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I am a stickler for details and balance so thought I would point out an example I recently saw that does a sub par job. Sometimes I can get tunnel vision and miss things too but the high profile logo of The Ohio State University should be perfect.<\/p>\n

I noticed that my alma mater’s logo looked a little off.  I did some digging and even contacted a friend of mine with an officially licensed logo in PDF format.  It turns out that the logo is more than a little off.  As you can see below there are some large balance issues that make the design appear “off”.<\/p>\n

\"OSU<\/p>\n

The logo looks OK on its own but only a keen eye for pixels can identify the balance issues a logo may have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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