates in a non-destructive fashion? Do I have to use tools like the Magic Wand and what not?

I'm a little new with Illustrator, so some of the more advanced stuff is still a little tricky for me.

Highway Gothic "B" and "C" have been the standard faces for years. Clearview is the new "cleaner" version many states have adopted. i don't think you'll find freebies of the name brand fonts, but RoadGeek B and C are very similar to Highway Gothic.

Actually, Highway Gothic "D" is the primary typeface for single- and two-digit Interstate highways. Variation "C" is thinner and thus used for 3-digit Interstate highways.

I know the old US highway shields aren't using Highway Gothic. It's something different. I found a freebie typeface today that looks similar, but I don't think it's quite the same.

Does anyone have the US Highways font, or know where to find it?