Sodboy13 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 It appears that Russell Athletic is only capable of producing two numeral fonts.Champs Sports - AFL ReplicasThe only team with a "unique" font is the Rush, and even that is whatever stock font Russell used to use on Georgia Tech. Unique number fonts discarded:Arizona (in use since inception - 1992!)Los Angeles (since inception)Las VegasColorado (ditched unique font on road unis last year)Chicago (since inception)New Orleans (it's just freakin' Futura Bold Condensed! How hard is that?)Philadelphia (since inception)Just about every one of these teams had different uniform suppliers through the years, and none ever seemed to have a problem duplicating the team-specific fonts. And yet, Russell shows up, and it appears to be a case of generic block numbers, or no numbers at all.Also, get a load of the cut on these replicas. Mighty short sleeves, some even look like the "capped" lineman cut. When will Russell make a replica jersey for the husky gentleman?Now out of all this mess, and overall uninspiring changes, I do see some positives. The Rampage package appears to be the most drastic change - and a definitive upgrade. Glad to see the Dragons bringing back red in a more prominent role, though I wish it would come back on the pants. And the Voodoo and Crush appear to have held on to their uniform designs, if not their fonts.Also, a bit of optimistic speculation on my part: on the scan of the Brigade's new unis, it was written "Team will do twill and apply all numbers." And, when Majestic did AFL replicas, the fonts were nowhere near accurate. So maybe little touches like the Avengers' serifs and the Rattlers' italicized block aren't gone for good. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerws Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Also, get a load of the cut on these replicas. Mighty short sleeves, some even look like the "capped" lineman cut. When will Russell make a replica jersey for the husky gentleman?I think these are pics of the authentics and they just put them there so fans would know what they look like. For all the complaining about Nike, they never did the every one gets block numbers. Expect changes before March IMO. at least they aren't generic numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELDARBfield Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 And the Voodoo and Crush appear to have held on to their uniform designs, if not their fonts.Also, it appears that the Austin Wranglers have kept their "Miami Hurricanes" template.I was really excited at first when I heard that the AFL was getting away from Nike. This is because I thought it would be the end of paint-by-numbers jerseys in the AFL. Well, I was clearly wrong. Russell has truely diappointed me... Twitter • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn • Tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 all of these are not bad at all, very nice way to make a target market league more of the mainstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 all of these are bad at all, very nice way to make a target market league more of the mainstreamI know you meant to put a "not" in there, but I think you made a Freudian typo. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 all of these are bad at all, very nice way to make a target market league more of the mainstreamI know you meant to put a "not" in there, but I think you made a Freudian typo.Yup, guess that was an oops on my part.....I fixed it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I think this is a positive step for the league. You know how hard it was for NBC's 1.0 share to read the old, crappy numbers?Ba-ZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Also, get a load of the cut on these replicas. Mighty short sleeves, some even look like the "capped" lineman cut. When will Russell make a replica jersey for the husky gentleman?I think these are pics of the authentics and they just put them there so fans would know what they look like. For all the complaining about Nike, they never did the every one gets block numbers. Expect changes before March IMO. at least they aren't generic numbers.Yeah I was gonna say thats a replica cut? Hell, if thats the truth id pick up both a Rattlers and a Storm jersey just because I like the authentic cut, and at a price like that id stock up. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I'm wondering if the numbers just got photoshopped in pretty quick and spit out. Too bad San Jose didn't go back to it's sunburst sleeve stripes. The one team I can honestly say has an improved look is Columbus. The generic Nike numbers they had the last two years looked horrible compared to what they have now. I really hope Las Vegas wears black pants and not red, they would look like Texas Tech this last year which isn't a good look in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Just got this e-mail from the league - interesting that they're using the tight ones in their media. It may turn consumers hoping to get the new jerseys for game day away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Well, judging by the pics Paul Lukas has posted, it is going to be generic block numbers for every team, except Chicago, who will get Georgia Tech's leftovers (and screenprinting?!?) Way