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Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:27 pm
by fluffy
Aspect ratio is about the horizontal vs. vertical scale factor. Also I didn't see the original posts but Manhattan Glutton specifically referred to the horizontal scale of one word vs. the other.
also I'm going to do my best to ignore this fucking thread from now on (and probably most of the other 'quality control' or 'complaints and suggestion' threads which turn into these bitchfests because seriously)
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:53 pm
by Manhattan Glutton
I love you guys. You're all creative, fantastic people.
Not sarcastic.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:10 pm
by Lunkhead
I'm not familiar with "aspect ratio" in the context of fonts settings (e.g. in Word, Photoshop, etc.) so I don't feel comfortable assuming that I know exactly what Spud meant. I would rather just make a place where Spud can provide more information at some point if he feels like it, where everybody can see and benefit from that information.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:13 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
fluffy wrote:also I'm going to do my best to ignore this fucking thread from now on (and probably most of the other 'quality control' or 'complaints and suggestion' threads which turn into these bitchfests because seriously)
Aww, come on fluf. I was just trying to lighten the mood. Things were getting way too serious in here. I don't really think SF should be called song penis. I was just trying to impress Spud that I got the font and color right.

Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:11 pm
by Spud
Billy's Little Trip wrote:fluffy wrote:also I'm going to do my best to ignore this fucking thread from now on (and probably most of the other 'quality control' or 'complaints and suggestion' threads which turn into these bitchfests because seriously)
Aww, come on fluf. I was just trying to lighten the mood. Things were getting way too serious in here. I don't really think SF should be called song penis. I was just trying to impress Spud that I got the font and color right.

Yeah, but you still got the aspect ratio wrong.

As much as I might wish it was, the logo is not square.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:43 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Spud wrote:Billy's Little Trip wrote:fluffy wrote:also I'm going to do my best to ignore this fucking thread from now on (and probably most of the other 'quality control' or 'complaints and suggestion' threads which turn into these bitchfests because seriously)
Aww, come on fluf. I was just trying to lighten the mood. Things were getting way too serious in here. I don't really think SF should be called song penis. I was just trying to impress Spud that I got the font and color right.

Yeah, but you still got the aspect ratio wrong.

As much as I might wish it was, the logo is not square.
Oh......
Well, here are some links to examples of OTHER company's branding/logo guidelines:
http://support.twitter.com/entries/77641
https://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/
http://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/branding
http://www.android.com/branding.html
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/gu ... rties.html

Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:49 pm
by RangerDenni
Manhattan Glutton wrote:It's not Song Penis. It's Dong Fight.
Oh ... I've already been ON this ... in the fdrunk forum!!!
...
http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... &start=704
RangerDenni wrote:Oh my god! I am sorry. I sm not a troll.
I shall be scarce for a while...
I will still make dongs.
Lots of ptppld. Tell me to just shut up and dsing. Whateverlybrothers.
BBABM wrote:Spud wrote:dongs. hehehe.
my sentiments exactly
SEE!!!! HA!!! ALREADY BEEN THOUGHT!! In the fdrunk forum, no less! clutterin up the mix with mah GENIUS! I IZ DAT!
{edit. well, technically, it was Spud who called it to our attention. BUT I thunkdrunk it up. And BBABM.. So together, we made up an entire dong-fight!
......um.......}
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:55 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
LOL. Ha. Drunk DJ is pretty dong gone funny.

Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:30 pm
by Spud
Here's a start:
http://www.songfight.org/standards/
While I have tried to be somewhat comprehensive, and have provided a great many downloadable files, I am sure that there will be questions.
I have not yet covered how the logo should be placed on a page, shirt, or product, or how it should combine with other graphic elements, etc.
I am working on those, but I thought that this first draft would be helpful.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:09 pm
by Lunkhead
Wow, that's awesome! Great work Spud. Thanks for doing that. When I have a few minutes this weekend I'll update the embeddable player to use the 100px "SONG FIGHT!" (on one line) image. Yay!
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:30 am
by AJOwens
I found a typo!
"Red on white is the preferred "official" version, but there are time in which. . ." should be "times" (probably "times when").
Also, to ease the worries of the literal-minded, the overlaid 'reduce "FIGHT" to 85%' should be 'reduce "FIGHT!" to 85%" (including the exclamation mark).
I feel so useful!

Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:13 am
by Spud
Thanks. Fixed. I guess I should be happy that you read it.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:42 am
by jb
i am never going to live that fdrink thing down.
not that i want to, that is.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:44 am
by AJOwens
Spud wrote:Thanks. Fixed. I guess I should be happy that you read it.
I wanted to know whether "SONG FIGHT!" is one word.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:59 am
by Spud
AJOwens wrote:Spud wrote:Thanks. Fixed. I guess I should be happy that you read it.
I wanted to know whether "SONG FIGHT!" is one word.
Yeah, there's not a lot of agreement on that. Drives me crazy. Even on the site itself, it's not consistent. But then, it pisses me of that Big Dog (the clothing company) can't determine if they are Big Dog or Big Dogs.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:06 am
by Billy's Little Trip
Oh, just be more tolerant and let it swing both ways. Bi-logol.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:52 am
by Paco Del Stinko
I always split the difference and spell it as one word with both song and fight capitalized. Like so: SongFight!. Eh. I dunno.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:07 pm
by fluffy
CamelCase wheeee
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:27 pm
by Spud
Studly Caps
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:34 pm
by JonPorobil
This will be very helpful in a number of ways, including getting visual artists to make cover art and promotional materials for the live shows. Kudos all around, Spud.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:38 am
by Billy's Little Trip
Spud. I'm going to have to insist that you re-do your style thingy. It seems that your aspect ratio is square like you. It should be slightly off like me. 400px X 398px just makes more sense to me.
...plus, why aren't two of the color choices plaid or zebra? Think outside the box, square! ...teehee, i love puns.
Re: Song Fight! Style Guide
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:25 am
by Spud