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Started by SELfor50, 12 November 2007, 05:45 AM

Des


Des

I would have that, with say a copy of the grille badge on each side of the web address.

500eguy

I would love to run a sticker! How about something like the benzworld.org sticker? or something like the website logo?

OzBenzHead

I'm not at all big on stickering my cars.

That said, something with the legible and elegant simplicity of the benzworld.org sticker would find a place on my car/s.   Anything that is not immediately legible at a reasonable distance is a waste of glass area IMO.

I back Michel's suggestion.
[img width=340 height=138][url="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png"]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png[/url][/img]

SELfor50

If ADMIN are able to give a go-ahead, I can have some stickers printed up ready for handout at the Christmas shindig..  8)

SELfor50

Ok...

Whadya reckon bout this? ???



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Styria, can you make sure the wording is correct.  Eg. Right sentence structure etc...

Everyone else, jump on free translation.com to translate.  I'm pretty sure you'll like it!  ;D  ;)


Feedback.........   :)

Andrew280SEL

I also like! ;D

Has anyone heard from Admin yet? ???
'79 280SEL- 560,000 Kms
'73 350SE- getting an AMG facelift
'79 450SEL 6.9

Brian Crump

#22
Could there be a spelling mistake or typo here?
Could it be Klassiker nicht Plastik - I hasten to add that I don't know....
Regards,
BC

Andrew280SEL

Do you mean 'nicht'?

It translated for me as "S-Class: Classical author not plastic"

'Author'?
'79 280SEL- 560,000 Kms
'73 350SE- getting an AMG facelift
'79 450SEL 6.9

CraigS

It means "Classic not Plastic". Whether it should be "Plastik" rather than kunststoff however is another question !
[url="http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/Aegeanfoods/My%20Cars/"]http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/Aegeanfoods/My%20Cars/[/url]

116Benz

I like the kunststoff part....you can make it sound dirty!!   ;D

OzBenzHead

Cam:  I like the wording, but three matters:

1.  The tag line is too small to read from much farther away than the rear bumper - it could be enlarged enough to fill the width of the sticker and that would make it far more reader-friendly. (Don't want other motorists running up our bumpers trying to read it, do we?   :D  )

2.  I think the stencil typeface is more appropriate to something "butch" or country'n'western; it doesn't - to my eye - say "German quality" or "good taste".  This is, of course, an utterly subjective observation. The cleaner, clearer, less "busy" the typeface the more instantly readable it would be.

3.  Whilst I appreciate the German tag line (including the possibility of its making people look twice when when they think they've spied a "dirty" word), would enough people get it to compensate for its cleverness, or would an English tag give greater utility?

Perhaps



or

[img width=340 height=138][url="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png"]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png[/url][/img]

CraigS

It was difficult enough for those here to translate it, so how is the GP going to figure it out ?

I don't think you need the "S-Class" either. Just makes it un-needlessly "busy".

Quote from: OzBenzHead on 26 November 2007, 05:57 AM
would enough people get it to compensate for its cleverness, or would an English tag give greater utility?


[url="http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/Aegeanfoods/My%20Cars/"]http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/Aegeanfoods/My%20Cars/[/url]

SELfor50

Ok.....

Feedback taken on board.

I'm leaning towards "S-Klasse: Klassiker nicht Plastik"

Remember, we're not aiming towards the general public.  You see the stickers in english on other cars that say "Classic not Plastic".  If someone can't figure out that Klassiker nicht Plastik means that then they're definately not observant enough to appreciate the vehicle.

Tell ya what.   If we can vote on 2 different prints (being that Klassiker nicht Plastik is already one of them  ;D ) then i'll get them both made up and y'all can see what comes out better.

Gordon, great call on the font - I just thought i'd throw it out there with something different.  But it should definitely be printed in a plain-ish font so it's easier to read.

:)

OzBenzHead

Quote from: SELfor50 on 27 November 2007, 05:08 AM
[...] Gordon, great call on the font - I just thought i'd throw it out there with something different.  But it should definitely be printed in a plain-ish font so it's easier to read.
:)

I'm just a font freak - have more than 11,000 of them on the Mac last time I checked. They are the basic tools of my living.

Here's another variant.

[img width=340 height=138][url="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png"]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/OzBenzHead/10%20M-B%20Miscellany/OBH_LOGO-2a-1.png[/url][/img]