Metagramme business card
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- max_prophet0
it's not the fact that gotham is overused, it's the fact that it doesn't pair particularly well with your wordmark.
If you're going simple go simple, I'd try the same typeface all ranged left.
If you do stick with gotham, correct this: DESIGN ER
unless you do have a design emergency room, which sounds cool.
- pretty sure that's a jpeg/resolution issue, not in the actual piecemagnificent_ruin
- you have a kind heart rand.max_prophet
- OR ARE YOU JUST SLOPPY?max_prophet
- Lmax_prophet
- I'm sloppymagnificent_ruin
- when I said kind i meant ruptured and lagged in cholesterol.max_prophet
- both, thenmagnificent_ruin
- since 04magnificent_ruin
- Here's to 04.max_prophet
- we'll always have 04magnificent_ruin
- is this why you send desserts? to hasten my demise?magnificent_ruin
- THAT IS COLDmagnificent_ruin
- I'm a feeder.max_prophet
- feeding on the misery of othersmagnificent_ruin
- gramme0
Updated: some variations, and two different sizes. I agree with some that it's best just to use Mercury only for the purposes of my stationery, but I still maintain that Gotham 1. pairs well with Mercury and 2. is a timeless and well-drawn face, despite its current ubiquity, which means it will have a very long shelf life.
So. Anyone have a favorite?
http://www.metagramme.com/MG_BC_…
http://www.metagramme.com/MG_BC_…
P.S.—the benefit of the one-sided cards is that they would be engraved, both on the logo and the contact info. If I do two-sided, only one side can be engraved. The other side has to be litho, which yields a less-shiny silver. This would make my business card a bit of a departure from the system, since my letterhead prints one side only.
- ...l'head engraves one side only, rather. No litho.gramme
- tank020
One sided one, always look better with engraving.
- VectorMasked0
the 2nd one is better.
I still prefer gotham actually. It's got more life. Some designers might be bored of it, but the average folk will see any serif as a free PC version of times new roman.
- moamoa0
I would go for the 2 sided version with hot foil stamping.
I am not so keen about Mercury in Upper case...
I prefer a classic business card format.much better then the mercury/gotham mix.
- 2sided...hmmmmtank02
- hehe well it a taste thing.. I never did a onesided bc... I like the spacemoamoa
- moa, I'd agree usually, but there's so little info there, I've got gallons of space hanging around :)gramme
- I understand, i did one 'one sided ' one, looks classy if you a just have small amount of info.tank02
- but where is the url? ;)moamoa
- gramme already said what i wanted to say. Its like buying 2 porsches targa for 1 person ;)tank02
- fuck url's, thats so 2008 ;)tank02
- ohhh I lied I did that CORC bc from my website onesided ;(moamoa
- IT'S IN THE FREEKIN EMAIL ADDRESS, MORANSgramme
- ;)gramme
- clients are stupid...moamoa
- I bet somone will ask for you url.moamoa
- I always aim high...gramme
- hheheh ;)moamoa
- tank020
You have a point Vector. But a designer makes their own card out of pure vanity and actually for themselves.
Thats why a lot of designers have so much trouble of making their own id. The bar is placed as high.
- gramme0
Already sold on engraving, it's more detailed than foil. Just looking for layout input.
- more detailed? hmmmmoamoa
- My experience at least, letters are crisper when engraved than when foil stamped.gramme
- In fact, I find engraving to be the most crisp form of printing, hands down.gramme
- I think it depends on the printer... I did some hot.foil stamping with Garamond 7pt and it was sharpmoamoa
- 7point? shit my printers are already complaining at 9...ugh i hate Belgium! land of mediocricy...tank02
- one of the best in the world ;)
http://www.imbergerg…
moamoa - those guys are priniting & refining all the lavish booksmoamoa
- Merci for that linktank02
- moveinspace0
the card grids are way better this time gramme. really coming along. I like the 2 sided card personally or the layout on page 4 in the first 1st pdf. nice job and good luck with the interview.
- gramme0
Yeah, I'm kinda leaning toward that one too...
- magnificent_ruin0
engraving makes a weird crushed impression on reverse side, no? so one sided might be better if engraving?
