Microsoft Unveils First New Company Logo In 25 Years

Barence writes "For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft has issued a new company logo to usher in the Windows 8 era. Made up of a newly square Windows symbol alongside grey Microsoft logo type, it's been designed to closely match the logos for other products in Microsoft's portfolio, including Office and Xbox. The logo takes pride of place on Microsoft.com from today, and will be used in Microsoft's retail stores and on all future TV ads."

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[Bill Dimm]

This article [nwsource.com] shows a history of Microsoft's logos.

already leaked, perhaps?

[Urza9814]

Interesting...a few weeks ago I recall seeing an article somewhere about supposedly leaked designs for new Microsoft devices -- I think it was a portable mouse and some other things, can't remember where I saw it. But one of the comments pointed out that it was probably fake, because the Microsoft logo on the devices didn't have their usual slant, didn't have the notch in the o.....it basically looked like this one. Perhaps they weren't fake after all?

Re:Stop laughing

[Anonymous Coward]

have. It's "must HAVE". "of" makes no sense.

Re:poor

[Anonymous Coward]

Well I would think AVG would since it is ripping them off. Same colors, same square design, just placed in different corners. http://aa-download.avg.com/filedir/promo/press/press_logo_avg.png [avg.com]

Re:poor

[jhoegl]

It does seem pretty lazy. I mean I could put 4 squares in front of a 4 year old and get better results.

Re:Oh my God!

[mellyra]

Wow, oh wow! Whoa! A square rainbow! WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?!? T_T

The video linked in the Technet announcement [technet.com] is interesting:

blue: Windows
red: Office
green: XBOX
yellow: ???

Maybe Microsoft is planning a new product line ... (if yellow was Server or dev tools there would be no reason not to include it in the video)

Re:Launched? Unveiled?

[omnichad]

That's definitely overcompressed.

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[A Friendly Troll]

I'm saying this as a graphic designer too ... kerning on the text at the end (they overlapped the crossbar on the 'f' and 't')

I don't want to be a dick, but that's not kerning, that's a ligature, and it's been present in various scripts for about five thousand years (seriously). Furthermore, neither 'f' nor 't' have crossbars; they have cross strokes.

Re:Looks like Metro tiles

[Anonymous Coward]

So what, is your joke that they copied Apple? Because before it was fixed, Siri did exactly this if you asked it to call you an ambulance.