Microsoft Logo · 1987

A record from the earlier SimilarLogo archive. Its year label is an archive label, not a verified adoption date.

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Colour

Black (#000000) → Blue (#0077DD)

Not recorded: source citation, typeface.

History

Research notes for 1987

Matched to this record by its year label only; the artwork has not been confirmed as the logo described.

Logo milestone · 1987-02-26

Microsoft adopted the so-called “Pac-Man” logo designed by Scott Baker: the name in Helvetica italic, with a slash between the o and the s to stress the “soft” part of the name. It replaced a green, all-capitals logo whose stylised letter O was nicknamed the “blibbet”.

Sources: Wikipedia ↗

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