Have we seen the new ones?
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Have we seen the new ones?
So are those not the new ones??
Their twitter states they are not affiliated with the atheltic dept.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Yea I'm not sure why NCAABB uniforms need an American flag on them. Not trying to be unpatriotic (I love my America), but it's not like we're playing teams from other countries. We all know we're in America.
Also odd that they don't seem to be common on NCAAFB jerseys.
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Agree. If it's not the Olympics, then it's unnecessary.
I have to admit...the rebrand font is slowly growing on me :noidea:
Looks so crisp on Kip's shirt. Btw I believe this was taken at an Illini Pride event on campus.
I still don't understand why the I's are 1's. I really don't get it.
I dig. Like a cluttered room being cleaned out and organized.
For the love of everything holy, THEY AREN'T
SublimeBeast
- Dieterich, IL
+1.....or should I say +I
That’s just the font style. The I’s have a serif of sorts, as do the the L’s and N. Michigan State’s font also has serifs. 1’s have nothing to do with it.
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Well then the font is freaking worse than I thought because they look like 1’s.
Not so sure.
http://fightingillini.com/news/2014/4/16/Illinois_Athletics_Unveils_Updated_Brand_Identity.aspx
They sure look like the 1’s in the numbers sections and not so much like the primary or secondary typeface. Those are 1’s.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
I'm not bothered by the "I or 1" debate. But it's not crazy for people to say that the I's look like 1's. Wasn't there a push at one point to accentuate the "NO1" in "1LL1NO1S" as a hidden reference to us being number one?
They aren't --- they are goofy-looking I's.
Tophe
- Middle TN
The I's look like 1's to me too. And I don't see a base on the 1's.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Orange concept from @IlliniCreative:
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
In order to further the debate.... the O's look like 0's and S's look like 5's..... now what we gonna do???? I know, let's start a thread where we can tell each other what things look like if we squint our eyes or tilt our heads just right, or we've had a few drinks too many.:thumb:
If you try hard enough, the Ls kind of look like 2s....
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
I've never seen an "I" in any other font that had a single serif. The thing it looks closest to is the numeral "1," I don't think there's anything controversial about that.
I've never seen an N with a serif either.
It's a stylized font. An acquired taste at best. But the constant blather as if the intent was to show the I's as 1's is exhausting.
Equally exhausting is the apparent expectation that they will just randomly chuck the font overboard for these new basketball jerseys.
I dunno, I just have a burr in my saddle I guess. Carry on.
Orange concept from @IlliniCreative:
Bor.....ing!!! No imagination whatsoever.
Actually looks like a practice jersey.
Wait, you think it was coincidental???
Let's now turn our attention to the Victory Badge and stop calling it a shield.
Absolutely.
I'm talking with an interestingly avatared fellow for this conversation
, but you honestly think they were trying to cheesily sublimate a "we're #1" message into the font?Even Nike isn't that bad.
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