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Aug 4

someone decided to spend a lot of time to tell us why our logo is wrong.

Posted at 11:47am 57 notes Permalink ∞

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9. jonvictorino reblogged this from amotion and added:

   They’re somewhat subtle changes, but it the proposed logo is an improvement. Now that I look at it, I’m not sure that I...

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12. aparticularpath reblogged this from soxiam and added:

    original logo! please!

13. drazin reblogged this from soxiam
14. veektor reblogged this from soxiam and added:

    The psychology of type is so intriguing. That said, I think...of “m” to “e” is valid,...

15. soxiam reblogged this from roborobo and added:

    record i like it just...way it is. that includes...letter...

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18. roborobo reblogged this from davidtrawin and added:

    An obtuse discussion arose...Either way, I don’t care. Just don’t separate the i from the...

19. gyo reblogged this from lekima and added:

    Góp ý chuẩn thật, cái chỗ nối của chữ m và e, nhg việc tách chữ v và i ra liệu có cần ko nhỉ?

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23. koseki reblogged this from takaakik and added:

    someone decided to spend a lot of time to tell us why our logo is wrong.

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30. draftcode reblogged this from fetherston and added:

    someone decided to spend a lot of time to tell us why our logo is wrong.

31. saitamazihen reblogged this from isbsh
32. andreasjp reblogged this from carolinemartin and added:

    Do not take the ‘v’ apart from the ‘i’ looks terrible, the subtle differences in the ‘v’ and ‘m’ tails add to it i...

33. tanigami reblogged this from isbsh
34. gompr reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    Don’t blindly dismiss something because they “spent...time” or “have way too much free...

35. carolinemartin reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:

    I’m not a fan of the kerning of the proposed logo, but I’m kinda torn about the m-e. It’s grown on me. Either way, we’ll...

36. dopeboyfresh reblogged this from blakewhitman
37. aquaticcaps reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    agree with the anonymous critic. The proposed changes really improve the logo, and makes it much more self-similar.

38. sangsara reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    I certainly agree that the ‘m’ and ‘e’ need joining up.

39. cameronchristopher reblogged this from esquareda and added:

    yeah, I was thinking the same. While Vimeo is awesome to the ninth power, these tweaks do make sense… especially the e.

40. isbsh reblogged this from oppei and added:

    someone decided to spend a lot of time to tell us why our logo is wrong.

41. arshdeep reblogged this from blakewhitman
42. esquareda reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    Looks like they know typography pretty well… whoever they are. I love Vimeo, the artwork, the community, the interface....

43. whatson reblogged this from blakewhitman
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45. zzellers reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    That m-e attachment did always slightly annoy me.

46. talby reblogged this from fetherston and added:

    Whoever it is, I agree with them :P

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49. buchino reblogged this from thommy and added:

    Agreed. Plus the kerning is lackluster. At university, we were asssigned a project to redesign an existing logo. The...

50. pantsthemusical reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    typeface nerds - gotta love ‘em!

51. fetherston reblogged this from zoya and added:

    Whip cream on dog shit in my opinion.

52. thommy reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    agree with this person’s revision. The previous serifs were inconsistent. No disrespect to Vimeo or Zach Klein, but they...

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