Take A Walk, Man!

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by Goatmeal

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Another 2x filter experiment, paired with heavy usage of the Macaroni bricks. Based on the original logo for the Sony Walkman Cassette Tape Players from the 1980s. Type "Walkman" in the User Input to see!
Info:

Created on 21st January 2011. Last edited on 30th January 2011.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Display
- Sans Serif
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Tag:
- Sony(22)
- Walkman(4)
- Walk(5)
- Man(24)
- Cassette(1)
- Tape(31)
- Player(9)
- Audio(8)
- Logo(559)
- 1980(34)
- 1980s(214)
- 80(12)
- 80s(132)
- Nineteen(8)
- Eighty(8)
- Eighties(21)

11 Comments

Still preoccupied with 1985...

Comment by Goatmeal 30th january 2011

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Take A Walk, Man!” is now a Top Pick.

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 31st january 2011

Thank you, Rob. As always, 'tis a great honor!

Comment by Goatmeal 1st february 2011

Awesome! It's really '80s styled. Makes my think of a futuristic video game.

Comment by Logan Thomason (xenophilius) 3rd february 2011

Thanks for the kind words, xenophilius!

Looks like the picture I created did the trick; I tried to think of every prominent graphic style from the 1980s -- my teenage years:

-- Small repeating pastel patterns against a white background? Check.
-- Use of large geometric shapes? Check.
-- Liberal use of primary or pastel colors? Check.
-- Black-and-white checkerboard pattern? Check.

Comment by Goatmeal 4th february 2011

congrats on your well-deserved TP. other than being my kind of font, this is very evocative for me. having owned many walkmans, your sample makes me want to dig one out, pop in a cassette, lace up the roller skates and go for a spin :) ah the days of wine and roses...

Comment by funk_king 4th february 2011

Thanks, Funk_King!

I had a lot of fun with this one, trying to figure out what to do with the 90° corners. Luckily, the corner of the L was rounded, pointing out the solution to me.

Yes, cassette tapes, video game arcades, Intellivision, VCRs, TRS-80 Color Computer... the good old days. :^)

Comment by Goatmeal 5th february 2011