tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post3022621632279706271..comments2023-10-29T08:44:48.602-05:00Comments on David Steinlicht: Teasing adDavid Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-3364631909376680122009-12-17T11:12:50.605-06:002009-12-17T11:12:50.605-06:00The unter-umlaut "r" I think is supposed...The unter-umlaut "r" I think is supposed<br />to stand for robot eyeballs in the little<br />android figure that goes with the marketing, maybe.<br /><br />But it could be the start of a new<br />ideogram-alphabet symbiosis, the addition of Chinese type character radicals with little ticks and tacks representing different meanings? I am hoping that<br />Google will change the very alphabet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-22022168063408525062009-10-22T14:23:15.853-05:002009-10-22T14:23:15.853-05:00Not to worry -- at the bottom of a Verizon Droid p...Not to worry -- at the bottom of a Verizon Droid page is this fine print:<br /><br />"DROID is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license."<br /><br />Lawsuit averted.David Steinlichthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-32335897007108375862009-10-22T13:52:52.178-05:002009-10-22T13:52:52.178-05:00Since Lucas has the trademark, maybe that is why t...Since Lucas has the trademark, maybe that is why they made the "r" different. For them it may be like the backward "R" in Toys R Us.sunshinegrl75https://www.blogger.com/profile/16469520342121139182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-77436763694018290182009-10-22T13:12:45.937-05:002009-10-22T13:12:45.937-05:00They should have run this by legal... Lucas has th...They should have run this by legal... Lucas has the trademark on the word "droid."Steven Stwalleyhttp://stwallskull.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-26031538314861983472009-10-22T12:03:40.961-05:002009-10-22T12:03:40.961-05:00You're right, Mark. I guess legibility doesn&#...You're right, Mark. I guess legibility doesn't really apply when one is talking about nine letters.<br /><br />Still, the uppercase "D" and "O" in this design are so very close.<br /><br />Monotonous on purpose? I'm going to have to think about that. Maybe the monotony is built in to make the special "r" stand out more? M-m-m-okay.David Steinlichthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-21768462671153314702009-10-22T11:46:53.225-05:002009-10-22T11:46:53.225-05:00Hm. I don't find any of them hard to read, but...Hm. I don't find any of them <i>hard</i> to read, but the ones with the lowercase "d" might be slightly easier just because they are less monotonous. I think the monotonous shapes do made it look more droid-ish, though.Mark Simonsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502203954575171730noreply@blogger.com