Xenith Booksellers Store Sign - A Poll...

[RetroLounge]

Poll question: Xenith Booksellers Store Sign - A Poll...

A DU friend did some initial designs for a sign for the front of my bookstore.

Which of these three designs do you like better?

#1


#2


#3


Thanks!

RL

[Guava Jelly]

1. I like this one

:dunce:

[RetroLounge]

2. ...

:spank:

RL

[Guava Jelly]

3. .

Ouch :rofl:

[Kutjara]

40. Shouldn't that be "Bukcelarz"? n/t

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. how about this?

[RetroLounge]

5. Nice!

:hi:

RL

[Ellen Forradalom]

44. You haven't plumbed all the possibilities

[RetroLounge]

45. "Xenith Books & Shit"

Actually, that was an early front-runner for the name...

:rofl:

RL

[Flaxbee]

6. for some reason, the third one makes my eyes cross a bit...

looks like most like the first and second one. I prefer the second sign, for font and that the letters are all caps... :)

[hisownpetard]

17. Me, too. Third one - NG. Second one is clearest, easiest to read.

[yvr girl]

7. Hi Retro

I voted for 1, but I don't mind 2. I hate 3.

[RetroLounge]

12. Yeah, I was 1 or 2.

i liked 3 at first, but changed my mind...

RL

[Cabcere]

8. Hey Retro

I rather like #2, although I think #1 is nice as well. #3 is an interesting concept, but I find it a bit distracting/hard to read. :shrug: Hope all is well with you, my friend! :hi:

[Connonym]

9. I agree that #3 is hard to read; however,

I like the idea of the 2 words being in a different font (is it called font on a sign?). I think it would look cool to have Xenith in a rather quirky or gothic kind of font and then Booksellers in a very standard font such as in #1. As an inside joke you could make it look like your sign line picture but change the martini glasses for books.

[graywarrior]

10. I love the name and I like 1 and 2.

[RetroLounge]

11. Thanks...

:hi:

RL

[Gormy Cuss]

13. # 3 looks almost neon, thus not a good effect for a bookstore.

1 and 2 are both nice but to me #1 says "saunter in, please" and # 2 is more formal, but okay.

[RetroLounge]

42. agree...

:hi:

RL

[Throd]

14. DO NOT GO WITH OPTION 3!!!

It reads like shit.

I have been designing signs for one of the largest sign companies in the western US for 14 years. I am many different types of dumbass, but I do know the sign business.

I would go with number 2...

[RetroLounge]

26. Well. The poll seems to agree.

But these were all very initial thoughts, not final designs. Just to get a start on it.

:hi:

RL

[Rhythm]

15. Partial to #1

I've always liked signs that are a little more 'friendly', and in this intarwebs-savvy world, ALL CAPS has become decidedly NOT friendly at first glance (imho).

[DarkTirade]

16. I voted #2, but #1 is a close second IMO.

Not a big fan of the third though. :)

[siligut]

18. #2.

I like #2, it is clear and direct, it is the way most non-metaphysical signs should be. Most people so far are going for #2, which is good. However, capital letters may be an issue in choice #2 and political forum people may be skewed, so unless your bookstore is a political bookstore, you may want to think that through.

I just found out something interesting and useful too. You, of course, can’t answer a poll unless you are logged in and if you log in after the prompt, while trying to vote whilst not being logged in, after you log in you are back on the same page you were when you decided to log in!

Now, maybe I am unusually dense, but I was always a little frustrated with having to end up on the front page after logging in and then meandering my way back to the lounge and looking for the post I wanted to respond to.

[mitchum]

19. #2

[hippywife]

20. I like them all, really, but

I voted for #1 because I like it just a tad better. But any of those would be great. :hi:

[Ellipsis]

21. #2

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. The first one, but

I'd go with a "bookier" font, because I'm a great believer in the subtleties of advertising.

Can't remember the name of the one I'm thinking of and can't find it online, but it was HUGH in the '70s and early '80s — seemed like every book printed for about 10 years used it, as did quite a few newspapers. It was rather round and somewhat light with large bowls.


This is gonna bug me all day. :banghead:

[RetroLounge]

23. Oooh, a bookier font?

now i'm curious...

:hi:

RL

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. I found it

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=242507&grab_id=0&page_id=37587&query=Souvenir&SCOPE=Fonts

[harmonicon]

35. yes, 1970's font!!

Also known as the font used on all books read in public school through at least the mid-90's.

[Ellen Forradalom]

39. Came standard with any phototypesetting machine

If I never see Souvenir again, it'll be too soon.

[Rhythm]

24. A little variation

[RetroLounge]

27. 342 Views and only 58 Votes? Come On!

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

30. #2

with #1 a close second.

But you already know this...

:P

[deucemagnet]

28. #1

I think that friendly-looking fonts are better than all-caps for a bookstore, although it seems that two of the three big book retailers below don't agree with me.

[RetroLounge]

31. I just took a quick look at the bookstores on MySpace

and it's split about 60/40 caps vs lower case.

RL

[Rhythm]

32. The 'all caps' logos just feel... i dunno...

Intimidating.

I don't get that vibe from the upper/lower logos. Even Barbarian Books in the DC burbs seems more comfortable and low-key than it would if it was BARBARIAN BOOKS.

[Recursion]

29. 2. Trajan is my favorite font (nt)

[dembotoz]

33. number 1

read somewhere that you should not use all caps-decreases readership or harder to read or something.

[SPKrazy]

34. Guess I'm in a uniquely small group

that likes #3

:shrug:

[harmonicon]

36. I like #1

I think it has to do with the 'X'. I think the all upper case, and similar size of letters in #2 makes the 'X' seem a little funny - less the like the beginning of a word, and thus harder to read. The case would likely be different if the sing side 'Boobs Booksellers' or 'BOOBS BOOKSELLERS', but instead of 'boobs' (which are very popular) you went with 'xenith'.

But, after writing this, I see a rationale about #2. In #1 by having both words capitalized, it seems like a title... I'm not sure if I like that. Still, I think #1 is the most visually pleasing and gave the best first impression, that could very well be what matters.

Out of curiosity, what does the sign look like/say now?

[RetroLounge]

41. There is no sign now on the outside

I have a paper sign in the window...

RL

[mondo joe]

37. I'd prefer font 2, but with all cap and then all lower case - XENITH booksellers

[libodem]

38. I like

the second one best.

[LibraLiz1973]

43. This is my personal favorite......

[xchrom]

46. 1 -- but shouldn't you be in the window

naked?

[lizziegrace]

51. That gets my vote!

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

53. I'm behind the door, naked.

I walked out just after the pic was taken...

:shrug:

sorry...

RL

[RetroLounge]

47. Kick

:kick:

RL

[flvegan]

48. Make the two Os in "Booksellers" look like boobs.

That's my contribution.

[DS1]

49. How about

[RetroLounge]

54. Nice...

Maybe a LED sign controlled by the computer, with changing messages?

:rofl:

RL

[TommyO]

50. I went with #1, I'm not a big fan of small caps

though I would downsize it just a bit, it looks too pushed out to the edges.

[NMDemDist2]

52. I like #3 only because I think "BOOKS" needs to large, larger, largest!! n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

55. A DU friend?

Harumph.

#1, eh?

:hi: