Tuesday, May 6, 2014

A swollen river off its course turns CNN to CW






CNN has a line running along the middle of there letters that flow like a river.  It looks like the meandering river when I draw it.  I can make out the C but the double N looks more like a W.  I am not sure what impression they are trying to make but maybe something can be done animating it in a motion design piece.  If so I would be surprised if it has not already been done. 

Monday, May 5, 2014

W is for skewers






This is a wordmark one can get stuck on.  I never though of a w as a letter made of flaming skewers.  I could have a bundle of skewers each in both my first and last names.  I am not sure why I would do with them but they certainly would make my name light up.  I doubt anyone could read the w in either name so it certainly has its minuses.

The Voltswagen Logo






Volkswagen, a brand that has been around for a while do why does it bring to mind a peace symbol of a later age.  I know the Nazis used volkswagens as military vehicles in WWII and that does not sound like a brand of peace.  I guess you cannot judge a brand by its look but you sure can sell it by them.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

The WTC Goudy

A G is a wondrous character.
Its lower form has two stories
They are curvy but flat.
A steady hand is required navigating your curves.
Your upper serif is a horn that shrinks as you grow
You come in gift and glory and great.


The Helvitica I i

A sans serif you are
You stand straight as can be
As an upper you have no break
As a lower you pause before before your top point.
You take little room.
Your angles are as straight as your lines


The Avante Garde K

The K is a great letter
After all it leads my name and word king.
Like the law it has a long reaching arm.
While is has a short one to guard itself.
It is straight lines and various angles.
Even when it lacks serifs.

The Slimbach S

Oh S, how do I delight in your ways.
You are full of curves like a dangerous highway.
Even your serifs are curved.
You have your thins and your thick in all the right places.
You come in lower and upper sizes
Like all letter you have uses.
You lead and you follow.