R advice

Banjo20 Jun 2014

I have an antique custom-lettered / engraved book cover that I'm trying to trace and use the general style of the type to create a logo for a band.

Right now I'm trying to turn a capital P into an R. I'm not sure if this is the kind of leg I should use or not, but so far it's the only one that has looked ok. Hoping for some advice / critique on this. Thanks so much!

P (original):

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pennsylvania-illustrated-R2.gif	8.76 KB
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Banjo20 Jun 2014#

I just realized this is totally a spam double-post. I forgot about my other topic in the Logos forum. Please forgive me and feel free to delete this post, mods.

hrant20 Jun 2014#

That leg looks great! Assuming the letter is supposed to be going "uphill".

hhp

George Thomas20 Jun 2014#

I agree that it looks great, but it is too wide. The original is a condensed design and the new leg extends outward too much. Otherwise, good job!

Banjo20 Jun 2014#

Thanks George, I appreciate the useful feedback. Spot on. I'd love for you to take a look at the finished design when it's done (I'm about 1/3 of the way through the rest of the letters now) and tell me if you still think the leg extends too far. I agree with you that normally it shouldn't, but as the leading character in the logo I wonder if it won't end up looking better over-extended as it is now. Can't wait to get the rest of the characters finished so we can see in context!

donshottype22 Jun 2014#

Your design of the leg has a lot of flair, No matter how you make it narrower it's going to loose some of this. Here is one possible starting point. This is clip & paste on a jpeg image. In vector the curves of the leg could be improved considerably.

The bowls on _R_ are often do not descend as far as the bowls on _P_. An idea might be to shift the bottom of the bowl on _P_ upward before doing this type of leg for the _R_.
Don

donshottype22 Jun 2014#

Another option with this design is a concave leg on the _R_.

This one looks more Victorian.
Don

theplatypus25 Jun 2014#

Great critique George.

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