Originally published at: Google redesigns Android logo to be more like every other logo | Boing Boing
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Logos are just a form of fashion, and fashion trends change every few years.
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so you’re saying sans-serif is… crocs?
( but not cowboy boot crocs, obviously )
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The new logo is not any more generic sans serif than the previous one was. Nobody remembers the Android logo anyway. The core part of the branding is the character. The typography is largely irrelevant.
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Obviously.
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The refreshed and dynamic robot shows up where Android connects with people, community and cultural moments. It can reflect individual passions, personality and context.
Hmmm, it sounds like someone left the copy writing to ChatGTP.
Ah, long gone are the days of Neville Brody.
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Unless they have a legacy device that uses the Android logo bootup animation. 
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I have to say, the kerning on the quote is just dreadful! 
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I thought crocs weren’t supposed to cause pain. (not referring to the spurs)
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Dunkin Donuts? Looks a bit dry.
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Duncan Idaho 
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Perhaps a sly reference to Duncan Idaho?
Or how the Water of Life is gained (by drowning a sandworm, dunking it)?
Sigh.
Art.
How does it work?
ETA:
@sqlrob
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As a trained art professional with decades of varied practical experience
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So it’s the NASA Logo font from the 70s?
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It just does. That’s the beauty of it.
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I see it! 
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If only! I would find the rounded A to be more elegant. The pointy one in the new logo is out of place to my eye.
Qualifier: recovering engineer with delusions of taste
