The Gmail Logo Was Designed the Night Before Gmail Launched  “I had never noticed before how the G of Gmail was such a different style than the rest of the logo, but now that I’ve focused on it, that G is always going to stick out, the serif-laden man among his serif-less friends.”

The Gmail Logo Was Designed the Night Before Gmail Launched 

“I had never noticed before how the G of Gmail was such a different style than the rest of the logo, but now that I’ve focused on it, that G is always going to stick out, the serif-laden man among his serif-less friends.”

#tech #design #gmail #typography #google

1 year ago

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  3. xruhrohx said: It is meant to be different from the rest of the letters. The G matches the rest of the letters in Google. Gmail is just shortened Google Mail. Keep the Google logo, and add mail to it. But I do think they could have kept the font all through.
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Born and raised in Atlanta, I completed my Master's in Digital Media at Georgia Tech and moved to San Francisco in April 2010 to consult on new media strategy for top companies and consumer brands.

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