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Post by benziger on Apr 4, 2020 10:59:48 GMT
With the previous logo I like the fact that it is actually just a lettering. It fits then to almost every colour design.
I like the graphic implementation of Selfspublishing in N° 3 in the proposed logos and the typographical design in N° 5. I wonder if the lettering of N° 5 didn't fit well on the empty space of N° 3.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 13:49:48 GMT
I like the graphic implementation of Selfspublishing in N° 3 in the proposed logos and the typographical design in N° 5. I wonder if the lettering of N° 5 didn't fit well on the empty space of N° 3.
I think that's a good idea Benziger. I'll go with that.
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Post by benziger on Apr 28, 2020 15:18:11 GMT
Something like this? Click to enlarge!
(I couldn't find exactly the same font, only for the italic text)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 18:44:19 GMT
Benziger, I think your font is great. The background image as well, and colouring.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 18:45:25 GMT
The little lines underneath, what are they?
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Post by benziger on Apr 28, 2020 19:22:15 GMT
Benziger, I think your font is great. The background image as well, and colouring. Well, I put only together what you and Kevin prepared. I used an online tool to find out the Font, but it couldn't find the main font. So I searched for a similar one. I took Berlin Email Serif Semibold from Peter Wiegel: www.peter-wiegel.de/Fonts/index.html As it was too small, I stretched it >200% to get the same length as your font... (I had your picture as another layer as background to get it as close as possible: size, spacing, strechting.) All work was done with Gimp.
The lines you mentioned: Did you mean the text lines that are moving from the manuscript to the book? There I changed nothing.
Peter Wiegel has already developed and given away over 300 different fonts. His hobby is typography and he also takes orders for corporate typefaces. At his age shortly before retirement he can no longer find a job. You will certainly find a great fonts for book titles and can donate as much as you like.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 21:06:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 21:08:37 GMT
Benziger, I think your font is great. The background image as well, and colouring. Well, I put only together what you and Kevin prepared. I used an online tool to find out the Font, but it couldn't find the main font. So I searched for a similar one. I took Berlin Email Serif Semibold from Peter Wiegel: www.peter-wiegel.de/Fonts/index.html As it was too small, I stretched it >200% to get the same length as your font... (I had your picture as another layer as background to get it as close as possible: size, spacing, strechting.) All work was done with Gimp.
The lines you mentioned: Did you mean the text lines that are moving from the manuscript to the book? There I changed nothing.
Peter Wiegel has already developed and given away over 300 different fonts. His hobby is typography and he also takes orders for corporate typefaces. At his age shortly before retirement he can no longer find a job. You will certainly find a great fonts for book titles and can donate as much as you like.
I like Kevin's books on the side, but the scraps of paper underneath I cannot read and it looks like an underline and a childish effect. To me. If they were scattered, maybe it would work, but now it looks like an underline to link the two books.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 21:10:12 GMT
Benziger, I think your font is great. The background image as well, and colouring. Well, I put only together what you and Kevin prepared. I used an online tool to find out the Font, but it couldn't find the main font. So I searched for a similar one. I took Berlin Email Serif Semibold from Peter Wiegel: www.peter-wiegel.de/Fonts/index.html As it was too small, I stretched it >200% to get the same length as your font... (I had your picture as another layer as background to get it as close as possible: size, spacing, strechting.) All work was done with Gimp.
The lines you mentioned: Did you mean the text lines that are moving from the manuscript to the book? There I changed nothing.
Peter Wiegel has already developed and given away over 300 different fonts. His hobby is typography and he also takes orders for corporate typefaces. At his age shortly before retirement he can no longer find a job. You will certainly find a great fonts for book titles and can donate as much as you like.
Benziger, I attached two backgrounds, one blue banner and the download link for the font in the previous email. Let me know if you need anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 21:13:45 GMT
Something like this? Click to enlarge!
(I couldn't find exactly the same font, only for the italic text)
Here is the blue banner with smaller text. No need to use any of these. Your red one looks great. Just providing them in case.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 7:50:50 GMT
I like your banner benziger, but what are people coming to get?
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 29, 2020 13:08:30 GMT
I like your banner benziger, but what are people coming to get? My guess is people would come to get advice, assistance, or at times a chat with people who understand some of the work and headaches as go into writing and self-publishing.
Others might come to offer services like editorial, typographic / layout, covers, or marketing / promotional aid.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 14:39:36 GMT
Yes, Cameron.
Example, Streetlib's tag line is "Whatever it takes", which I think is superb.
Ours can be "Come and get it!", which is also colloquial and powerful.
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Post by benziger on Apr 29, 2020 15:01:41 GMT
Others might come to offer services like editorial, typographic / layout, covers, or marketing / promotional aid.
We can hope so. On the other hand, the trend at Lulu is going in a different direction. On the new site the old forum is gone. Also the pay services. But they have been replaced by a market place where people can offer help for money. For me that has for and against. On the one hand there are people who live from such small jobs. On the other hand, not everything always has to be commercialized.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 29, 2020 15:38:48 GMT
Others might come to offer services like editorial, typographic / layout, covers, or marketing / promotional aid.
We can hope so. On the other hand, the trend at Lulu is going in a different direction. On the new site the old forum is gone. Also the pay services. But they have been replaced by a market place where people can offer help for money. For me that has for and against. On the one hand there are people who live from such small jobs. On the other hand, not everything always has to be commercialized. I realized the old fora would go away. Not sure the pay services have gone away permanently, as that was a decent revenue stream. As well, I was looking at the partners section under resources, and most are fairly commercialized.
I tend to think of this more as a commons area, not so much commercialized but allowing those who live from the small jobs to connect while also offering a place for those who offer an assist for free. It's also a place for writers / artists to be able to discuss ins and outs of self-publishing because there are a lot of talented people who have good stories to share but can't afford to pay a lot for services.
To be honest from my paradigm the current pseudo-capitalistic "free market" economic model is not only wasteful, it's not viable in the long-term which in most if not all respects is already here. The direction you and everyone else at this fora take is after all up to you as a collective.
Now it's time for me to pop up out of the chair, put on the old combat boots, and go water.
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