NBA Uniforms Project

[TruColor]

There's a few errors with the '88-97 Hornets sets - from 1988-1991 they had the original Alexander Julian "H" logo on the waistband, the "Charlotte" wordmark's a little thick, the NOB & number font's incorrect (it should be narrower and san serif), and there were only 4 pinstripes (pale blue, royal blue, green & navy).

The '97-'02 sets used the same name & number font as the previous set.

Actually, the pinstriping went (facing, from left to right) - Light Blue, Royal Blue, Kelly Green, Purple. Different shade of Purple than used in the primary logo.

All trim (wordmark, numbers, shorts) were actually Royal Blue.

From a scan of the official Style Guide sheet from back in the day:

[Hoopskid]

^ Cheers to that, it's a huge help. Now I see the H logo's colors and will fix the pinstripes. Thanks!

I think I've found a font that's pretty close to the numbers / letters of the Charlotte Hornets.

I'll have an image up soon.

[TruColor]

Note the pleats in the Hornets' shorts. Those were intentional, and as far as I know, the only example I've ever seen of pleats on a basketball uniform.

Here are the official colors for the Hornets from 1988-1989 through 1996-1997:

And, from 1997-1998 through 2001-2002:

[Hoopskid]

Note the pleats in the Hornets' shorts. Those were intentional, and as far as I know, the only example I've ever seen of pleats on a basketball uniform.

You're kidding? That's pretty cool, I'll see how I can work that into the design.

[Discogod]

I've been looking for that style guide sheet since I discovered those things existed. Thanks, Colorwerx!

[Conrad.]

Note the pleats in the Hornets' shorts. Those were intentional, and as far as I know, the only example I've ever seen of pleats on a basketball uniform.

You're kidding? That's pretty cool, I'll see how I can work that into the design.

lol, thats hilarious. Julian is quite the fashionable guy, so I guess his influence made it into the unis.

and DAMN thats a myriad of colors on that sheet!

[Hoopskid]

Not perfect, but are these numbers better?

If anyone has the font Outlaw Bold please PM me, I'm not looking for you to send it, just would like some clarification.

Edit: Updated 1988 - 1991 Uniform (No NOB yet, still trying to make it)

[Discogod]

That's much better, but the letters in "Charlotte" should be a little thinner, and the number font's still wrong - these pictures should give you a better idea:

[rossyo]

Not perfect, but are these numbers better?

If anyone has the font Outlaw Bold please PM me, I'm not looking for you to send it, just would like some clarification.

Edit: Updated 1988 - 1991 Uniform (No NOB yet, still trying to make it)

I believe the actual font for the player names and numbers is Rockwell Condensed.

[TruColor]

Not perfect, but are these numbers better?

If anyone has the font Outlaw Bold please PM me, I'm not looking for you to send it, just would like some clarification.

Edit: Updated 1988 - 1991 Uniform (No NOB yet, still trying to make it)

I believe the actual font for the player names and numbers is Rockwell Condensed.

The trim on the shorts should be Royal Blue, not Purple.

I'll post a raster of the Hornets' official numbers soon...

[TruColor]

These actually come from a 2002 Style Guide, but I believe the numbers and lettering were the same; it was carried over from the previous set:

[Hoopskid]

Rockwell Condensed.

That'll work

The trim on the shorts should be Royal Blue, not Purple.

Yeah I noticed that as soon as I posted it, I'll update soon.

Is it just me or is the NOB actually not the Nameplate lettering from the official guide? Thanks for posting it btw, I'll use it as a guide.

EDIT: Fairly confident in this number font (thanks to everyone for helping improve the accuracy), still trying to determine the NOB mystery.

EDIT #2:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62819866@N06/5733878060/

[The_Admiral]

It seems like the Hornets' primary colors were teal and royal more so than teal and purple. Weird how the team itself tended to be teal/royal while merchandise tended to be the '90sriffic teal/purple. Man, I never realized what a cluster the Charlotte Hornets were.

[Hoopskid]

Still finalizing the Hornets.

I was originally going to go in alphabetical order, but with the new Wizards release I thought it'd be cool to post these.

Team 4, Washington Bullets: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjuDnjqg

[BBTV]

Note the pleats in the Hornets' shorts. Those were intentional, and as far as I know, the only example I've ever seen of pleats on a basketball uniform.

You're kidding? That's pretty cool, I'll see how I can work that into the design.

lol, thats hilarious. Julian is quite the fashionable guy, so I guess his influence made it into the unis.

and DAMN thats a myriad of colors on that sheet!

There is nothing fashionable about pleated shorts.

Nothing.

Regardless, they were unique and need to be represented in the graphic. The image that CWx posted shows one way of doing so.

[Conrad.]

Kinda off-topic, but didnt want to start a new thread for this:

Best NBA Uniforms (by franchise)

Cool little idea there.

You need to do a WAY more in-depth version of this, Alex.

[Discogod]

Couple of issues with the Bullets, Hoopskid. The updated stars & stripes set was worn from 1985-87, not just 86-87. And there were a couple of versions of that first red set - for the first year, the "Bullets" wordmark was outlined in red, as were the NOBs on the home jerseys. In addition, the NOBs were straight, and used the same font as the numbers:

This made the NOBs too hard to read, so it was changed for the following season to a 1-colour name with a slight arch, with the red outline being removed from "Bullets":

The road jerseys stayed the same throughout, with straight NOBs, blue outline in white. This was used until 1990; for the 1990-91 season the Bullets switched to the standard block font.

[chakfu]

Couple of issues with the Bullets, Hoopskid. The updated stars & stripes set was worn from 1985-87, not just 86-87. And there were a couple of versions of that first red set - for the first year, the "Bullets" wordmark was outlined in red, as were the NOBs on the home jerseys. In addition, the NOBs were straight, and used the same font as the numbers:

This made the NOBs too hard to read, so it was changed for the following season to a 1-colour name with a slight arch, with the red outline being removed from "Bullets":

The road jerseys stayed the same throughout, with straight NOBs, blue outline in white. This was used until 1990; for the 1990-91 season the Bullets switched to the standard block font.

Images aren't showing up for me. Anyway, didn't the NOB's use an uppercase first letter and lower case for the rest? I remember them being impossible to read and looking awful.

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[The_Admiral]

Serpentine is such a hideous font. It's the font of small-town cop cars.