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Yoki-Taro Snow Eating Machine Runs on Copperplate!
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 | Courtesy Redesigns | No Comments
Eat snow, poop ice. Way to go Japan.
Apparently the Japanese are tired of their old folks kicking the bucket when they have to shovel themselves out of some of the snow storms they have. So they plan on giving them all $9000 snow eating machines to help them out.
When people are old, they hit the check out zone. In the check out zone it’s time for them to move on to the next big thing. Anyways, Yoki-Taro wasn’t going to do much snow pooping in that boring yellow case of his so with the power invested in him with a new logo we designed, he is able to eat and poop out ice bricks for days and days on end without a recharge.
So way to go Japan, you once again spent hours and hours on more useless crap, but at least this useless crap now looks good and runs better with a little copperplate gothic bold!
Happy Snowday America!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 | Courtesy Redesigns | No Comments
Happy Snow Day America! Deer, snow man, cardinal, bald eagle, Copperplate Gothic Bold. Amazing.
One thing you’ll notice in this image is the patriotism, who doesn’t love a snowman that holds an American flag. There is a deer right next to the snowman, deer might as well be our national animal next to the bald eagle. Nothing is more American than bald eagles and deer! The Bald Eagle suprisingly enough didn’t fly in for the artists rendering so we put one in there, on top of the American flag.
So here’s to snow days, America, and Copperplate Gothic Bold. Happy snow day.
Helvetica Sucks, We’ve Fixed It. Here’s How.
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | Courtesy Redesigns, Education | 4 Comments
We were looking through the pipes that make up the internet and found this lovely graphic from someone over at Typophile. The original image and article said that Helvetica was the best font of all time. After reading this blatant falsehood and throwing up a little in our mouths, we set out to correcting this debate once and for all.
To the left we’ve professionally redesigned the authors original attempt at being cute with some real deal fancymaking by taking the word “Helvetica” which was set in itself. What a dumb idea.
We’ve taken a dumb idea and done a 180 degree turnaround by putting Helvetica in Copperplate Gothic Bold. Look at how much better the design looks after the transformation. So maybe Helvetica is the best word to use for showcasing the Best Font Ever, Copperplate Gothic Bold. Don’t cry Helvetica, it’s ok, Copperplate made it better!
The Best Font Ever 2009…Copperplate Gothic Bold
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | Courtesy Redesigns, Education | 1 Comment
While I was over at http://justcreativedesign.com/2009/03/04/the-top-100-best-fonts-of-all-time/ I noticed that designer Jacob Cass put together a few lists of the most popular fonts of all time. Noticeably down on the list was Copperplate Gothic Bold at… 60…(crickets). That’s right, he must have just creatively made up 59 other worthless fonts to be placed in front of Copperplate Gothic Bold. He must have also creatively made up all the nonsense about other fonts being better all throughout his internet postings, we couldn’t bear to see these other fonts getting the glory!
We also noticed his logo was in need of help so we’ve included a redesign for his logo free of charge as a professional courtesy! It truly rocks if we do say so ourselves, instead of crying his logo sings in it’s new color palette and fontscape of Copperplate Gothic Bold.
So we’ve created a special post for the “Best Font Ever 2009″ edition. Unanimous voting has decided that out of the millions of fonts available all over the world, that the Best Font Ever 2009 edition award goes to…..
Copperplate Gothic Bold
So put on your party hats ladies and gentleman, fire up the hookah, and let’s celebrate like it’s 1999 because Copperplate Gothic Bold has won the Best Font Ever award for the 2009th year in a row. So spread the good news and let’s defeat the support of any other font other than CGB in 2010!
NBC Sing Off? Pissed Us Off! Try These Notes For Size.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | Courtesy Redesigns, Music | 1 Comment
NBC’s “Sing Off” has gone and pissed us off!
Here are the facts:
1. A cappella is awesome
2. Copperplate is amazing
3. Not using Copperplate for an ACappella show was the worst idea ever, you might as well develop a show around kicking baby puppies, and that’s horrible!
Is it a coincidence that the three letters that are the initials for Copperplate Gothic Bold are CGB? No, it was on purpose, those are valid musical notes.
Is it a coincidence that Frederic Goudy invented beatboxing? No sir-ee-doo-bob.
Is it a coincidence that the perfectly shaped serifs used in Copperplate Gothic Bold are much like the uniquely crafted vocal lines used to express the underlying song in A Cappella? That’s easy…NO!!!
Is it a coincidence that the perfect temperature to enjoy CGB is 98 degrees? Or that the show’s host is Nick Lachey, big NO!
