https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/10366/microsoft-squares-off-with-new-logoen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/10366/microsoft-squares-off-with-new-logoFri, 08 Oct 2021 05:11:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:be60d5fb-129c-4d0d-ad45-277ecbe2f466squadMCUhttps://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/10366/microsoft-squares-off-with-new-logo#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by squadMCU on 10/8/2021 5:11:29 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;"><a href="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/IMG-20120823-00007_610x458.jpg"><img alt="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/IMG-20120823-00007_610x458.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/IMG-20120823-00007_610x458.jpg" style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" /></a></p><p style="margin:0;">Microsoft has a brand-new logo to go with all the brand-spankin&#39; new products it&#39;s got coming this fall.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The new design uses the long-standing Windows logo as its starting point, but gone are the wavy edges of that older look. The graphic element of the new logo is one squared-away image: the colors remain the same, and in the same order, but now they&#39;re enclosed in a square box. Equilateral sides, 90-degree angles, ta-da! </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Overall, the updated logo is both the colorful graphic at the left and the newly refonted &quot;Microsoft&quot; to the right. </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><a href="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/Microsoft_logo_explained.jpg"><img loading="lazy" alt="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/Microsoft_logo_explained.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/23/Microsoft_logo_explained.jpg" style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" /></a></p><p style="margin:0;">The change isn&#39;t coming at any old time for Microsoft. The company has a serious spate of major product releases coming up this fall, including <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57496945-75/microsoft-opens-registration-for-windows-8-upgrade/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Windows 8</a>, <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57476527-75/windows-phone-8-and-office-2013-when-will-we-see-them/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Windows Phone 8</a>, and the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57495666-75/microsoft-to-build-more-than-3-million-surface-tablets-says-idc/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Surface tablet</a> -- &quot;one of the most significant waves of product launches in Microsoft&#39;s history,&quot; <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/08/23/microsoft-unveils-a-new-look.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">the company says</a> today in a blog post.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57498981-75/microsoft-squares-off-with-new-logo/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Read More...</strong></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: logo, microsoft, windows_phone_8, windows, windows_8, brand_logo, w8</div>