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Andrew
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free logo maker?
#337923 - 03/20/15 05:40 PM Attachment: Posted-on-BullyBadAssTV0057.jpg 42 KB (1 downloads)


Looking to make a simple logo. Something like 5-6 hollow arrows arranged in a circle and within each arrow have a word or two like "Startup" and "Rollout". And in the center of the circle have either an acronym like ACME or a picture of one of our products.

I have Visio and Powerpoint but it's not coming together.








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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: Andrew]
#337926 - 03/20/15 08:25 PM


> Looking to make a simple logo. Something like 5-6 hollow arrows arranged in a circle
> and within each arrow have a word or two like "Startup" and "Rollout". And in the
> center of the circle have either an acronym like ACME or a picture of one of our
> products.
>
> I have Visio and Powerpoint but it's not coming together.

Not made for that. Try some kind of free/open source vector drawing program. I use Inkscape. If you follow the tutorials, skip to the one where it tells you how to put shapes in a path. Then you make some hollow arrows, put them in a circled path and the rest should be easy.



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: Andrew]
#337939 - 03/21/15 02:06 AM


> Looking to make a simple logo. Something like 5-6 hollow arrows arranged in a circle
> and within each arrow have a word or two like "Startup" and "Rollout". And in the
> center of the circle have either an acronym like ACME or a picture of one of our
> products.
>
> I have Visio and Powerpoint but it's not coming together.

How urgent is it required ? Would 3-4 weeks be OK ? If so, why don't you work with a local high school to make it a competition with a prize ? $100 1st prize, $50 for second, $25 for 3rd ? School kids could work on a logo to meet your requirements and enter it into the competition and you and the principal judge them ? And, think of the goodwill and publicity your business / products would get ? Mentioned in the school news letters, probably get some coverage in a local paper ? For a lousy $175 (or whatever you decide) you could get a great logo and some goodwill and publicity. And this could really help and motivate young people right when they need it - when they are thinking about their future, career paths, etc, and give them some experience to kick start their future.

Anyhow, I have zero artistic skills, so if I needed a logo for a proper business or product, I'd have a crack at doing it this way.



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: Andrew]
#337941 - 03/21/15 03:51 AM


> I have Visio and Powerpoint but it's not coming together.

Inkscape. Unlike some other free software, it's actually good. Not as good as Illustrator, but still quite good.



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: Vas Crabb]
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Vas Crabb/Pi:

Thanks for pointing me towards Inkscape. Following the tutorial, below I was able to make a half-decent logo. Seems to be a very capable tool.



Moose:

Nice thinking out-of-the-box there. I'll keep that in mind for future!





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related new [Re: Andrew]
#338537 - 04/03/15 03:22 AM


http://webmag.co/the-recipe-for-a-perfect-logo/



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: Andrew]
#338539 - 04/03/15 05:29 AM


I love that OCR font. I used to use it all the time for compilation CD jewel case covers, back when that was a thing people did.



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: krick]
#338542 - 04/03/15 06:05 AM


>I love that OCR font.

Me too. I really wanted the font in the tutorial but the Q's tail hung down too low and it just didn't look right.



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Re: free logo maker? new [Re: krick]
#338548 - 04/03/15 06:36 AM


> I love that OCR font. I used to use it all the time for compilation CD jewel case
> covers, back when that was a thing people did.

I never did that. On CDs.
Cassettes, though, yeah. Except I had to create my own font, in my own drawing program, in Commodore BASIC. And flip dips inside my printer so it would would draw the 7-bit lines I used to render everything.

I couldn't do that today.


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