Typophile

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mikeb7

Hi guys!

I’ve actually already got an identity ( http://www.typophile.com/node/27464 )
but I’m not happy with the name “bloobseven” since a lot of people and clients ask me what it stands for.. and it doesn’t really stand for anything but is rather a “back-in-the-day-.com-hype” name.

So I’ve decided to make it more personal and switch to my name “michael nagy” I’ve already sketched a few ideas

and after a lil bit of doodling I came up with this idea

The M,N and G form the pencil. MN stands for my name “Michael Nagy” and the G stands for “Grafiker” which is german for graphic designer.
However. In the cleaned up versions a lot of people read ECO insted of mng. Any ideas on how to make it more legible?

The font for the name is Myriad Pro. Is this a good solution in your opinion? I like Myriad cause it’s versatile and not overused but I’d gladly take any typo suggestions into consideration.

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Lex Kominek

I think the reason people are seeing “ECO” is that the letters are stacked vertically. I’d try something horizontal instead.

As for Myriad, I see it used everywhere, simply because it’s the default typeface in Photoshop and Illustrator. It still looks nice though. You might want to either go with a typeface closer to the letters you’ve drawn in the pencil shape, or make the letters in the pencil look closer to the typeface used for your name.

- Lex

writingdesigning

It looks lke ECO also because of the angle. Maybe you should straighten it

In fact symbol/logotype relation is a little awkward. They don’t seem to share the same language. If that’s your symbol, you should probably try something like Neo Sans for the name.

But isn’t a pencil a rather too obvious solution anyway? I much rather preferred the initial typographic options. The last two of the first set looked quite stylish.

Cassandra Forrington

I think a nice type treatment would be better, too. Don’t want to hit your audience over the head with the idea that you’re a graphic designer; they’ll get that with “grafiker”.

Just thought you might want to see this, too.

mikeb7

hmm shit.. can’t use that then.
Back to the drawing board then.. The only problem I’ve got with a typo only

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