40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs
Logos do not always have to include some type of symbol or icon to be effective. When done well, using type only to create a logo can be very effective in representing a company. These types of logos often cause particular typefaces and letter styling to become synonyms with a brand. Here we’ve rounded up 40 brilliant type-only logo designs for your inspiration. Be sure to click the images to learn more about each logo.
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36 comments
Xtence
January 4, 2010Great ! especially like the Pencil and Hole ones
Thanks for sharing
Edgar Leijs
January 4, 2010This is very useful! Share the goodness
The best type logos are the ones that make you smile!
Arvin Bautista
January 4, 2010I find it interesting that many of these logos’ appeal seems to come from the color background they’re sitting on, especially the ones with the gradient. If these logos were placed black on white I doubt they’d look nearly as brilliant, but nonetheless all of the examples here are still very well done.
Josh
January 4, 2010That was a spot on observation. The gradient background does heaps in accentuating the visual flavour fo the logo. Having said that however, some of them are pretty clever.
Web Design Mauritius
January 4, 2010I really like the “Illusion” logo. That one is a great typography only logo that does its job!
pooja
January 4, 2010Awesome work. Really liked them
BeyondRandom
January 4, 2010Great showcase! Thanks for sharing all these…now I need to redo mine lol
uma mahesh varma
January 4, 2010Good creativity on designing these logo’s …
Stu Greenham
January 4, 2010Wow I love looking at cool logo’s! Turn Left, Branding and Pencil are some of my favourite’s although they are all awesome! Thanks
Thibault
January 4, 2010Great list… Thanks for it.
Template Customization
January 4, 2010Nice Logos. Thanks!
theComplex
January 4, 2010Great feature! Very inspiring post.
Melody
January 4, 2010Wacky, is a logo i haven’t seen before, cool use of space for the letters..
Connor Crosby
January 4, 2010Nice, thanks for sharing!
A u d e e
January 4, 2010I think ‘wave’ is an incredibly smart and has some kind of ‘wavy’ font shapes to complete the look. It sticks to the viewer’s memory
Thanks for this logo round up post!
Jake
January 4, 2010I just updated our logo this week in preparation for a site make-over. Nothing too fancy, but it definitely falls into this category.
Chris Palmer
January 5, 2010I may get railroaded for saying this…
I’m just about to wrap up a design on 99Designs.com. This place has a love hate relationship in the design world, I know.
Funny thing is that this contest has actually been a joke.
Are there any similar sources that are more professional than a 99Designs type of thing?
The canned response would be finding a talented designer to go with, but I like the competition aspect of it.
Thanks for your response.
Design Ideas
January 5, 2010Amazing list. Thanks!
jssi
January 5, 2010Excellent !!!
Ben Bush
January 5, 2010Nice selection here. Great use of negative space in some and flattered to be included.
Brandon Arnold
January 5, 2010WOW!!!! Very amazing type only logos, although some were fairly hard to read and or miss read.
Jordan Walker
January 5, 2010Typography is truly inspiring.
Nick Finck
January 6, 2010Surprised FedEx isn’t listed here.
Design Templates
January 6, 2010Logo design depicts the theme of the company, while creating logo, a designer should convey the message of the company through its logo design
Luke Southwell
January 7, 2010Yes I agree with you. Logos don’t always have to have a symbol to be effective. The logo designs you posted are very well done. Simple yet catchy. Logos that have impact and easy to remember.
Xaby
January 8, 2010Minima and Jill rocks. Although it took me a while to figure Jill out. haha
Adam Hermsdorfer
January 8, 2010You’re seeing more logos with the light/soft glow behind them. Nice collection.
henri
January 10, 2010Awesome !! Thanks a lot !!
Josh
January 17, 2010Excellent collection. I have an interesting observation though: most of these logos seem to contain a single word, as opposed to multiple words or a phrase. I guess brands/identities with single words tend to pack more “punch” in certain contexts.
Lono
February 26, 2010nice post… Icons can be over rated!
i sometimes wish clients understood the power of good typography!
keep it simple
Creative
March 1, 2010Very nice!!!
Abhinav
March 18, 2010wow!awesome
joddy street
April 25, 2010mummy logo awesome !!!
Flinn
June 19, 2010these r some really nice logos n the best part is that they are so simple n yet catchy.
Logo Design Crew
May 24, 2011After 15 years of designing logos I still find it hard to do ‘Type only’ logos. I just can’t help but to add a symbol
. Is anyone else like that?
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November 30, 2011These are very high quality text logo designs. All of the logos are really cool and are having different design patterns.