Fonts Used In Famous Logos
January 29th, 2010I have taken a keen interest in fonts over the last few years, yet so often we look at the brands of companies and do not even think about the thought that has gone into the making of a logo. I have looked at over a dozen well known logos to find out which fonts they use. Follow the links to find out more about the fonts and an insight into why they may have been chosen as a suitable base for the branding of these companies.
BBC - Gill Sans
The BBC adopted the Gill Sans typeface as its corporate typeface in 1997. Find out about the history of the BBC brand on Wikipedia.
Bebo - Neuropol
Bebo is a popular social website. Find out about the evolution of their logo on Mashable.
Digg - FFF Forward
Digg.com brings together the best news, videos and pictures on the web as voted on by the Digg community.
Envato - Agenda Italic
Envato, a self-funded startup with head offices in Melbourne, Australia that launched in 2006. Envato operates digital goods marketplaces including ActiveDen and ThemeForest, the largest marketplaces online for Adobe Flash files and WordPress themes respectively.
Facebook - Klavika
Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people’s real-world social connections.
Flickr - Frutiger Black
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world allowing you to show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family.
Last.FM - National
Last FM is the world’s largest online music catalogue, with free music streaming, videos, pictures, charts, artist biographies, concerts and internet radio.
Linked In - Myriad Pro Bold
Linked In is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of October 2009, LinkedIn had more than 50 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Net Tuts - Lubalin Graph
Envato also operates the tutorial network Tuts+, publishing tutorials on a range of subjects and attracting over four million visitors a month. Other Envato web properties include FreelanceSwitch and AppStorm.
Sykpe - Helvetica Rounded Bold
With Skype you can make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like.
Twitter - Pico Alphabet
Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.
Vimeo - Black Rose
Vimeo is a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make. We provide the best tools and highest quality video in the universe.
You Tube - Alternate Gothic No. 2
YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.
Find out about some more logo design evolutions of some of the worlds best known brands on boredpanda.com
