Los Logos
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- dconstrukt
hey guys, just got the book, los logos...lots of cool stuff in there...
i was wonderin about the fonts.....i have a shitload of fonts on the computer or on cds somewhere....
what are the most common fonts used in that book? or for logos......
im trying to learn about all this stuff......lol
thanks.
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- popovich0
I don't have that book - I just once looked through it in a bookshop - but I think I don't understand your question. What do you mean - common fonts? There is no common font for a logo...... Every time you start anew. Though, if you look at "Helvetica" book, you'll think the Helvetica face is the most common....
- dconstrukt0
basically i saw alot of fonts in that book...some i've never seen before.....they were really nice.
im asking if anyone has an idea as to some names of some fonts that might be in there......
it was late when i posted that message and i was baked. :o)
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- unknown0
a lot of the stuff in that book is custom fonts or just free drawn.
nice book btw.
- vespa0
yea great book but most of them are not straight fonts, where would be the craftsmanship in that?
- schjetne0
So basically you are asking what font most logos are made with?
Do you even realize what a silly question that is? No offence, but that's pretty far out, man.
- dconstrukt0
schjetne:
yeah its silly.....whatever im sorry that we are all not as smart as you. most logos are not all custom fonts.....alot are tweeked a little.
to the rest of the people:
i was curious cause i have so many fonts, i figured some of them i might have yet have never seen......
- schjetne0
Hey, sorry if I offended you, but fact is most logos are made different, and to point out ONE specific font used in most logos in a book about fonts is a bit difficult. I'm not claiming to be smarter than everyone else, most people in here are designers, and most designers know that logos are made by lots of different people, with lots of different fonts.
My guess is, though, that a lot of the logos in that book is made using some sort of Helvetica...
- 4cY0
i'm curious, are there any samples of the book online somewhere?
- unknown0
dont know about samples but the logos in the book aren't logos in the corp id sense, thy're more t-shirt and record label type deal, the 'type' is often hyper graff style, created from scratch.
sa seen on the cover:
http://www.booksmags.com/books/s…
- 4cY0
thx, unformatted and rasko!
....hmm....seen it before somewhere sometime....
- dconstrukt0
hey schjetne:
thanks...:o)
i am curious, if these are all custom fonts, cause i've tried playing with fonts in illustrator, and they ALWAYS are fucked up looking,
HOW to they come out so perfect?????
i cant for the life of me get perfectly straight curves ......its driving me mad....lol
and the book is really nice....
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- schjetne0
Illustrator skills come with time, man. It's nothing you learn over night. I've been using illustrator almost every day (professionally) for the last two years, and I still have a LONG way to go before I'm as good as most of those guys in that book.
Illustrator is a lovely tool, but it takes time to really master it. Take a look at what NT's very own Brooke does in Illustrator:
Illustrator takes hard work and a lot of patience.
- schjetne0
I had to bump this, I looked through brooke's folio and it's perfect!
- unknown0
schjetne's crush aside. :-)
I agree with him. Illustrator is very much like learning to drive a manual transmission (stick shift).
At first you hate it. But with time your learn to refine your movements.
I still haven't mastered it. After working with it for over 6 years.
Brooke is dedicated to her craft. And that is the best advice I can give you.
bB
- dopepope0
All logos are Ariel.
Just being a dick. Actually I had to jump in here cause whenever there are nice words being said about Brooke I have to be involved. She is no joke. The Los Logos book is awesome. I'm lucky enough to have some designs in it, but their are some KILLER designers in there too! Excellent resource.
- alienlb0
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Büro destruct book
= Los Logos
______________________Büro destruct fonts
= www.typedifferent.com
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- schjetne0
So all the logos in that book are made by Büro Destruct? I thought it was a showcase of a lot of great logos by a lot of great designers...
- alienlb0
it'a showcase