Ok, this might sound slightly mad, but for the sake of clarity, I'll explain what I don't like about these fonts:
Molengo: The rounding of the "p" and "d" characters have different shapes, disturbing the balance between these two letters. Also, the point of Futura and LuzSans were their clean, minimalistic look, whereas the "l" in Molengo has a curve ending which breaks that style. Also, the vertical lines in the "p" and "d" are too fat and too short at the same time. FreeSans: It's better, but it lacks sophistication. If you compare it with Futura, you'll see that the cirlces in "p" and "d" are narrower in FreeSans. Also, the version you showed is too bold, a light face looks much better Sawasdee: The serif-like angled lines in the "p" and "d" just totally go against the initial idea of the logo. Also, the ">" is much too fat Now, I guess this discussion is more suited to a Font forum :-) I strongly believe a logo is a logo, and doesn't need to match any "corporate" font. If we use Luz or Futura in the logo, and a different font in any printed material, it's just fine and no cause for concern. Cheers, Ben On 21 Jul 2010, at 11:20, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Really? I like them. I really don't see what Futura, Luz, or other > fonts have that these don't. > > Is there a free font you particularly like that you would suggest? > > Daniel. > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Benjamin Schuster-Boeckler > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hmm, I must admit that from my point of view, none of them really get >> anywhere close to the previous quality. They just don't work, somehow. >> >> Ben >> >> On 21 Jul 2010, at 10:35, Daniel Carrera wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I have selected three fonts which are, open source, sans-serif, and >>> look nice. I put them up on this page: >>> >>> http://pdl.perl.org/images/fonts.png >>> >>> The first column shows a modified font resulting from me moving the >>> letters around, inspired by earlier experiments from Benjamin. >>> >>> There are more free sans fonts. A few were a bit too fancy, but most >>> were just too similar to FreeSans to offer anything new (MgOpen >>> Moderna, Liberation, DejaVu, Bitstream Vera). I chose FreeSans because >>> it is the most compact and the > lines up perfectly with the letters. >>> >>> I discarded LuzSans due to uncertainty about the license, and Tuffy >>> was beautiful but I had some issues I could not fix. >>> >>> Lastly, I did not try to emulate Futura. Futura is nice, but it is not >>> the only nice font. I tried to select *simple* fonts that nonetheless >>> look nice. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Daniel. >>> -- >>> Intolerant people should be shot. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Perldl mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >> >> -- >> Benjamin Schuster-Böckler >> Frundsbergstrasse 23a >> 82064 Strasslach >> Deutschland >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Perldl mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >> > > > > -- > Intolerant people should be shot. -- Benjamin Schuster-Böckler Frundsbergstrasse 23a 82064 Strasslach Deutschland _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
