a visual consisting of shapes, symbols, images, and/or text. Commonly used to represent a group, organization or enterprise.
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Object > Expand on font seems to change the weight of the font
I am creating a logo for a client, I have two simple lines of text in Ai.
I have duplicated the logo and moved the copy below the original so I can compare the 2.
It seems that when I do Object > ...
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Logo Pack - What should I include?
What files should i put in a logo pack to give to clients? Should I put small, medium and large version of my logo as well as the vector file.
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Logo design - image beneath text - can it work?
I am hacking together a temporary logo for my software startup company. I have a good single-word communicative name and geometrically shaped logo. To me, the two look best when text is positioned ...
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What licensing requirements are there for the use of fonts in logos?
Imagine a logo that uses only a few characters from a font… or more exactly, the vector outlines of a few characters (between 2 and 4) from a font. What are the licensing requirements for commercial ...
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Photoshop Layer -> SVG
I've got PSD file with vector logo (smart object). I need to save it as SVG for website use. I don't see such option directly in Photoshop though.
Can anyone shed some light on the process? Is it ...
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How can I produce variations of a logo automatically?
Are there any tools or online services where I can that I can feed a logo and get a series of variations using different effects?
For example: A reflection effect OR a shadow effect OR depth effect.
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What is the range of size a logo can be viewed at?
I’m trying to come up with a logo for a small venture of mine, and I was wondering: at what sizes are logos typically displayed? I mean, I know in theory branding artwork should be redesigned for ...
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Double sided letterhead design with heavy ink coverage on the reverse
I have a question for seasoned graphic designers.
I'm designing a logo and a stationary including the letterhead. The back of the letterhead uses a very dark background. The question is, is it risky ...
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How to create this soft look around the logo?
Any ideas of how to create such looking logo like this:
This logo in site.
I like this roundness feel around letters. Dribble logo is also with similar effect.
I do not think that it is only ...
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Making a logotype “pop” off the page
I really like the look of the Launchrock logo:
It's subtle, but it seems to 'pop' off the background. Being that the background is dark, I can't image that they're achieving this with a simple drop ...
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Are working outlines, like the ones shown inside, a product of the workflow or added, manually, for presentational purposes?
I've seen a few images like this one, they fascinate me, but what I wonder is whether the geometric 'work-lines' are a product of the workflow (hidden masks, etc) or added, manually, for ...
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Creating negative company logos?
Is it standard practice to create negative copies of a companies logo if they don't provide one.
I'm asking as I'm creating a website which will have a companies page where I would like to list the ...
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How to ensure scalability of logo design?
How can I make my logo suitable for all purposes, from webpages to very large printed banners?
I currently use use Photoshop.
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Logo design : 300dpi Issues [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to ensure scalability of logo design?
I made a logo, consist of text myriad pro, I made them in 300dpi solution, I don't know but they are too pixelated, or it will ...
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How to design sites with dark colours (red and black palette)
The graphic designer for my club created a red and black logo (major color is black highlighted with red). Everyone thinks it looks great, and I agree. The issue lies with designing the site. We've ...
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Creating a custom grid for a logo in Illustrator
I always wondered how to create a those custom grids like you can see on David Pache's works (http://dribbble.com/helveticbrands) and Igor Duibanov.
I found out how to create a tangent to a circle ...
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Logo design issue
forgive me if this question doesnt fit the purpose of this stackexchange site,
Some of you probably have experience with logo design,
I'd like to ask a question,
I currently have a client that owns a ...
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Why is there so much emphasis on the text of a logo and not the catchyness of the logo itself?
Ok, so I have been looking at a lot of logos recently, all done by graphic designers. And in the majority of them, the only thing they have is a name or some "basic" text. I thought the idea behind a ...
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How can I create perfect “radio waves” (concentric arcs of a circle)?
I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the ...
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How to design 3D logos like this?
How and where - (in what application Photoshop, Corel or something else) can I make a 3D design that looks like the illustrations, for example?
Images from Logopond.com
Thanks in advance.
Best ...
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Keep minium distance of 1px when resizing logo
I am currently doing some work for one of my sites, for which among other things I am designing a logo. The logo partly consists of a few squares, which are aligned directly next to each other and ...
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How to shrink vector object without distoring it in Illustrator?
I always bump into this problem of distorting a logo when I shrink it in illustrator. I have expanded the object and converted all outlines.
I tried 'simplify' and 'clean up' the anchor points, and ...
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Need Guidance for Color Profile Settings in Illustrator
What is the best color profile to start with in Illustrator when designing a Logo that will be used for web and for print? Do you need to work on them in two different files, one with CMYK profile and ...
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Make the logo smaller without being blurry
How can i get a small version of my logo? Like a favicon. I tryed but it results blurry!
Which is the best way to get my logo really small? Do you have any tutorial for this?
Thanks
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Which program to use for a 3D logo
I am starting to develop a logo, but I want to know the best medium to work with. The size of the logo should never have to exceed 500 x 500 pixels, so I'm not sure if that should be taken into ...
