Thread:JoePlay/@comment-36009152-20181027210226/@comment-36009152-20181031190540

Hey, that’s wonderful, yes it’s certainly one shade that could go unnoticed but attention to detail is sound so I'm glad we noticed it. That is a great improvement but there is a better path to get the outcome we want. I think we need to leave amending the current word mark and start anew with the poster. I’ll explain further what I mean as I believe this is by far an easier way:

The example 01 is the bottom of the official art poster, this one, if you could crop the bottom of this poster (the other one was blurry when clicked) and shrink it to the (what should be) 250x65 pixels of the word mark area, like the Prototype 1.jpg example above. That’s perfect; all it needs now is the “WIKI” and yellow above to complete it. The “WIKI” is also established, it’s the one that we can include on the same line as the Japanese text (that’s stays where it is) with the end “I” in line with the “H” as before, that’s sorted.

For the yellow, if the bottom section is simply copied, like I’ve copied this line of bottom yellow here in example 3 (the Japanese text would need to be removed) then we can add that above so there’s the same height of yellow above the “BANANA FISH” as below with the correct colour transition, and of course placed to the back so the text is in front.

This method would result in the ideal colour transition – it’s the exact official art, the precise ratios, and appearance (such as the yellow marks on the black title). Again, the current word marks have been made from scratch, and why titivate with colour ratios and text size (which would be challenging to get right) when we can just score the bottom of the poster with everything already there waiting to be used. The necessary additions, like the “WIKI” are already prepared to perfect it.