- yeah thats why I would prefer the hot foil thing....moamoa
- showpony0
so did you get these back from the printer yet? pix, or you know...
- Amicus0
haha... I grew with a Matthew Steele in Bayswater, Western Australia. If this is you, send me an email. :)
- tparsons0
What moamoa said...
Two sided is much better... Especially with the impact of that black...
- _salisae_0
Gotham is greatly overused and I don't see it as timeless at all. I see it as the font everyone used these past couple of years and feel it will become a very time specific looking type trend.
- time will tellmagnificent_ruin
- amen. great typeface, but the masses ruined it for mejimbojones
- Time is a snitch.max_prophet
- it has almost no personality, it might survivemagnificent_ruin
- JazX survived, afterall.max_prophet
- strange - I think it's fairly distinct looking and has a strong personality._salisae_
- to me it's almost genericmagnificent_ruin
- highly salisae_salisae_
- I think if I stare at even the most beautifully kerned piece of type for long enough, I will become convinced it needs more work.Jnr_Madison
- as if we've ascribed certain values to it because of its temporary ubiquitymagnificent_ruin
- like a bland nordic modelmagnificent_ruin
- Chairman Mao probably had a distinct personality, yet his people were forced to remain generic.max_prophet
- Gotham = COMMUNIST INFILTRATOR!max_prophet
- They stood united, kerned a shoulder apart on the battlefields!max_prophet
- are you saying gramme is a commie?magnificent_ruin
- gotham = trojan horsemagnificent_ruin
- gramme is a commie. metacommie.max_prophet
- got ham? Coincidence? I think not.Jnr_Madison
- LOL metacommieJnr_Madison
- Go Sam with a lisp? Queer anti government propagandamagnificent_ruin
- jesus I'm thick. I only just this minute got what was funny about "highly salisae"kelpie
- I like Gotham, in upper case, but hate the lower case. good thing I like it in upper cos I persuaded my boss to buy it and make it our logo about 1 1/2 years agokelpie
- hai 5magnificent_ruin
- ...and make it our logo about 1 1/2 years ago :/kelpie
- I'd say a low 7, randkelpie
- It's all about gotham narrow now, not having it, but wanting it.Jnr_Madison
- to avoid future legal battles, I establish ownership of highly salisae trademark right nowmagnificent_ruin
- looking at gotham narrow, playing with it...magnificent_ruin
- I reckon it'll disappoint, just like beer, sex, your job, your heroes and everything else you ever yearned for at one timekelpie
- I don't want to use it, just have itmagnificent_ruin
- enjoy the wanting, the reality will suck.kelpie
- I just want to have the dissapointing realitymagnificent_ruin
- but will be disappointed in the disappointmentmagnificent_ruin
- you've taken melodrama to a whole new level, rand. *claps disinterestedly_salisae_
- greatmagnificent_ruin
- magnificent_ruin0
engraving has more fine detail than hot foil, yes?
- magnificent_ruin0
funny thing about upper vs lowercase gotham--like 2 different typefaces. Upper a plain retro signmaker quality, lower a kind of 60s retro polaroid logo quality
- funny how?Jnr_Madison
- like it fails to amuse memagnificent_ruin
- I know I am not on form today, everyone's a critic.Jnr_Madison
- either the ascenders are too high or the x height's too low, dunno which. Looks weird.kelpie
- I thought it had a large x heightmagnificent_ruin
- I'm not very observantmagnificent_ruin
- me neither, but this is the impression get looking at it, too much up top, not enough bodykelpie
- or maybe I'm thinking of Verlag actuallykelpie
- I think you are, you total dongbagmagnificent_ruin
- hahahahaJnr_Madison
- AMENmoamoa
- tank020
You know gramme, this thread could continue to eternity.
- Jamal_Jenkins0
EPIC !
1:08 reminds me of the size argument posted here.
- kelpie0
thing I don't know is, if everyone wants Gotham Narrow so much, why don't they just squeeze it a bit in illustrator, and make it narrow?
what is wrong with you people?
- I have it, I just want to want it again.Jnr_Madison
- LOLmagnificent_ruin
- I want to get sick of it againmagnificent_ruin
- admiring it ..._salisae_
- I want it to want memagnificent_ruin