NBC, you missed the boat, big time. Not even T-pains appreciative song about you putting him on a boat can save you now. So cancel the show, try again, and next time think before you jump in the pool, the pool of Copperplate Greatness! This is a great start for you a courtesy redesign of your beloved host with a much improved simple but effective logo to promote your show. We just ask that you include Exit 245 next time.
The DMV is Alright With Me!!!
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 | Courtesy Redesigns | 1 Comment
I went to get my license renewed yesterday, after waiting in line for 20 minutes I saw the most beautiful sight…CGB staring right at me. The DMV may not be known for their customer service but they will be soon. I literally got the last one of their flyers after the mad rush to take these beautiful and free pamphlets they were offering. They knew they had one shot to get their message accross and they used CGB to get the job done. Well done DMV you get a solid 10 out of 10 from us!!!
The Crying Bald Eagle
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Courtesy Redesigns | 3 Comments
Only a crying bald eagle holding broken freedom with a DDT enhanced third leg can reflect how truly awful sad this is
Today someone did something that was so truly horrible and vile that there was only one graphic that came to mind that could express our deep and exquisite sorrow…a crying eagle.
Instead of getting angry at the arbitrary and capricious nature of this persons request we created an original symbol to express our disdain, a three legged crying bald eagle holding the broken remanents of freedom.
So whenever someone does something to you or a loved one, slap em with a crying bald eagle. Nothing is more sad or depressing than watching an eagle cry. The first time I saw one cry in real life … well … it was one of the most gut wrenching experiences of my entire life. Now you too can bring this level of sorrow to someone else when they wrong you.
Copperplate Gothic Bold brings home the seriousness of the graphic and helps to elevate an already powerful image to a new level. Without Copperplate this would just be another boring image, but with Copperplate Gothic Bold, it transforms it into a true symbol of sadness.
Getting DMViggy With It!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Courtesy Redesigns | No Comments
It’s not often we put up fonts unrelated to Copperplate Gothic Bold. In fact I don’t think we have. But it is the essence of the typeface to create beauty in the celebration of it’s glory. Henceforth, the Virginia I Love Copperplate Gothic Bold License plate.
This license plate very easily and succinctly establishes to non-believers that there is much “luv” for the font. Those in the know will honk their horns wildly and with much fanfare show their appreciation for the font.
So thanks Virginia for being so great, for clearing out the Indians off their land, for taking it from the native people and rightly establishing it in the name of England only to lead to this moment of greatness in license plate history. This truly is a great day for the Great Copper”plate”.
No Mortgage to Cover Our Designs, This One’s On Us!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Banks, Courtesy Redesigns, Finance, Products, Real Estate | No Comments
Suntrust bank offers mortgages and other loan products, we offer a design to help their business.
With all the talk of mortgages, sub-prime lending, loans and otherwise bank related things in the news we thought it only to appropriate to keep up the logo redesign for these banks who need a little help.
Their logos are tired, boring and otherwise don’t communicate the trust that they need to communicate. The Suntrust logo looks like they cut off a chickens head and put it on top of some letters. Well they can have their chicken and eat it too, it just needs a little help from Copperplate Gothic Bold.
Their mortgages and lending abilities may be fine, and they may make a killing off of their fractional reserve banking practices as all banks do, but their font is holding them back. By making a simple substitution of Copperplate Gothic Bold their logo goes from boring to incredible.
So Suntrust have fun, take our logo gratis, keep offering low rates on mortgages and watch as business skyrockets with this simple and easy to implement “change.”
Mortgage, Banks, Sub-Prime Mortgages and Copperplate Gothic Bold!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Banks, Courtesy Redesigns, Finance, Products | 2 Comments
CGB does a courtesy redesign of the Bank of America Logo and fixes all of the Loan woes of the world with one font.
We are suggesting a new logo for the mortgage, loan, and free checking company Bank of America.
We feel their current logo doesn’t quite show that they can give you the best rate for a mortgage, it shows you that they don’t care about you, they live in a stone castle overseas and that they couldn’t take the time to find a real American flag so basterdized a version of it.
If you find a house that you like, and you sign the dotted line for a mortgage, the rate at which you get the mortgage is important because a 1/4 of a percent can mean the difference of tens of thousands of dollars. So Bank of America, consider this our gift to you, in the hopes that you can beat this sub-prime mortgage meltdown mess and consider our logo which instills integrity, good will, and trust so that you and your customers can believe in your company. Copperplate Gothic Bold once again destroys anything that some sans-serif’d geeky looking designer in their parents back bedroom could ever conjour up.
Copperplate Gothic Bold, the font so good, you can bank on it!!!
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