Recent content by dcjim

Yeah yeah I get it now. Because Illustrator rounded the outside corners of say the central "hole" (that wasn't really a hole) on the O, I thought it was able to do rounded "inside" corners. That's not what it was doing. And yeah sure enough why would it?! I guess the function would be rounded...

Ah! Here's one problem for certain - I didn't realise the centre of the O or the e were solid objects themselves. I assumed they were blank space. So in the case of the O it's the corners of the centre of the Polo if you will that have been rounded. It's not that the inside of the black O...

Hmm ... but they need to be "open paths" to join? I've got two compound paths? I tried cutting the paths at points either side of the intersection (on the s) thinking that might create open paths and then do join. Illustrator let me perform the join command and when selected sure enough the s...

Hi, thanks for replies. Yes the text has been outlined (see first sentence!) I remember now I did try "join" but got a warning dialog that I didn't understand so I tried other things. I shall go and Google "illustrator join command" and report back! Thanks Jim

Hello First image is a computer readout style font with create outline applied Next a rounded corners style is applied (font was 120 pt, corners are 6 px) Why has Illustrator made the decisions it's made about the rounded corners? It has split the s in half and isolated the base...

Ok! We've got to the stage where we just want something that doesn't suck! We need to move on. We like this. Ditched PCB appearance in favour of circuit symbol references. It's got a comic book inked feel of an earlier design that I didn't show and we've opted for the use of initials instead of...

Ok we were missing a scale in the isometric transformation as can be seen in the image below with the bottom one being correct ... not that there's much in it. From your feedback we need to re-think the font and it isn't saying "circuits" or "electronics" to people - it's saying garden...

thanks guys i find the whole process frustrating as we're impatient to get on with the project overall but utterly fascinating! and feedback is very helpful we've also just realised that it isn't actually isometric, something's got distorted along the way

They're not tools :) Which is obviously a big message in itself! They're in isometric view.

Ok cool, thanks, noted. Perhaps they meant within certain tolerances. But in this instance you'd say this design falls foul of a "stretched type" look?

Lol! Well the spanner is meant to convey "DIY" or hacking ... but I do see the tools thing for sure. The spadey bits are edge connectors ... ho-hum ... not easy this bizniz is it? :) Although I would say I've been told "never be afraid to stretch type" ... but maybe it's a I say potato you...

Hello kind folk Looking for feedback on some logo ideas. We're pretty inexperienced so on the one hand we hope we've got something great but on the other we're running out of time/budget so as long as it isn't obviously rubbish or naive or we haven't made some stupid mistakes then that's good...