Typophile

Logo critique

canape

Hi I'm making a logo for a contest, of the agronomist's college, the problem is that this sentece must appear "Perito Agr

hello,

Well I think the years should be not (1.885-2.005), but (1885-2005)?

Otherwise, I like #4 and #6. I think #6 needs the same leading as #4. I like the oldstyle figures for the "150" and I think you should perhaps take away the capitals for the "perito......2005)". Keep it smallcaps, put make it all lower-case (?) small caps.

- Chris

Sergio, very nice work. I like the last one before the college logo (lower right). It has a nice balance of elements. I see you have a golden yellow color as the accent. How about exploring a colored metalic for the celebration. Just a thought

thanks, these are the last two.

I would go with top left of your original post, with all small caps and remove the parentheses from the dates and make the size equal the rest of the type, I would also investigate non-aligning numerals (as the 150), however the 5 has a very abrupt stop and the 1 needs its serifs. As for line breaks the lefthand second image posted - but not the letterspacing - make more sense. I would also redraw the crown with more detail and smoother lines, taking into account the sizes it might be reproduced as parts of it will not print at small sizes. You have a good composition and colours.
Tim

I'm siding with Tim...the upper left. The last two you showed were quite nice, but I think you need the full ellipse to accent the 'crowness' of the mark.

Also, I don't get the periods in the dates...is that a regional thing?

I assume the mille marks in the dates are some valued anachronism. Otherwise dump them.

It would be nice if you could turn that long phrase into a sort of texture, not so explicit.

hhp

update

Sergio in the last ones post 19 you are loosing the crown. It could be grain on a hill.

another update.

Sergio work on the spacing in the numbers on the first version, the 0 is floating a bit. The crown is better. I like you made the dates regular rather than bold. Nice work

I'd still like to see a bit more of an ellipse under the crown to really signify that that is what it is.

The type on that last one is much improved. Very nice.

hi all, I updated last one and I did another one, what do you think about them, also I'm looking for a cool-modern typography for the first one, any help welcome...

The updated one is an improvement although the top of the 0 looks a bit flat on my screen. The image for the modern one is lovely, the blue could do with some gradation as well possibly, the text could use some work maybe moving away from centred to ranged, taking care it doesn't swamp the image use a lighter face/smaller size for the numerals. Reproduction could be a problem at small sizes.
Tim

These are both wonderful. The logos are both very successful in their respective approaches.

I agree with Tim, particularly about small reproduction being a problem. I also think the order of the text in the bottom logo is better. To me, the dates feel better at the bottom.

Does the client want a more modern approach? I prefer the crown.

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