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Features of a good logo for a smartphone app
I can design but I am new to the "phone app" world. How do I make an awesome logo for this smartphone-app job? I am looking for a "To Do" list, please.
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Best practices for exporting images from vector / eps artwork
I'm taking my first steps into the waters of vector design, designing a simple logo (in 'Sketch' for mac - an illustrator alternative).
This went well until it came time to export the artwork for a ...
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Logo looking fuzzy on smaller sizes
I created my logo in Adobe Illustrator and i'm happy espect that when i need it smaller, it looks pretty ugly and fuzzy. Like pixels are getting squeezed.
Here is a screenshot of the original on the ...
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Website logo alteration/modification/addition [closed]
We are going to reach 10 million users on our site quickly. We were hoping to honor that achievement by adding something to the logo that nods to it. Like a badge '10 million users' added to our site ...
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Feedback on Basic Website Logo
A friend of mine is setting up a basic English Language School and came up with his own logo combining a globe with a title and slogan.
Here is the logo:
I helped as much as I could being ...
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Logos with an asterisk? [closed]
can you point me to some logos that have an asterisk? I want to see some of them.
for example:
synthesis*
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How to portray 'lifestyle' in an app logo [closed]
I'm designing logo for an application titled 'Healthy Lifestyle'. The app provides info about restaurants with healthy food, gyms, some workout instructions; basically anything to do with healthy ...
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How can I improve this icon?
Programmer here, working on an app by myself. I think I'm slowly improving with my images each month, but I've never taken a course in graphics design, so there are elements of professionalism that ...
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why are “big companies” logos often so bad and/or boring? [closed]
This is obviously my personal oppinion by why is it the larger a company is, their logos seem to be really boring. Case in point facebook, google, zynga, tesco. I of course see the argument that they ...
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Adding outlined text to small + large logos to look good
I'm trying to add some outlined text to a product logo. I've got paint shop pro which can produce outlined text, with a variable outline line width.
My images are 512x512, 114x114 and 57x57.
I also ...
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Examples of logos based on Yijing hexagrams/trigrams? [closed]
I am looking for examples of logos based on Yijing hexagrams/trigrams.
The only one I know is the Dharma Initiative logo from the "Lost" series.
Do you know of any others?
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Too long name for portfolio site
I'm making a portfolio website, but I have a short first name, but a long last name!
Wxxx - first name
Vxx Dxx Dxxxxxxxx - last name
I've started with a logo with just my first name or something ...
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Should a logo for an organization be presented together with the name of the organisation?
Take a look at, for example. apple.com and nike.com. These are two extremely sucessful companies that on their webpages displays their logos but no necessarily their name. That is, when going to ...
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Can i use Mrs Eaves premium font in my logo?
I have Mrs Eaves premium font. Its the same font which is used in WordPress Logo. Can i use it in my logo?. What is premium font mean?. Do i have to purchase license for each website's logo?
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Which angles look good
A friend of mine had a poster made for his business. Here is a segment of it:
I can't tell for sure, but I think the angle of the logo is not quite right... (I don't mean any pun with the ...
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Can I use OS fonts in logos?
When I design a logo, can I use a font that was included in my OS? That I downloaded for free? I'm perhaps less concerned with wordmarks than with other types of logos.
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how do I fix this blur issue on my text logo in photoshop
I have a logo in PS but I'm having a small issue.
I see this small blur at the bottom of my logo text which i cant seem to get rid of.
Zoomed in:
can you see that small blur at the bottom of ...
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Meaning of logos for companies/organisations
I have been wondering , while designing a logo for an organisation/company what all should be taken into consideration and what all tools should be used.
For e.g can you tell me the reason behind the ...
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I am using splashup for graphic design. Does anyone know how to copy text from a certain image? [closed]
Please help me? I am trying to create a logo for a friend of mine. I can't believe how hard it is just to ask a simple question on a website like this.
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Avoid cropping “transparent” areas when using logo
We have the following logo for a project at my school:
(PDF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13934366/M2/Grafiska/Logotyp/M2.pdf)
Now, as you can see, it has a descending triangle to make it look like a ...
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Designing around an awful logo
I'm looking for some opinions on how to approach an interesting problem I've encounted.
I dabble in UX/graphic design, specifically for the web. Mostly static sites. I do this all on my own time as ...
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What size canvas should logos be designed on?
When designing a logo is there a minimum size canvas that should be used to keep quality when it is enlarged or when reduced?
Obviously the dimensions of a canvas depend on the shape of the logo, but ...
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Can Inkscape be associated to SVG as the primary tool of the trade? [closed]
I'm planning to make an icon to represent SVG. I know there are official logos, but I never saw them until I looked for them, and I don't believe many designers associate SVG to these logos.
My icon ...
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Technically, what are the prime gotchas that could affect your logo further down the road, if it incorporates justified* fx & blend mode treatments?
Explanation
(*Justified meaning they favorably add to the identity and aesthetics; i.e. we're assuming that they make perfect sense in a structural meaning.)
I'm looking for technically specific ...
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How to create coloured smoke effect for logo
I'd like to recreate the effect used in this picture.
How can I do this in Photoshop?
