For my logo (created haphazardly in Photoshop), I used my initials and the text creatively to form one object. My full name, Trevor John Zalkind, is represented. Through decreasing the type of the “J,” I deemphasized the initial, while maintaining a closeness between the “T” and the “Z.” I used ITC Franklin Gothic Bold Condensed for the typeface, which is a very masculine and defined typeface. The color, a dark blue, is also relatively masculine and contrasts greatly with the white background of the page. The only similarities with my initials was the bar at the meanline, so I made sure to make that the combining factor of the logo. Instead of being three separate letters, the logo now combines my three initials into a single entity.
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Week 4 Blog Post
I enjoy typography that not only is visually appealing but also can display another message. In this case, instead of simply typing out a country name, the typographer arranges variations of the country’s name to form a visual map of the world. The double emphasis of the name and visual representation hammers home the concept of national borders and national identity.