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Good morning everyone...the sun's a shinin' and the birds are singin'. My client loves everything about this proposal, except the "The Caledonia". I don't care for it either, but there's not really room for a scroll, dingbat or embellishment to encase the words. Anyone have any ideas?
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Yeah, I know Bob, "The Caledonia" was an afterthought by the client. There is another Village Inn in a neighboring town and that has always caused confusion (30 yrs). The panel is exactly 48"x 96" Looks like I'm still sketchin'...
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wasnt CALDONIA, a john lee hooker song)))))
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Caledonia is the name the Romans used for Scotland. Amazing what you can learn from Wikapedia with minimal effort.
My thought would be to arc the word to follow the top arc of the sign.
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I knew what Caledonia was already, I think Terry did too cuz he added a thistle. What I would do is flip/rotate the whole panel. It's really better to fit the shape to your text, as Boob suggests. Love....Jill
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I'd drop the picture (thistle?) at the bottom- it 'uses up' too much valuable space. Then lower the two main words 'Village Inn' a bit. Then enlarge Caledonia a little & squeeze 'The' half into the negative space between the C & the L of Caledonia & half protruding out of the space a bit. Then take the A at the end of Caledonia & add a swoosh to it to balance the weight of the C at the start.
Put a thistle back in somewhere if there's room, but I wouldn't be using something constrained in a circle like that, I'd sooner an organic unsymmetrical thistle leaf/pair of leaves & a flowering head on top.
Hope that makes sense!
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Jill's idea looks great, but I'd love to see it follow the arch as Cam suggested, just to see how that would look...
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How about this? I tried not to change too much.
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terry, im diggin the original shapes uniqueness, how about wrapping the tail of the "V" up and around to form an oval to enclose "the caledonia" and end it in a swoosh like on the center bar of the "E" in "village"
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I like the ribbon (but then I always like ribbons on signs). If it HAS to say "The Caledonia" instead of just "Caledonia", do "The" in the same size and font as "Caledonia". As it is, "The" is an unreadable squiggle.
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Reduce the size of the logo at the bottom, lower the primary copy a bit. It may even out some of the negative space.
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Just make sure your purchase order, sell sheet, invoice, or whatever you use, has a clause that releases you from responsibility (and guarantees you get paid) in the case of trademark infringement.
VICORP has a Village Inn restaurant in Caledonia so there could be potential issues with this one.
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