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Please keep Pathfinder 1's logo!
It signals "FANTASY", like no other!
The logo, standing alone, fairly reeks of Adventure, Romance, Sword & Sorcery!
The playtest logo, although pretty enough, doesn't really have much going for it fantasy-wise - it could be a logo for almost anything.
Keep the old one, please - too good to loose!
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I like the PF1 logo as well, though it would need tweaking to indicate a second edition. The red colour from the playtest, and a "Second edition" sub-banner.
What does the playtest logo look like?
What does the playtest logo look like?
You can see it here
http://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lkuz?Conditions#discuss
As I said, not bad, but not as much "Fantasy" as the old one - again, my opinion. and tastes differ. I think however, if I were a casual gamer browsing in a game store I would "get the flavour" of Pathfinder beter from the old logo.
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Keep in mind, as the "name" also implies, that it's the playtest logo. The 2e logo might look quite different (or more reminiscent of the 1e logo - while still different enough to easily differentiate the two).
I don't think the "casual gamer browsing in a game store" is going to be an issue, as actual printed books of the playtest aren't likely to show up in a lot of brick and mortar stores.
There's not a lot of sense to spend a lot of time on the playtest logo -- its only going to exist for ~1 year. And you don't want it being confused with either 1e or e2.
Keep in mind, as the "name" also implies, that it's the playtest logo. The 2e logo might look quite different (or more reminiscent of the 1e logo - while still different enough to easily differentiate the two).
I don't think the "casual gamer browsing in a game store" is going to be an issue, as actual printed books of the playtest aren't likely to show up in a lot of brick and mortar stores.
Yeah, what you say make sense - hope you're right.
There's not a lot of sense to spend a lot of time on the playtest logo -- its only going to exist for ~1 year. And you don't want it being confused with either 1e or e2.
This is what I hope as well.
There's absolutely no point in keeping the 1e logo. All that would cause would be confusion and frustration among customers trying to discern one edition from another.
I think that Sadie said well - Recognizeable logo with a "2" or something.
Keeping it in the style of the old logo would (at least for me) give that nostalgia/good-old-whatever-feeling.I fully realize that this is subjective:-)
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There's absolutely no point in keeping the 1e logo. All that would cause would be confusion and frustration among customers trying to discern one edition from another.I think that Sadie said well - Recognizeable logo with a "2" or something.
Keeping it in the style of the old logo would (at least for me) give that nostalgia/good-old-whatever-feeling.
I fully realize that this is subjective:-)
Even with a sub-banner, it's still too similar. Are you going to be the one who's going to pick up an angry telephone call from a Short-Tempered Fan who just bought a PF1 book thinking it's a PF2 book because the logo is similar? Well, you're likely not, so you can at least understand why brand confusion is an important factor when you roll out a new iteration of a product.
And brutally honestly, us invested hyper-fans would buy all things Pathfinder even if covers were jet black with book title in Comic Sans. It's the casual fans, distributors, retailers and license partners who make decisions based on the look of the product.
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Tsk. If they'd been more foresighted ten years ago they would have incorporated "first edition" into the logo prominently then, they could just change it to "second edition" in a different color now, and Bob's your uncle.
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There's absolutely no point in keeping the 1e logo. All that would cause would be confusion and frustration among customers trying to discern one edition from another.I think that Sadie said well - Recognizeable logo with a "2" or something.
Keeping it in the style of the old logo would (at least for me) give that nostalgia/good-old-whatever-feeling.
I fully realize that this is subjective:-)Even with a sub-banner, it's still too similar. Are you going to be the one who's going to pick up an angry telephone call from a Short-Tempered Fan who just bought a PF1 book thinking it's a PF2 book because the logo is similar? Well, you're likely not, so you can at least understand why brand confusion is an important factor when you roll out a new iteration of a product.
And brutally honestly, us invested hyper-fans would buy all things Pathfinder even if covers were jet black with book title in Comic Sans. It's the casual fans, distributors, retailers and license partners who make decisions based on the look of the product.
Oh, dear, I was wrong - thank you, for setting me straight ...