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Hillary's Logo Deciphered!!! (Original Post) LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 OP
not really...she just stole it from the alphabet snooper2 Apr 2015 #1
K&R!!! mylye2222 Apr 2015 #2
Best explanation yet. merrily Apr 2015 #4
Her "H" came first according to this savalez Apr 2015 #17
Ha LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #19
. Rex Apr 2015 #3
Brilliant LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #8
Typography Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #5
thanks LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #7
Umm... Keeping right will always land you in the hospital? Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #6
Hillary is written in the red arrow. That's what turned me off, a red candidate surrounded by blue. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #9
Good observation Shirley LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #11
I like the blue arrow on red better than reverse. KittyWampus Apr 2015 #12
Excellent, still moving to the right though. How to remedy that? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #16
Here LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #20
Perfect! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #21
Jesus H Christ! yallerdawg Apr 2015 #10
it is kind of fun to deconstruct though. KittyWampus Apr 2015 #13
Seriously? LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #14
logos are not created and chosen willy nilly. They contain symbology to reflect the views of the Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #15
You don't know much about design. It is a big deal. For companies and elections. Remember how.... Logical Apr 2015 #18

savalez

(3,517 posts)
17. Her "H" came first according to this
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 05:57 PM
Apr 2015
Graphic Designer Creates 'Hillvetica' Font Riffing On Clinton's Campaign Logo

Within a day of launching her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton got her very own namesake font.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillvetica-clinton-font-rick-wolff


Hillary Bold

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
5. Typography
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:21 PM
Apr 2015

I don't really care for her logo but the choice of Font was a curious .
decision and chosen for political psychological propagandist reasons. It is dominate, rigid and masculine in its presentation.

The visual language established when designing with type can bring into play not only emotions, but also physical responses

For example by the use of these different fonts



Lubalin has succeeded in making an unpleasant message seem attractive and pleasing.

Typography is used to communicate tone of voice, personality, age, gender and mood, and it can be easily manipulated. If, instead of this serif font that so successfully represents this woman’s personality,




British Battleaxe typographic tea towel design, inspired by the voice of the lead character in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.



Now when we look at the Hillary Clinton Font used what does it tell us about what she is trying to convince about herself?


LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
7. thanks
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:29 PM
Apr 2015

Interesting. You are right, it is quite masculine. Squared off, powerful. Probably says more about her team's response to a women cracking the ultimate glass ceiling in a machismo glorifying culture, than it does about her own tastes.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
6. Umm... Keeping right will always land you in the hospital?
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:25 PM
Apr 2015

That "moving forward" stuff. Ought to be a trademark of every political jive artist who's afraid to take a stand.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
9. Hillary is written in the red arrow. That's what turned me off, a red candidate surrounded by blue.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:23 PM
Apr 2015

You are so spot on LiberaLovinLug! It's a truly Orwellian logo.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
10. Jesus H Christ!
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:36 PM
Apr 2015

It's just a logo. Hillary probably looked at a presentation and said, "I like this one." That is how executives make decisions!

Walmart executives chose a logo that looks like a cutely puckered sphincter. This stuff is so inconsequential to them, they must be thoroughly amused that we are so fixated.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
14. Seriously?
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 04:04 PM
Apr 2015

Hey i'm just having fun...in a black humor kind of way... I'm a graphic artist by profession.

But if you don't think they spend hours, more like days, ruminating over the logo that will splash onto campaign signs and billboards across the nation for months and months, you are wrong. Because its something that can't be altered later if they find some overlooked...say....overt phallic symbolism....(oh dear).... I'm sure she has a whole marketing/PR team that is in charge of her graphic imagery that also meets with her political advisers. And it wouldn't be Hillary deciding until they have one or two they've whittled it down to.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
15. logos are not created and chosen willy nilly. They contain symbology to reflect the views of the
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 04:36 PM
Apr 2015

corporation. And to attract customers.

 

Logical

(22,457 posts)
18. You don't know much about design. It is a big deal. For companies and elections. Remember how....
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:02 PM
Apr 2015

much Obama's was loved. Painted on barns, etc?

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