to F it up, Russell.Dragons home and roadPhilly and ChicagoNY and Georgia On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I'm not surprised that New York went back to block numbers. Russell switched to block numbers when they went from screened to tackle twill numbers. Why couldn't Russell do what Nike did and ship Chicago's jerseys to the guys who made them origionally for the numbers? The Gerogia Tech numbers aren't bad but they aren't as cool as the origionals. Same for Phila and New Orleans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 For all we know, it could have been AFL's call on using block numbers for all of the jerseys. Also, Russell prefers to do all of the lettering in-house, so I don't think that they would have allowed teams to send jerseys to off-site locations to get personalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I'm not surprised that New York went back to block numbers. Russell switched to block numbers when they went from screened to tackle twill numbers. Why couldn't Russell do what Nike did and ship Chicago's jerseys to the guys who made them origionally for the numbers? The Gerogia Tech numbers aren't bad but they aren't as cool as the origionals. Same for Phila and New Orleans.The Dragons switched to block numbers a few seasons back. I think before Nike came on board.Well, judging by the pics Paul Lukas has posted, it is going to be generic block numbers for every team, except Chicago, who will get Georgia Tech's leftovers (and screenprinting?!?) Way to F it up, Russell.Dragons home and roadPhilly and ChicagoNY and GeorgiaIt's F-ed up because they're using block letters? Oy vey!Hell, if the AFL wants to be taken seriously, they have to dress seriously. Gimicky fonts for numbers just doesn't cut it.Think about it. Would you wear a baseball jersey to a job interview? Of course not, because you want to be taken seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yeah, they only had the "flame" numbers for about 2 seasons, IIRC. I believe they were deemed unreadable. After that, they had a season with two black jerseys - one with red numbers done in the Avs font, one with the yellow block. It's been block from then on.Still, the worst thing the Dragons have done to their uni is dropping those awesome red pants. Outside of moving from Iowa, of course. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatManTC Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 the pictures make them look like women's cut jerseys by RoscoeUA by gingerbreadman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 It's F-ed up because they're using block letters? Oy vey!Hell, if the AFL wants to be taken seriously, they have to dress seriously. Gimicky fonts for numbers just doesn't cut it.You're absolutely right. Nobody takes theBaltimore RavensCincinnati BengalsPittsburgh SteelersHouston TexansJacksonville JaguarsTennessee TitansDenver BroncosPhiladelphia EaglesChicago BearsAtlanta FalconsSt. Louis Ramsseriously as a professional football franchise. To say nothing of that second-rate, hack league they're in.Team-specific fonts have been a nearly essential part of many redesigns in the four major professional leagues for the past decade. Same goes for many high-profile collegiate programs. There was a time when every team, save for the Chicago Bears, wore some variation of a block font. Those days have passed.And what does wearing a baseball jersey at an interview have to do with anything? I wore a shirt and tie to mine. Now I wear whatever the hell I want to work, including a baseball jersey this past Wednesday. Does that offend you to some degree? If you were going for the argument that block numbers evoke a professional presence on the field, I would say that the shift in design in the past ten years has made the opposite true. Block numbers being thrown onto every team says that Russell couldn't be bothered to put in the time, money, or effort to adhere to team-specific identities when it came to the AFL. And if P.K.'s interview in Uni Watch Wednesday is any reflection of how her company views its tie to the AFL, I'd say that's a high likelihood. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerws Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I am pretty well disappointed with this. Cookie cutter unis are the next step. I am so surprised that Colorado still has a shoulder stripe that is close to what they have had. Columbus and KC have the best unis now IMO. Dallas is a downgrade. No sleeve logos? The Gladiators add that silly cartoon guy? They must have been trying to get under Dallas. Big D should have put out the white uni cuz that is what they usually wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Depending on if these cuts we see are the proper cut for replica jerseys, I may put some money down on a Storm jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Well, now I'm not sure what to think. Here's a shot from last night's season opener, Columbus vs. Nashville:The Destroyers are using the same number font as last year. And I can't tell if it's because the Nashville jersey is really scrunched up, but those numbers almost look screened. Guess we'll have to see what the rest of the league shows up wearing. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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