Orraloon Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Looks braw. Can't remember what it looked like before, right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 That font looks very familiar, in fact I'm sure I can say that yes, I've seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMcD Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 20 hours ago, TAMB1 said: The last part of the header upgrades are complete. What do we all think? In general looks good. On the mobile site the navigation area at the top of the page, above the logo, has a different shade of blue which looks disjointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I still think it says Tartan Amy on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 5 hours ago, scottincarlisle said: I still think it says Tartan Amy on my phone. Certainly does (and I'm using a laptop). The tracking is all to cock. This was pointed out a month ago when we were asked to comment on various potential versions, and this is actually worse. On ‎01‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 10:56 PM, DonnyTJS said: Yeah, 3 & 4 are a serif font and the rest are sans. I'd suggest tweaking the sans tracking so that the r doesn't run into the m - as it stands it's just a confusion of minims. Personally, I liked the version that's been up there for the past two or three weeks. If we do have to have this bolder font, then please kern the letters in 'Army' apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobster Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I appreciate the work that's been done by TAMB1 and think he/she was brave to put their work out to be judged. Tough audience on here. I think it's been tightly kerned on purpose to try to make it more unique. It's a bit of a style thing that purists and old folk won't like. I remember my uncle going crazy because he'd received an annual report and not only were the figures too small they were printed on a grey background so the contrast wasn't great. He rambled on about how designers should know their audience and that a lot of readers of annual reports would be older with poor eyesight. I bit like the audience on here I'd guess. The logo has definitely been carefully considered. Look at how the words 'Message Board' line up perfectly under the word 'Tartan'. That's not an accident. That said, if I'm truthful, I think that the words 'Message Board' should be bigger so they end up wider than the word 'Tartan'. As it is, the word 'Army' looks cut off from the rest and is floating. I also agree that it would benefit from the kerning being looked at, though just kerning the 'r' and 'm' won't work in isolation. Not so easy with everything else being so tightly kerned and the font being bold. Good luck TAMB1. You did ask!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 All good points, Bobster (have you worked in printing?). You're right about the matched width of Tartan and Message Board (hadn't registered with me), but it's a design choice that has led to other problems. As you say, Message Board is too small and the kerning on the lettering above is too tight. If the tracking was loosened across Tartan Anny you could enlarge Message Board somewhat, but not much - and Anny is the problem rather than Tartan because of the obliques on A and y and the bunched minims on r and m. Just explained to the wife that I was typing about the lettering on the TAMB's new logo to which she replied "You're not being a grumpy old man, are you, and complaining?" Time for bed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I believe that it was for occasions like these, that somebody invented the word "pernickety" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Orraloon said: I believe that it was for occasions like these, that somebody invented the word "pernickety" Does that say pemickety ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 11 minutes ago, fringo said: Does that say pemickety ? Are you one of them auld codgers that Bobster was going on about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Are you one of them auld codgers that Bobster was going on about? seems I'm getting there slowly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I like the new logo with the Yes font. Bottom line is if yer a 2014 náwbag then you're a fándan of the same ilk as proponents of Trvmp and Br€xit. You're a dogshÃt cúnt and you should fvckin stab yourself to improve humanity. Love you xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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