Typophile - Pictogram for Gratis - Comments

Yes, I get very entertained

rs_donsata — Tue, 6 May 2008 12:14:59 -0700

Yes, I get very entertained sketching pictograms for whatever is needed.

Well I didn’t use the words because I think that the context will help to clarify the pictogram.

Héctor

Actually, I find pictograms

adz — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:57:39 -0700

Actually, I find pictograms incredibly interesting, I see them as an important advancement into our visual language.

In theory they are basically like Hieroglyphics yet at the same time a product of modernism.

Interesting, nice work, im

adz — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:54:01 -0700

Interesting, nice work, im currently looking at pictograms in my studies.

Question though, if you were allowed to use the letters; “24hr” in one icon, why just not use the word “free” above the phone... free phone.

Pictograms are freaking hard i reckon.

That’s a FF Transit

rs_donsata — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:20:30 -0700

That’s a FF Transit feature, most of this are simple adaptations.

Héctor

love the tilde on the coffee

geraintf — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:27:17 -0700

love the tilde on the coffee cup!

In case that graphic is

Don McCahill — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:35:48 -0700

In case that graphic is being used elsewhere, you might want to change romm to room in the fourth down, left side.

nice feel to

russellm — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:13:08 -0700

nice feel to those.

Thanks

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Now I can. Sketched by me,

rs_donsata — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:46:38 -0700

Now I can.

Sketched by me, drawn by my assistant on the FF Dingbats style.

Héctor

I can’t post images,

rs_donsata — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:59:40 -0700

I can’t post images, sorry.

Héctor

Sounds good. I’d love to

russellm — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:14:08 -0700

Sounds good. I’d love to see it when you’re all done.

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Thanks a lot for the

rs_donsata — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:11:52 -0700

Thanks a lot for the answers. We ended up using the pictogram of a telephone with a raised handset in an inviting way. I think this will do fine since the user is expected to be highly contextualized.

Héctor

It depends on what language

Lex Kominek — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:29:13 -0700

It depends on what language this will be in, and how tongue-in-cheek you want to get. Since English has no distinction between gratis and libre - both are “free” - you could depict a phone with wings flying out of a birdcage (that is if it is an English brochure and you are allowed to get a little cute with it).

- Lex

Isn’t just a phone enough?

Don McCahill — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:33:53 -0700

Isn’t just a phone enough? I assume that every hotel offers telephone service, but if not, then make a phone with a $ for those that charge, and a phone w/o for the free ones.

Some times a word is worth a

russellm — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:26:22 -0700

Some times a word is worth a thousand pictures.

trust me, I know.

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dollar sign inside a

charles_e — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:40:06 -0700

dollar sign inside a circle-slash icon?

Naw, they’d just think it took euros only.

Pictogram for Gratis

rs_donsata — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:04:27 -0700

I have to design a pictogram for a congress hotel catalog depicting free local phone calls.

¿How do you put free in a pictogram?