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Article #12661Re: Logos & type sizes
From: Don McCahill
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:43
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:43
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Wayne When I started, type didn't come in .25 point increments. It was 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, 60 and 72. Occasionally a place had 7 and 42. I seldom use any fractional sizes at all, and never about 12 point. Occasionally I might use 9.5, 10.5 or 11.5 when needed for fit. As for making a logo, I agree to the importance of having a vector illustrator version that you can scale. Why spend a lot of time cleaning up a bitmap only to find that you now need another one, 115% the size. I seldom have to distort fonts to match type because I have a fairly healthy font library. Only in scripts and ornamental faces is it weak.
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