Logo mark and logotype relationship

redpushbuttons's picture

I know it all depends, but...
How do you guys 'in general' create a logical relationship between the logo mark and logotype?


Luma Vine's picture

Hierarchy and balance are the central principles

redpushbuttons's picture

Usually, do you calculate stuff? Or go by intuition / eye? Both?

I always felt the urge to calculate stuff, like, the mark should be the x-height of the logotype time two or three or whatever. The descriptor should be 50%, 75% of the logotype or whatever.
Lately I'm questioning my compulsiveness, so I'm qurious about other ways.

apankrat's picture

I look at other logotypes to see what options look good in general - like, the mark being big, very big, caps-height, x-height, something in the middle, sitting on the baseline, above or below it, to the left, to the right, above the text, below it, have a separator line, have an enclosure, etc.

Then try it on the actual mark and type, see what works the best, then tweak by the eye. In a lot of cases the ideal composition doesn't quantify neatly, it'll be off by percentages here and there.

redpushbuttons's picture

Nice portfolio btw.

litera's picture

I usually start of with calculation. Usually in golden ratio -related factor as I'm a fan of it. But this factor may vary vastly because it all depends on type vs. symbol weight and their relation, priority and prominence.

When factor is determined I put them both together and the use optical fine-tuning of both to make it work. This is mainly relevant to those logotypes where symbol and type are somehow aligned: vertical/horizontal centre/bottom/top. Because there may as well be unaligned logotypes although rarely seen.

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