BartW
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which version would you choose ?
(with blue led light)
(with blue led light)
choosing new SS boat name - logo
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jimmy_the_builder
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How about the 'blue' backlit in blue, and the 'angel' backlit in white? In terms of the typography, I prefer the first one.
kashurst
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for me the top picture, all the same font
Nautorius
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I like the second one, it stands out and is more interesting.
jimmy_the_builder
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If you wanted to emphasis the 'A' of 'angel', you could render it in the same font, but larger, and give it wings (this is the best I could do for image search
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vas
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+1 but would need to see it first...
re typography, neither tbh, slightly better the first, but angel is too "light" a font.
Not sure about size either Bart, looks a bit on the small side.
Do a few more and come back
V.
jfm
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Nice
Yep I would funk it up
I like the font but make slightly bigger
I like both the first and second ideas
I think use 2 colours. E.g. white everywhere except make the A into an angel and make it blue.
Or use white letters, have a blue A, and an amber halo and/or wings above/on the A
Or use your second picture but put an amber halo above the A and forget the wings.
I really think a second colour is a nice trick (as you know, I did that with red leds)
Yachtlite remain best at this imho. They just did Dilbar
Yep I would funk it up
I like the font but make slightly bigger
I like both the first and second ideas
I think use 2 colours. E.g. white everywhere except make the A into an angel and make it blue.
Or use white letters, have a blue A, and an amber halo and/or wings above/on the A
Or use your second picture but put an amber halo above the A and forget the wings.
I really think a second colour is a nice trick (as you know, I did that with red leds)
Yachtlite remain best at this imho. They just did Dilbar
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jimmy_the_builder
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If you wanted to emphasis the 'A' of 'angel', you could render it in the same font, but larger, and give it wings (this is the best I could do for image search
Make the 'A' backlit white and everything else blue
MapisM
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+1.
What I particularly like is that the elaborated "A" remains very elegant.
Something that can't be said of the winged one (sorry JTB, that's just my personal view of course).
I would consider putting the whole name on the f/b overhang rather than on the transom, btw.
Possibly shifted on port side, right above the stair.
B, who made that rendering for you? It's very well done.
jimmy_the_builder
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petem
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Bart, having had some success of making illuminated names myself, I know that the minimum width of the serifs must be at least 14mm. You need around 5mm for the LED light channel plus 3.5mm each side for the walls of the channel or else you get hot spots.
Yachtlite have the same restriction see http://www.yachtlite.com/index.php?p=technical. Your 'fancy A' probably wouldn't pass this test.
Yachtlite have the same restriction see http://www.yachtlite.com/index.php?p=technical. Your 'fancy A' probably wouldn't pass this test.
julians
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Go for the first.
The second one looks like the logo for a strip club.
The second one looks like the logo for a strip club.
rafiki_
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Yep, agreed.
MapisM
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LOL, you're saying that as if it were a bad thing!
Only joking, funny you should say that.
Different strokes for different folks springs to mind, 'cause my perception was exactly the opposite.
Then again, I've never been a strip club devotee...
BartW
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Do a few more and come back
V.
been there, done that,
too much choice is not a good thing,
the two above got our preference,
neither the forum, can't make a choice for one or the other ;-)
agree that the letters need to have a bit more "volume"
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BartW
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available space is a BIG problem for the desgn,
we have been thinking of placing the name on the overhang, but:
- the ensign will usually be in front,
- technically that will be difficult, as that rear side of the overhang is a Mahony beam, not a plank,
so difficult to fix the name, and wire the leds ...
renderings are made by my company corporate and web design guy,
Greg2
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First one gets my vote. Classy and understated....
petem
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Number 2 for me!
markc
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Overall the first one gets my vote, but maybe in a slightly more elegant font - Gill Sans MT (top) or Helvetica 53 Extended (bottom) would be my choice
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jfm
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Pete I don't buy that. Unless you are making huge letters for dilbar or something you are never going to put LEDs in the serifs. They get lit by light spreading from the LEDs inside the arms/legs/bars in the main part of the letters. So serifs can be fine, and pointed, whatever you want, and much less than 14mm.
To be frank I don't even see serifs in Bart's pictures but you might be looking on a bigger screen.
I think the thinnest part of Bart's fancy A, the crossbar, is 14mm anyway.
Bart my vote is to have the name on the transom not the overhang.