Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:47:48 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Logos
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> elizceleste at mindspring.com 3/4/2005 4:10:12 PM >>>
>I really like Micheal's.

My aunt does the same spelling of my name.

> It looks terrific in black and white, which is the
>one thing that prior logo's have lacked.
>
>To ask a silly graphics question: Does WSFA have an official font?

I don'tthink we need one, really.

>Becuase it might be time to declare one, so that the font on the
>graphic and the font on web pages and communications match.

I'd rather leave it to the designers.  Not boxing them in allows them
more creativity, especially when something a "little different" might be
called for.

>
>I'm partial to Verdana 10 myself.  Or barring that a nice 10 point
>Courier new.
>
>But I'm not a font expert.

Few of us are, but we tend realize what works and what doesn't.

Offered for group amusement: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

>
>Elizabeth, aiming for marketing and design consistency.

Here: http://www.tolkiencollector.com/snergs.htm is the cover to a book
I published.  The S in Snergs was created using the font, but is
obviously not the same font as the rest of the title.  And it works,
INHO.

mjw