I've vectorized the Digital Mars logo. http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/ (I think it's Arial in the original, but the M and S of my Arial is different??) Perhaps this'll be useful some day.
Barring the stretched text, there is something I like about the DM logo. The Mars there looks totally out of this world (hah). On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote: > On 2011-07-01 18:02, James Fisher wrote: > >> A couple of things to keep in mind: >> >> I see every suggestion so far, including mine, uses letterplay, but a >> logo does not *have* to do this. Note that Python's logo is not the >> word "python" made out of snakes, for example. I see a lot of >> >> ameteur-looking logos around that seem to think that forcing a letter or >> word into a shape is the only way to do it. The end result is, well, it >> looks forced, and that's bad. I'm not advocating discarding the "D" >> route, but it's something to keep in mind. This certainly opens up >> possibilities for simplicity. There are many logos out there consisting >> of a simple graphic and some well-set text, and they look classy. For >> example, we could run with the Mars theme, and *just* have a well-done >> stylized image of Mars. Example: >> https://github.com/eegg/d-**brand/raw/master/d-logo-11.png<https://github.com/eegg/d-brand/raw/master/d-logo-11.png> >> **. >> > > I like that one. > > -- > /Jacob Carlborg >