MOTM

a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've decided 
to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:

http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/

you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide show). Each 
page
has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) you 
prefer.

b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out this 
week,
but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)

c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890 panels 
tomorrow
and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread these out 
because
I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that is a lot 
of
debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s and the
assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.

Paul S.

I liked 1D. 1F (and 1G) made me think of Scientology for some reason ;) So is it really going to be MOTM 2.0? I thought we were already there - shouldn t the

I think you should go for something "phatter"...

-----Original Message-----
From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Schreiber
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:23 PM
To: MOTM List
Subject: [motm] Update/new logo poll

a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've decided 
to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:

http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/

you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide show). Each 
page
has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) you 
prefer.

b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out this 
week,
but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)

c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890 panels 
tomorrow
and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread these out 
because
I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that is a lot 
of
debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s and the
assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.

Paul S.


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OK - 

Will isn't here right now so we won't have the benefit of his
confident 17-year-old insight <g>... But...

I don't like 1G (the Helvetica/Arial-like font) at all - it's too -
hmmmm - straight and predictable for this application.  (And I like
helvetica for all kinds of stuff - it's easy to see - that and Times
New Roman - they're standards) But my vote is a strong nix on 1G for
the logo

Beyond that -

In the other 3 cases, I prefer the top example - the one with the text
two-lined and left-justified.  
   (I think the next down is too long.  The top is stronger 
    because the eye doesn't have to move much to see the entire 
    name.)
   (The one where the logo is centered over the text is more - 
    well - formal - and that's cool too if that's what you're 
    after.)

So Saying -

I don't prefer 1F - the square-ish serifs are cool, but they don't
really add much IMHO

So now it comes down to subtleties

1D is cool because of the quirky font - a little sci-fi
1E is cool because of the clean-lined font and the very close
   "drupschut" (or kerning)... it has a very concentrated look

So I think I like 1E best.  It's got a concise look.  It's easy to
see.  I think it "says" technical but not so sci-fi.

OK - that's my vote

1E - the top version

Now - so far as font for the rest of the site... although there are
many more pretty fonts, Arial (Helvetica) and New Times Roman are, in
my experience the easiest to see (and therefore read).  That's why,
when I was back at Bell Labs, we designed most text in those fonts...
but that doesn't mean it's what you'd want.

Good luck, Paul.

Bill (sans Will)





--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've
decided 
> to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
> 
> http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/
> 
> you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide
show). Each 
> page
> has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) you 
> prefer.
> 
> b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out
this 
> week,
> but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
> ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)
> 
> c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890
panels 
> tomorrow
> and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread
these out 
> because
> I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that is
a lot 
> of
> debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s
and the

> assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.
> 
> Paul S.
>

I thought this was a blind vote, but OK I'll play.

I liked 1E the best, then 1D then 1G. The only one I didn't like was  
1F. I'm a little concerned about readability with 1D. But they all  
look great!

I'm also bummed that Paul doesn't owe me anything right now! I've  
grown to enjoy the anticipation.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf  
> Of Paul
> Schreiber
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:23 PM
> To: MOTM List
> Subject: [motm] Update/new logo poll
>
> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've  
> decided
> to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
>
> http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/
>
> you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide  
> show). Each
> page
> has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any)  
> you
> prefer.
>

I like most of them but, IMHO, even though it may be the most 'plain', I
think I like 1G the best because it's the easiest to read and looks
'strong'. (it also reminds me of a Synergy album for some reason! ;-)

The only one I don't care for is 1F because the font sort of turns me off.

I think when stacking the two words it would look nice to play with the
spacing a bit so both words are the same length. Here is an example I
quickly did to give you an idea (but I got the "Synthesis" a little wide)  
http://www.imjohn.com/misc/SynthTech_1E_JLR1.jpg

I also played around with making the letters of the second half of each word
a little lighter since most people commonly refer to the company as Synth
Tech. That way the logo would better represent both names people know the
company by (the full name and the abbreviation) but my quick examples looked
crappy and I started thinking that doing a second color might be cost
prohibitive.
   
John L Rice

-----Original Message-----
From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Schreiber
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:23 PM
To: MOTM List
Subject: [motm] Update/new logo poll

a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've decided 
to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:

http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/

you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide show). Each 
page
has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) you 
prefer.

1E, top layout.

- Robert

On Dec 8, 2008, at 4:22 , Paul Schreiber wrote:

> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've  
> decided
> to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
>
> http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/
>
> you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide  
> show). Each
> page
> has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any)  
> you
> prefer.
>
> b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out  
> this
> week,
> but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
> ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)
>
> c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890  
> panels
> tomorrow
> and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread  
> these out
> because
> I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that is  
> a lot
> of
> debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s  
> and the
> assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.
>
> Paul S.
>
>
>

I like 1E, top example

d. Abbey

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've 
decided 
> to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
> 
> http://www.gunnarlockwood.com/psmotm/logo/2/
> 
> you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide 
show). Each 
> page
> has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) 
you 
> prefer.
> 
> b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out 
this 
> week,
> but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
> ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)
> 
> c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890 
panels 
> tomorrow
> and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread 
these out 
> because
> I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that 
is a lot 
> of
> debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s 
and the

> assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.
> 
> Paul S.
>

1D.

Perhaps consider the font "Meta":
	http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontfont/ff-meta/
You can enter some sample text to see how it looks.

Meta is a neat-looking alternative to Helvetica. It's used for signs 
on the German train system or something. Very clean, but the 
lowercase "g" has some character.

John

I prefer 1D, top example - Just looks funkier and techno-y...  (Are those real words?)

 



________________________________
From: David Abbey <abbeysynth@...>
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:15:44 AM
Subject: [motm] Re: Update/new logo poll


I like 1E, top example

d. Abbey

--- In motm@yahoogroups. com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've 
decided 
> to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
> 
> http://www.gunnarlo ckwood.com/ psmotm/logo/ 2/
> 
> you can click on each page to go to the next one (like a slide 
show). Each 
> page
> has an ID code in the upper left corner. Let me know which (if any) 
you 
> prefer.
> 
> b) I will be able to ship more modules (both kit and assembled) out 
this 
> week,
> but will have limited ship time most of next week. The last
> ship day will be Dec 22. I'm going as fast as I can :)
> 
> c) MOTM-940 panels will arrive this Friday. I am ordering 380/890 
panels 
> tomorrow
> and will order '700 panels the following week. I have to spread 
these out 
> because
> I am approaching $8,000 in parts orders the last 4 weeks and that 
is a lot 
> of
> debt to take on right now. Things will improve when I get the '730s 
and the

> assembled '510s shipping right after Christmas break.
> 
> Paul S.
>

On Dec 7, 2008, at 10:22 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:

> a) Early next year I am going to roll out the new website, and I've  
> decided to 'make over' the logo. Here is a link to some ideas:
>
I like 1G, the top one. I agree, however, that you might want to have  
a designer take a look at it. It's a good concept, but a good designer  
can work on it for 15 minutes and make it great.


        Seth