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Posted May 6th, 2010 by bryceevans
May be a stupid question, but are you allowed to use fonts that you can download off of sites like http://www.1001freefonts.com/ for things like a logo?
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quakerninja said about 10 years ago
That said unless you are some sort of type guru it would look worse if you did it from scratch possibly.
MattisGentle said about 10 years ago
You just have to read what the creator of the font says.
some of them don't care, others have limits to what they would allow you to do with it
MattisGentle said about 10 years ago
Peter Anderelli said about 10 years ago
bryceevans said about 10 years ago
treycook said about 10 years ago
quakerninja said about 10 years ago
Most logos are some sort of altered monogram of the company name or character or symbol.
I would stick with black and white for starters, or at least simple precise color choices.
Try to avoid gradients, or over done effects. drop shadows, lens flare blah blah blah
These can effect the designs usability in some cases.
If it looks great at 50px you are on the right track. Don't over do it. Simple wins.
bryceevans said about 10 years ago
Smiths Canvas said about 10 years ago
Lens Flares, drop shadows, and gradients(majority of the time) are all disgusting. It didn't look spectacular.
bryceevans said about 10 years ago
Smiths Canvas said about 10 years ago
Anyways. Another thing to keep in mind, the typefaces are free. So others have the same access to them as you do, and others will be using them. You don't want someone to see your logo and be like "dafont?"
ReddEyes said about 6 months ago
I love the paid ones that I have but I just have 3-4 of them that my organization purchased as part of their branding.
Google fonts have a lot of truly nice styles. I 'd say pick yours and grow your own theme. When it is boring it does not matter. You will know, and will develop your favorites over time. Experiment with a number of different typefaces and weights / styles / sizes.