"Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
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> I get it now. However, I didn't *intentionally* make my logo have a look
or
> feel from past times. Does that mean it isn't retro after all?
>

You seem to be under the impression that the artist gets to decide on the
meaning and/or intent of his work - what a strange idea, don't you know
that's what post-modern critics and social commentators are for? ;)

BTW for a similiar(ish) design, as well as a couple of different fonts (both
rather nice), what about the Astro City logo (a rather enjoyable comic):

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"Tom Melly" wrote:
> You seem to be under the impression that the artist
> gets to decide on the meaning and/or intent of his work
> - what a strange idea, don't you know that's what
> post-modern critics and social commentators are for? ;)

Of course, you're right! ;)

> BTW for a similiar(ish) design, as well as a couple of
> different fonts (both rather nice), what about the
> Astro City logo (a rather enjoyable comic):

It's very nice, but it's not the feel I'm going for.
It says very much "cartoon" to me (quite naturally).

Though the logo for my site may look a bit cartoonish, the overall
impression is not meant to be particularly cartoonish.

Rune
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I thought Retro meant "Futuristic." As in "Retrofit." It looked kinda spacey
(in a GOOD way) to me.

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Tom Melly scripsit
> > > It generally means design based around 1950's US design.
> > > Powerpuff Girls springs to mind.

Geoff Wedig added
> > Or earlier.  Retro as in "retroactive". 
> > It's a look built out of old-fashioned elements.

J Charter wrote
>  "retrograde"  might be better
> And it is relative isn't it?  It means looking "backward"
> in time from whatever vantage you assume to take.  Mimicking
> sixties clothing styles today is "retro"

James Lileks, whose site (http://lileks.com/) is worth exploring,
commented somewhere that before 1970 or so there was no such thing as
`retro' as we know it.  Thirties style doesn't turn up much in Fifties
designs.

Dunno whether I buy his claim, but it's thought-provoking anyway!

The first example that comes to mind of paleo-retro ;) is the use of
`wood' typefaces to suggest either the Wild West or the circus.

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