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Anybody know what font is used for the Buddy logo's?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:45 pm
by Micah_Prophet
Anybody know what font is used for the Buddy logo's?
Also, suggestions for decal shops that might be able to match it?
Thanks!
Re: Anybody know what font is used for the Buddy logo's?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:13 pm
by ericalm
Micah_Prophet wrote:Anybody know what font is used for the Buddy logo's?
Also, suggestions for decal shops that might be able to match it?
Thanks!
It's not a font, it's custom type. If you want to get another word in the style of the Buddy logo, you'd have to use something similar or get someone who's adept at these things to customize one for you. If you want to just find a close match, try posting a query on the Typophile
Font ID forum.
If you want so throw threats of copyright infringement to the wind and make a decal of the actual Bussy logo, well, that's a bit easier. Someone with the right tools and skills could extract a vector version of the logo from the Buddy brochure PDF and scale it to any size.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:35 pm
by lobsterman
Maybe just me, but I don't much like the Buddy logo. I will probably be removing them from my scooter one of these days.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:46 pm
by Micah_Prophet
Thanks for the feedback - I am not looking to take theirs, but more to make my own and 'rebrand' it - with something similar.
The decals appear to come off pretty easy from my initial probings with a fingernail
Thanks again!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:54 pm
by ericalm
Micah_Prophet wrote:The decals appear to come off pretty easy from my initial probings with a fingernail
Yup. If you have any troubles, hit them with a hair dryer for a while; a little heat really loosens up that glue.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:49 pm
by Micah_Prophet
I think I will skip the rebranding altogether after seeing Vitaminc's debadge bike online in the Hi Res picture post. The clean black look is very nice.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:58 pm
by vitaminC
Micah_Prophet wrote:I think I will skip the rebranding altogether after seeing Vitaminc's debadge bike online in the Hi Res picture post. The clean black look is very nice.
It looks considerably better without the badging! I did it not only beause I like the "stealth" look, but also because I think the name is ridiculous
The stickers are now adorning the inside of the underseat storage area
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:01 pm
by ericalm
Well, for what it's worth and for anyone seekig this out in the future, the official Buddy logo is SO customized that not even the "d"s are identical. So, for you typographers and type tweakers out there, all you can really do is start with a heavy, narrow sans and go at it. The style shouldn't be that hard to replicate if that's your intent.