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Playlist Script Font: What It Is and How to Confirm It in a Logo
An overview of the Playlist Script font for logo work: what the name refers to, how to confirm a match, and how to tell live type, outlined vectors and raster previews apart.
Kick Logo Color Codes: What Can Be Confirmed and How to Verify Them
Looking for the Kick logo color code? Learn which values can be confirmed, why sampled colors often differ, and how to check codes in official vector artwork.
Old Typewriter Fonts
How to recognize old typewriter fonts in a logo, how they differ from other slab serifs, and what to check about vector structure, distressed textures and font licensing.
Instagram Logo Color Palette and Codes
What the Instagram logo's colors actually are, why one color code can't describe its gradient, and how to find accurate values from a genuine vector source.
Monochromatic Color Wheel: How to Build a One-Hue Logo Palette
How the monochromatic color wheel works for logos: build tints, shades and tones from one hue, apply them to vector artwork and verify for screen and print.
How to Generate a Pantone Logo Color Palette
A step-by-step guide to building a Pantone logo color palette, assigning spot colors in vector artwork, and checking the result for print and screen delivery.
What Color Do Pink and Blue Make?
Pink and blue make purple, from soft lavender to deep violet depending on the shades and the mixing method. Here is how that works in paint, on screen and in vector logo files.
Ribbon Fonts
What a ribbon font is, how it differs from text set on a ribbon banner, and what to check before using ribbon lettering in a vector logo.
How to Rasterize an SVG Logo: Choosing a Renderer and Exporting Clean Pixels
Learn how to rasterize an SVG logo into PNG or JPEG with a browser, Inkscape or a command-line SVG renderer, and how to check the exported result.
Monaco Font Identification: Recognizing Apple's Monospaced Typeface in Logo Artwork
How to recognize the Monaco font, where it comes from, how it differs from similar monospaced typefaces, and what to check before using it in vector logo files.
Movie Poster Fonts
What movie poster fonts are, why many film titles are custom lettering rather than typefaces, how to identify them, and what to check before reusing them.
New Romantics Font: What Can and Cannot Be Confirmed
Looking for the New Romantics font? See what is confirmed, how to identify lettering from an image, and why vector files and font licenses matter.