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Google logos to be the same everywhere

Luka [PersonRank 10]

Friday, May 22, 2009
15 years ago6,224 views

http://www.zorgloob.com/uploaded_images/google_logos-752259.png

As mentioned on http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-logo-look.html and http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/2008-founders-letter.html

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I don't like the new logos: they use so much space.

http://translate.google.com/

new:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/translate_logo.png – 205px × 40px

old:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/translate_beta_res.gif – 150px × 55px

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

bigger is better? ^^

what font it is, btw?

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Decima Light?

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=4649731

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

But everyone knows where the name of the product goes on the Google logo now anyway!

How many of the new style are live now? So far I've seen Translate and Video (Now officially called Google Video Search) Docs/Reader don't count as they start with a capital letter where as the new design doesn't

Tony Ruscoe [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

> Decima Light?

I don't think so. The "t" and the "e" look different to me.

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

The logo from Google Video's homepage reads "Google Video Search", while the logo used for search results pages is a bit different "Google Videos". Consistency, please!

hebbet [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/chrome_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/earth_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/feedburner_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/adsense_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/code_logo.png
...
www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/HERESERVICENAME_logo.png

mbegin [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Maybe the "Beta" tag will disappear from many Google services when they roll these new logos out??

mbegin [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Here's another Google Code logo:

http://code.google.com/images/code_logo.png

Not too consistent yet....

mbegin [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Oh, the other Code logo is for Google Code Search (Labs)...

hebbet [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

>>Maybe the "Beta" tag will disappear from many Google services when they roll these new logos out??

No:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/docs_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/calendar_logo.png
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/alerts_logo.png

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/squared_logo.png

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

According to "WhatTheFont", the font is Helsinki Light

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/ludwiguebele/helsinki/light/
http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

JEShack [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I * the new logo. :?

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

http://i39.tinypic.com/xmini9.png

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I don't like the lowercase e in the font...

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

It also could be Helvetica light.

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I've tried to find al the logo's from all the products and almost everything is ready, except a few like the Google Translation Center.

Luka [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Even Google Talk, the fewest updated product of google!

http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/talk_logo.png

Yv. [PersonRank 7]

15 years ago #

Strangely I found Google Knol to remove the word Google completely from their logo....

http://knol.google.com/k

http://knol.google.com/k/knol/_/rsrc/1242776668008/system/knol/images/header/knol-logo.png

I think that is strange... :)

KMB [PersonRank 7]

15 years ago #

Google Youtube?

Jérôme Flipo [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Knol.

Who used it once in the past 2 months?

(And the homepage, what a nice design!)

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I use it once, to make a joke, some months ago.
The page is still not indexed by Google...

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Wow, had forgotten about knol! It looks great!

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I think the new format doesn't work well for long names like Google Product Search. The logo pushes the search box to the right and it doesn't look consistent.

http://www.google.com/products?q=test&hl=en&ned=us&tab=nf

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I'm wondering who it looks like on mobile phones. you might have to move/scroll screen to find the search box.

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I actually think that looks quite nice Ionut!

JEShack [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

-The earth in Google earth should be green (not blue).

-and dictionary will have it's own logo....
http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/dictionary_logo.gif

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

http://typophile.com/node/58262

The font was designed specifically for Google by Hoefler_&_Frere-Jones | http://www.typography.com/home/index.php?affiliateID= of New York City and will not be licensed out, nor does it have a public name... It's a pity, but at least it will make Google's logo more noticeable if nobody else is allowed to use it.

A similar font on my mac is "ITC Franklin Gothic LT Book Condensed Regular". Here is a side-by-side I made (Google's on top), they aren't really the same but it's the best of the fonts I have. It's a little heavy, but there was no lighter version in the font book, I think they would have looked more similar if there was, perhaps one can buy it online.

http://bayimg.com/image/faanfaacf.jpg

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