hihihihi88 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2005 The history of logo design and logos dates back to Greece in ancient times . The word "logo" means a name , symbol or trademark designed for easy recognition . Logo design history had it's humble beginnings as a cipher consisting of a single letter , and later a design or mark consisting of two or more letters together . The cipher may be either all the letters of a name , the initial letters , or the sumame of a person for use on stationery , business cards , or eisewhere .Many early Greek and Roman coins bear the monograms or logos of rulers or towns . The most famous of these early logos is the sacred monogram , which is formed by the conjunction of the first two Greek letters of XR , S , T , O and S : (Christ) , usually with the A : (alpha) and O : (omega) if the Apocalypose on each side of the coin . The Middle Ages were extremely prolific in inventing ciphers for ecclesiastical , artistic , and commercial use .A logo can be a sign of graphics or logotype and used as a company's symbol -- a corporate identity . The logo should be literally the first piece of graphyics that the reader would see , no matter on print covers or web pages . happy to design Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nakulgupta 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2005 Cool....i never knew that. Nice one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
friso 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2005 funny, never knew that. well, many words in modern languages are roman, etymology is funny. (for those who don't what it is: etymology is finding out where a word comes from. especially in chinese characters it's funny to see where they come from. for example: big disaster is the sign of a big flood (as in the Bible) or sometihng like that. and choosing between good and evil was something with a tree (Bible again..) really interesting. i couldn't find the article, but you should google it. PS:no offence, but please quote when you quote. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ &http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ both give that article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesmizzie 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2005 The history of logo design and logos dates back to Greece in ancient times . The word "logo" means a name , symbol or trademark designed for easy recognition . Logo design history had it's humble beginnings as a cipher consisting of a single letter , and later a design or mark consisting of two or more letters together . The cipher may be either all the letters of a name , the initial letters , or the sumame of a person for use on stationery , business cards , or eisewhere . Many early Greek and Roman coins bear the monograms or logos of rulers or towns . The most famous of these early logos is the sacred monogram , which is formed by the conjunction of the first two Greek letters of XR , S , T , O and S : (Christ) , usually with the A : (alpha) and O : (omega) if the Apocalypose on each side of the coin . The Middle Ages were extremely prolific in inventing ciphers for ecclesiastical , artistic , and commercial use . A logo can be a sign of graphics or logotype and used as a company's symbol -- a corporate identity . The logo should be literally the first piece of graphyics that the reader would see , no matter on print covers or web pages . happy to design <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I never thought of that! I never thought of tracing the logo's history back to the Greeks and Romans, but now that you mention it, it all makes sense! Thanks for the interesting history lesson! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2005 Really interesting! “Even though the word “logo” comes from ancient Greek and it translates to “word” or “speech”, other cultures - the Babylonian, Assyrian, Mayan, Chinese, Egyptian also used pictographs to communicate words and ideas. Pictographs could be considered early logos; unfortunately, gang graffiti on the walls of inner city buildings continues that trend of identification through signs and pictures.” I agree always quoting: http://www.logoworks.com/logos/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 3, 2009 I recently saw a BBC production on the Power of Art and they claimed that Darius the Great was the first to employ a logo. Check it out on Youtube. Alexander the Great was the first to employ his image on a coin. Great Documentary series.-reply by Rudy Gardea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
