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Stickman
 
2010-03-30

I'm looking for some opinions on the logo below. Please be honest (and constructive), trust me I won't be offended. It's for a wedding car hire company that specialises in VW Beetles.

Obviously I've anonymised it, but it's pretty close to the original.

http://the-stickman.com/graphics/junk/companylogo.gif

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Big Ern
 
2010-03-30

At smaller sizes, that curly font will be indecipherable.

The thin line that connects the fenders I think needs to either be as thick as the other lines or it should disappear.

Personally, I have a real hate for those cutesy-pie girly fonts, I think it would be better with a modern sans serif of some kind. Get ari, r_d et al to suggest... I am rubbish with fonts.

Other than that skinny line, I like the beetle shape of the logo a lot actually.

my 2 cents.

arigato
 
2010-03-30

I agree on the line weight. And on the cutesy font, but more because I think the swirly bits are filling themselves in, and you're losing a lot of legibility. Especially on the phone # & url, but even on the headers.

I'd go for a playful sans, maybe something like Officina.http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/officina-sans/

FWIW I like the shape, too.

Stickman
 
2010-03-30

Thanks for the feedback chaps.

Full disclosure: I didn't design the logo. It's for a site that I've been asked to build, and was designed by 'a friend of a friend' of the client.

What you've both said matches up exactly -- seriously, almost word-for-word -- with my thoughts. The beetle motif is good but the 'bottom' line should be the same width as the rest, the font is horrible and illegible when scaled down. However I wanted a couple of independent second opinions before I say so to the client.

So, thanks for taking the time. :thumbsup:

Candy Beard
 
2010-04-02

I was gonna say I hated the font, but I see that would be superfluous.

arigato
 
2010-04-06

So do we all like the font then?

rogue_designer
 
2010-04-06

Font is awesum. Just make it more pink. But with a blueish feel. And more wedding-y. KTHNKSBYE

Candy Beard
 
2010-04-06

You know when a font is so wrong that _I _can tell, that it is very wrong indeed.

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