jaha32 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 The Icon and new colour choices are nice. Hate the type treatment. Is it the WnBa? Why mix cases on an acronym?Yes. Never understood on it here either:Why not just use a capital N?Lower case N's often look better than capital N's. The Suns also use a lower case n in their new midcourt wordmark because it is just a flipped U. The diaginal part of capital N's can look out of place in some fonts. I think the lower case letters here are a good choice and match the curviness that the W and B have. DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersurge Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Here's another version, from WNBA.com:I actually like the new identity and the fact that they decided to utilize a completely different color from all of the other leagues. While it does exude a little bit of that 'Home Depot Vibe' I can live with it. Anyone else wish that the white lines in the word mark went all the way to the edges of each letter? I kind of wished that it was more like the Blue Jays' font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Purely coincidental, I assume, but it's nice to see the league go with Pat Summitt's favorite colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 The Icon and new colour choices are nice. Hate the type treatment. Is it the WnBa? Why mix cases on an acronym?Alphabet 26. Here's a little graphic design history for you. While not a revolutionizing concept, the thought behind it is solid and it seems to show up occasionally, like it has here.http://www.pbtweb.com/alpha26/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfan13 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 The new logo is doing layups. How appropriate. This is the problem. Men make fun of the WNBA for the lack of dunking, but then question and mock Brittney Griner's gender based on the fact that she can and does dunk. This is the unfortunate paradoxical stereotype female athletes have. If they are too athletic they must be a man, if they are not athletic enough its boring, and if they are not sexy its not worth watching. Its a shame.Not true for all men. I actually question Brittney Griner's gender because she (he) is rather mannish. And I don't watch WNBA games not because I find the players to be too athletic or not athletic enough and not because the players are not sexy enough. I choose not to watch because the play is too sloppy to keep me interested. It's on the same level as boys high school basketball (which I also don't watch) in terms of sloppy play. But I do get what you're saying. Women's professional sports is usually a Catch 22 for men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Color-corrected versions of the primary mark and wordmark: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 As for the logo itself, I like it because it is not red/white/blue just to look "American".(btw, Knoxville? same here - I guess I'm spoiled with the Lady Vols)I'm a proud alum myself. GBO! But, yes, we're exposed to women's bball much more than other markets here in Knoxville. I guess that's why we have the Women's BBall Hall of Fame here.I actually didn't attend UT, but I've lived here my whole life. Suppose I probably should be more of a fan of the school besides the LVs...I never understood why the WNBA never tried to expand into Tennessee... if not in Knoxville itself, then certainly Nashville. Just load the roster up with UT and Vandy (if in Nashville) alums.No team there is two-fold. First, local investors know it will be hard to be profitbale. Second, fans like Lady Vols or Vandy hoops and may not want to spend cash on anything else. Somewhat like you may enjoying watching your kid play and financially support youth soccer, but are not too keen going to see the MLS or NASL.I think it'd be naive to think a hypothetical Tennessee WNBA franchise would be as popular as the Lady Vols right out the gate, but if they can consistently draw 7,000 fans to see women's pro ball in middle-of-nowhere Connecticut (another place that only has a team because of the success of a local women's college team), a team in Knoxville/Nashville is probably worth a shot. I seriously doubt they'd do any worse there than they're doing in NY, Chicago and Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnivore Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 It looks like a 70s logo, but I like what they did. NCFA-FCS/CBB: Minnesota A&M | RANZBA (OOTP): Auckland Warriors | USA: Front Range United | IFA: Toverit Helsinki | FOBL: Kentucky Juggernaut Minnesota A&M 2012 National Champions 2013 National Finalist, 2014 National Semi-finals 2012, 2013, 2014 Big 4 Conference Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymie Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 The typography treatment kills the entire package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 The logo's nice. I have no comment on the league, as it doesn't merit discussion. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Scorcho Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 The logo is nice but the mixed case is pretty awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I think the w, n, and a are all lowercase. the B is capital and I don't mind that as you can make it stand for "Basketball" being first and foremost. And aethetically speaking sometimes lower case simply fills the given space better than capital. Idk if thats the case with the Raptors though but in this case a lower case b has a lot of negative space in it, and an upper case A can sometimes look off. I think it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 The typeface used is called "Cyclone" from H&FJ:http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100003 Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 The typeface used is called "Cyclone" from H&FJ:http://www.typograph...ctLineID=100003So apparently if you test drive the font, the wordmark is not a mixed upper and lowercase font, it's completely lowercase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguino Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Someone mock up a NBA version of the logo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 official Full wordmark, with all its "quirky" case: Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Someone mock up a NBA version of the logo...sry for dbl-post, but this is a separate comment:The NBA - Land of the Lay-Ups Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 official Full wordmark, with all its "quirky" case:I don't get this font? why is the W in the full mark more capital looking? I thought the mixed caps looked good in the anagram but the full spelled out mark looks awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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