Logotacular Fontasticness

[denny]

Today we will mostly be trying to decide between almost identical fonts. Help?


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4.

4b. See comments :)

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ETA: We seem to have acquired an option #4b - see image in the comments, and I guess vote for 4 if you think 4b is the winnar. :)

Poll #670 Fontastic

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The version I like bestest is...

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#1
5 (33.3%)

#2
2 (13.3%)

#3
2 (13.3%)

#4
4 (26.7%)

#5
2 (13.3%)

Helen says to tell everyone that she is still working on the atom thingy and hence it is not yet to be criticised :) Personally I think it looks cool.

Comments

[hythloday]

I'm afraid I don't like any of them.

1. The join of the bowl and the stem on the h, a and d is too thick for the gradient. The a looks like the stem is curved because the counter is so large! As Simon noted, the s is extremely distracting.

2. Here the s is too fragile, and the tail of the y too short and squared. The lower join on the d is too violent, and the e and a aren't sympathetic to each other and draw the eye too much.

3. I find the a and s quite jarring next to each other, and the bowl of the a protrudes a little too far. I also don't really like its attempt at serifs.

4. The eye is a fraction too large and the counter in the d is too large (the stem of the d looks curved again). The apertures in the n and h, and d overpower the other letters.

5. The stem of the y slopes away unpleasantly from the atom (not the fault of the typeface), but the attempt at a serif on the n and d is rather ugly. The s is too understated compared to the h and n, though it looks good next to the e and a. The e is too flat on the bottom and a is too slouched.

If I absolutely had to choose one I'd go for 2, as it has the most character.