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"Λ" = "A" is the most annoying faux-futuristic typesetting/logo trend I've ever come across. It's a lambda, "L", the ancient symbol of the Lacedaemonians. It
by A_D_E_P_T 3y ago
"Λ" = "A" is the most annoying faux-futuristic typesetting/logo trend I've ever come across. It's a lambda, "L", the ancient symbol of the Lacedaemonians.
It should be possible to make an avantgarde font without confusing or oversimplifying letters.
As an aside, I wonder how many graphic t-shirts those guys sell at $200.
- masfuerte 3y agoTheir plastic macs cost two grand!
- jacquesm 3y agoYes, designers are nuts for wanting to make logos that stand out. The design trend I'm sick and tired of is spacing common words with underscores and using capitals to achieve the exact same effect.
- A_D_E_P_T 3y agoWell, it could be worse. I could have done this: ΛDΞPT Anyway, my point was that the symbol "Λ" has a distinct meaning from the symbol "A" -- and, try as I might, I can't see them as interchangeable.
- jacquesm 3y agoMost people that come across this logo have never seen Λ before. They might mistake it for an elongated '^' or an upside down 'V' but the bulk will just see an 'A' with a missing '-'. There is also 'V' as 'U' which is quite confusing and some others. Creative people will be creative, that's what they get paid for. It's low hanging fruit, obviously but it works because you are talking about it. And that was their goal: to get you to notice it. Mission accomplished.
- HelloNurse 3y agoBy ignorants, for ignorants. И for N is equally terrible and meaningless.
- FireBeyond 3y agoLooking at new camera bags, I stumbled across the WANDRD (sure, okay) PRVKE (what? Pruke? Took me far longer than it should to realize it was meant to be 'provoke')...
- bitwize 3y agoHave you seen that cool recent movie set on Arrakis? I believe it's called ⊃∪∩∈
- CrimsonCape 3y agoNice, love it. What's the technical explanation for this? I assume it's because HTML5 renders all UTF-8 characters?
- bitwize 3y agoHackernews actually throws out many Unicode characters, such as emoji. But it renders the ones I used, in order U+2283 SUPERSET OF, U+222A UNION, U+2229 INTERSECTION, and U+2208 ELEMENT OF.
- jrockway 3y agoI swap the N and M keycaps on my keyboard because I think they should be in alphabetical order. It turns out that the labels on the keys have absolutely no bearing on which scancodes they produce!
- roskoez 3y ago[flagged]
- petsfed 3y agoBlame NASA ca 1975?
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- aqfamnzc 3y agoWho are you to say that your interpretation of that character is any more valid than anyone else's? One might see a "turned v"[0] or any other manner of meanings.[1] However most English-speaking people are going to immediately realize that it's meant as a stylized "A". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turned_v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turned_v [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BA%BA https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BA%BA
- prepend 3y agoWho said they thought theirs was better? They just stated their opinion. That being said, who are you to say their interpretation of interpreting things is wrong? Etc etc. Personally, I think it’s stupid too. Of course people recognize it as “A.” My dislike isn’t because it’s confusing, it’s because I think it’s pretentious and ugly.
- aqfamnzc 3y agoFair enough. Those are some good points!
- karaterobot 3y agoIf we're being pedantic about the lamba, it's worth noting that a word mark logo is not a font, it's almost always a one-off. It doesn't even have to be readable, it just has to be memorable — and hey, it is!