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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Kohlstedt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz: can you identify these iconic companies by their typefaces&#160;alone? Italian graphic designer Emanuele Abrate decided to run an experiment of sorts and trade names for fonts. In his renderings, iconic (non-text) elements sometimes give the brand away, but even without those the color scheme and type can provide clues. Called simply Logofonts, it <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2018/05/03/deciphering-logos-graphic-designer-swaps-brand-names-for-fonts-used/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<div id="urb-ads-toc-box" class="post-ads-toc-box urb-ads-toc" style="display:none;"></div><p>Pop quiz: can you identify these iconic companies by their typefaces&nbsp;alone? Italian graphic designer Emanuele Abrate decided to run an experiment of sorts and trade names for fonts. In his renderings, iconic (non-text) elements sometimes give the brand away, but even without those the color scheme and type can provide clues.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/twitter-font-2018.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-113052" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/twitter-font-2018-644x362.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="362"></a></p>
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<p>Called simply <a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/62589693/Logofonts">Logofonts</a>, it spans famous commercial brands including Nike, Spotify, Instagram, Facebook Twitter, Adobe and AirBNB.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/starbucks-font-2018.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-113053" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/starbucks-font-2018-644x362.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="362"></a></p>
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<p>Abrate is an art director focused on identity design, and decided to see what he could learn by reverse-engineering these classic graphics.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/adobe-font-2018.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-113050" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/adobe-font-2018-644x362.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="362"></a></p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/airbnb-font-2018.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-113049" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/airbnb-font-2018-644x362.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="362"></a></p>
<p>Perhaps not surprising upon reflection, but most of these major companies use relatively obscure fonts &mdash; even if they look a bit like familiar ones, they are a bit more unique than one might guess at a glance.</p>
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