Tigrr wrote: I'm actually surprised that with such a dedicated fan base, that someone with some knowledge of typography and design hasn't actually sent some mockups of a logo to Suzuki. I know if I was experienced with that sort of thing, I would send through my suggestions and would gladly offer to do it for free to help save money.
Although maybe someone already has...
This.
Can the design warriors work on this? Take the logo and just accent the individual letters, removing the cursive elements? Against the full background if possible? As professional as it can be?
Despite how I may come off, I am in the same camp as all of us in regards to the quality of the new logo. If it has to be different, I don't mind different, but something a little more Shenmue and a little bit more quality. I will be pushing to talk about it in a frank manner in September at the dinner, and at the very least get some info as to why it's that. Perhaps Suzuki-san doesn't know it's a simple font available to anyone with a PC. Anything is possible. But Yu will listen to his fans, more so than ever I would imagine considering this is a Kickstarter, so why not at least try is how I am looking at it.
I don't know who's attending the LA dinner but if someone brings it up there also, it can gain momentum as a pattern.