[awc71]

Ron,

I am by profession a professional designer, more accurately, a Creative Director with twenty years experience, leading, mentoring, directing, hiring (and firing) designers, writers, and video and computer technicians and artists. I have been personally responsible (and held liable) for the visual representation and multi-million dollar marketing of nationally known brands in major US markets.

That said, I understad your vigilance. I am very well aware of brand integrity and am in no ways trying to cheapen Philco. I am merely trying to fill a hole in a product line and restore my insignificant little machine back to period correct standards.

The IvanBecker font is not a 100% accurate replication of the Philco logotype, nor was it ever. I think I've made that abundantly clear in my posts. It does have great similarities that, from a designer's perspective, seemed of interest to share, but only after skilled manipulation will it replicate the Philco logotype truthfully.

I'm sorry it took years of lobbying unresponsive retailers to get their act straight. If you will forgive the conceit, if I had only been on the scene earlier, I could have quickly reproduced a master file for you and anyone to utilize, gratis.

It's not a hard logotype to replicate (as unfortunately many are for companies - see IBM, UNISYS, digital, etc.,) as it only took this decrepit old designer a few hours in an evening to pop off onto a page (screen).

That said, I'm sorry to hear how you were tossed aside in your pleas to correct a poorly made, yet nevertheless, overly hawked hack. It really is not that hard to fix and I would have been equally aggravated, waiting for sellers to burn through their invested stock of crap until all had been sold, all the time, ironically, continuing to perpetuate and disseminate the crime you had wanted ceased.

I could have lent all a hand (and still can lend) in getting quality reproductions made in quantity with no mark-up or profit. It's really not that hard to make so when you know how, especially when all you are doing is trying to help.

The aforementioned neglect by retailers noted, please don't so quick to assume any and every attempt to replicate anything Philco automatically ends up crap. There are some out there who are laboring in respect, and are not just out to make a quick buck.