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08 · A wordmark drawn, not typed

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Logo Design · Case study

A wordmark drawn, not typed

[Client name] · Professional services

The engagement

What it involved

Scope
Custom wordmark
Type
Drawn, not licensed
Extras
Monogram and favicon
Formats
SVG, PNG, PDF, EPS
Duration
[4] weeks

Before and after

What we found
The logo was a font with a colour on it
Letter spacing broke at large sizes
Anyone could recreate it in five minutes
What shipped
Custom drawn letterforms
Optical spacing corrected by hand
A mark that belongs to the company
The work

A look at it

In progress
A typeface with a colour on it is not an identity.
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