Typophile

Please critique my website/company logo

dalkire

Hi all,

I am working on logos (long and abbreviated) for my new website. The website is pixelsift.com. There isn't anything there right now (I'm looking to settle on a logo to move forward with the site design) but I would like to put my portfolio together. The website is meant to promote my work as a freelance web developer/designer and I prefer a clean, professional look.

Any comments or criticisms would be appreciated. The logos in the right column differ subtly from those in the left in that the pixels have slightly rounded corners. What do you think?

Thanks,
David

J-Gray

I like the overall look that you have going, nice job. One thing I might try would be to close up the spacing between the two words. As it is now, part of me wants to read it as two separate words rather than a single name if that makes sense.

dalkire

Thanks for the input. I didn't notice it before but I agree. I tightened up the spacing and now it's more of a logotype identifying my company as an entity rather than being "read" as *noun* *verb*

Bert Vanderveen

It’s way too close to the FontShop identity. Sorry…

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Bert Vanderveen BNO

Randy

Agree with Bert on that. Not sure what the box/colors add to your concept, except make this look like FontShop. Consider a version that becomes more pixelated, perhaps it becomes more pixelated top to bottom? Also, the pixel grid is not really a grid, which is making the curves look strange. On one hand smoother, but at small size/ low resolution, it looks odd to me. Maybe if they were dots it would be less noticeable?

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