Katakana

Edwin · 23-02-2010, 12:41:29 PM

Nope, that's wrong

The 2nd character has to be little-tsu, not tsu. Choose the character I mentioned before.
The 4th and 5th characters should be "i" - you've picked "a". You need 6th row, 4th from the right.

It's still a very, very strange font. Probably the least legible Japanese font I've ever seen! The top font was better for sure.

GeoMal · 23-02-2010, 12:49:07 PM

Oops, made a mistake on the I. Now corrected. Not sure how to get little-tsu rather than tsu. Is there a "little" version of all the characters?

Edwin · 23-02-2010, 12:54:09 PM

No, only a few characters have little versions.

As I said before, pick the character I indicated from the table you pasted and that's little-tsu. It should only fill about 2/3 of the "square" rather than the whole square (look at the very first logo you posted in post 1 carefully and you should see the difference)

GeoMal · 23-02-2010, 12:58:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwin

It should only fill about 2/3 of the "square" rather than the whole square (look at the very first logo you posted in post 1 carefully and you should see the difference)

Got it, I think!

Edwin · 23-02-2010, 01:02:16 PM

Those look right, but the 2nd one's got such a poor 3rd character it's very hard to read the Japanese (looks a bit like a "fu" rather than a "ko"). That's 100% down to the character set - there's nothing you can do if you really want to use that character set.

GeoMal · 23-02-2010, 01:04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwin

Those look right, but the 2nd one's got such a poor 3rd character it's very hard to read the Japanese (looks a bit like a "fu" rather than a "ko"). That's 100% down to the character set - there's nothing you can do if you really want to use that character set.

Thanks again Edwin. Is the top font in the above image legible?

Edwin · 23-02-2010, 01:17:35 PM

It's not a particularly great font, but it's not bad either. It's 10x more legible than the 2nd one. Sorry to have been a bit negative about the fonts, but you can imagine I see a lot of them every day!

GeoMal · 23-02-2010, 01:25:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwin

It's not a particularly great font, but it's not bad either. It's 10x more legible than the 2nd one. Sorry to have been a bit negative about the fonts, but you can imagine I see a lot of them every day!

Negative is fine, I don't have access to a lot of Katakana fonts, and I like the angles to it, so it will have to do for now.

So the provisional logo for gameandwatch/co/uk is

What fun. Thanks for all your help Edwin, I owe you a beer.

ps. TM infringement? Well, it is a personal project for a fan/collectors site, will not be revenue generating, so permissible I believe. I will display the ownership of all trademarks shown.

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Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,876 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	Nope, that's wrong The 2nd character has to be little-tsu, not tsu. Choose the character I mentioned before. The 4th and 5th characters should be "i" - you've picked "a". You need 6th row, 4th from the right. It's still a very, very strange font. Probably the least legible Japanese font I've ever seen! The top font was better for sure. __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

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GeoMal Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 420 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	Oops, made a mistake on the I. Now corrected. Not sure how to get little-tsu rather than tsu. Is there a "little" version of all the characters? __________________ mobile phone insurance \| iphone insurance

23-02-2010, 12:54:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,876 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	No, only a few characters have little versions. As I said before, pick the character I indicated from the table you pasted and that's little-tsu. It should only fill about 2/3 of the "square" rather than the whole square (look at the very first logo you posted in post 1 carefully and you should see the difference) __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

23-02-2010, 01:02:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,876 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	Those look right, but the 2nd one's got such a poor 3rd character it's very hard to read the Japanese (looks a bit like a "fu" rather than a "ko"). That's 100% down to the character set - there's nothing you can do if you really want to use that character set. __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

23-02-2010, 01:17:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,876 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	It's not a particularly great font, but it's not bad either. It's 10x more legible than the 2nd one. Sorry to have been a bit negative about the fonts, but you can imagine I see a lot of them every day! __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

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