tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post5195923343696814863..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Miskatonic University Varsity Style LogoPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-82159766743047445802016-04-11T19:36:42.967-07:002016-04-11T19:36:42.967-07:00Well, it's not as though blood-RED can't b...Well, it's not as though blood-<b>RED</b> can't be melodramatic, especially when set against a black background like this!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_Horde_symbol.svg" rel="nofollow">The SCA's medievalist "Mongolian" household of the Dark Horde uses a red-and-black logo (designed by yours truly back in 1975, as it happens.</a><br /><br />Or consider that song in <i>Les Misérables</i> (premiering a bare five years later):<br /> Red: the blood of angry men!<br /> Black: the dark of ages past!<br /> Red: a world about to dawn!<br /> Black: the night that ends at last!Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-71383958643496154342016-04-11T10:48:23.528-07:002016-04-11T10:48:23.528-07:00I like it! Of course it's also reminiscent of...I like it! Of course it's also reminiscent of my own alma mater, Miami University.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934829703642231254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-28377442191155512492016-04-11T08:13:25.290-07:002016-04-11T08:13:25.290-07:00Unfortunately, red is also the primary color of Mi...Unfortunately, red is also the primary color of Michigan's arch-rival, that school in Columbus, which will discourage your Wolverine friends from collecting these. :)<br /><br />Go Blue!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-11194253100831464632016-04-11T03:50:46.621-07:002016-04-11T03:50:46.621-07:00@ Mortis
I'll see what I can do.
@ gndn
The...@ Mortis<br /><br />I'll see what I can do.<br /><br />@ gndn<br /><br />The similarity to the Michigan letter logo is no accident. An embarrassing number of my high school classmates, Lovecraft fans all, ended up there. Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-39429454444127680452016-04-10T14:52:38.145-07:002016-04-10T14:52:38.145-07:00Yeah, I don't care for the stereotypical HPL c...Yeah, I don't care for the stereotypical HPL colors (Green & black & godknowswhatelse)... Too clichéd, and usually used poorly.<br /><br />This reminds me a lot of one of Michigan's logos, very similar, though I'm sure any school with an "M" name has done the same thing. Marshall, etc. I used to work at a collegiate licensed goods company for about 6 years. It was interesting to see licensing and manufacturing from the inside. I designed the occasional National Championship logo, though more recently we'd simply use whatever the CLC made.<br /><br />A couple words of design advice: I'd suggest a condensed block font for the name, rather than Futura. Though Futura is a period-appropriate font, it likely would have been avant-garde at the time. More likely a stuffy old New England university would have used something more traditional. Google 'varsity font' or condensed block fonts. Or Google old college group photos to check their sweaters / varsity jackets.<br /><br />I've seen places online that will do the ... fuzzy varsity 'letterman' letter patch type embroidery. "Chenille" patches. I think that would really be unique. And if the end-user so desired, they could separately purchase a matching colored letterman jacket and sew the patch to it. Sweaters appear to pre-date the jackets, which would require a much larger patch...<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynchburgcollegarchives/16476413704/<br /><br /><br />-MJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-41633385336482276982016-04-10T10:30:53.565-07:002016-04-10T10:30:53.565-07:00I'd love to see this as a clear-backed sticker...I'd love to see this as a clear-backed sticker for laptops etc.Mortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407579265069198798noreply@blogger.com