Hi everyone! Althoug I decided to post this message in the “Student” secction, I’m not really a design student. I’m a civil engineer, therefore a cadist and I’m also a fan of logo design. I graduated in 2015 and since then I want to draw a logo of my own, but never finished this job. So I ended w…

I actually think it’s a bit too complex, I would recomend dropping the circles and just keeping the “B.”

[image] ABrito92: a cadist Although I’ve worked in/around Engineering environments my whole career, I’ve never heard that term before. So just curious; did you learn that term, or invent it? [image] ABrito92: Maybe it’s too simple. There’s no such thing as a logo that’s too simple. Th…

I had to look it up … Cadist stands for Centre d’Acquisition et de Diffusion de l’Information Scientifique et Technique There .. now it’s clear as mud LOL :smiley: I’m anxious to hear the meaning as well :wink:

I figured cadist was slang for on who uses CAD.

Ahh … you might have the answer there Steve :smiley: Never even dawned on me lmaooo :stuck_out_tongue:

[image] RedKittieKat: you might have the answer there Steve Well, if I am right, that would be the first time in a long time that I actually knew something. Just ask my kids, they’ll tell you how wrong I am on everything else. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

lmao :smiley: Sounds like kids :wink:

[image] ABrito92: The logo itself is very simple, it’s just a capital “B” circumscribed in a ring. It’s intended to be a blend of handdraw brush letter to a machine straight line concept (as in a technical drawing). Maybe it’s too simple. Google blackletter typography to see some examples of …

I think those strokes will definitely disappear when you reduce the logo size.

To me, overall it doesn’t really say Civil Engineering, I’m afraid.

Capitol "B" logo

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Google blackletter typography to see some examples of this kind of thing.

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