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It seems like in the last few years more and more riders/teams are getting away from the same old "italics Impact font" on their bikes and doing something more custom, from Jo, Hunta, and Jett having their own unique number fonts, deegan having his custom 38, Kenny with the more blocky 94, and the Husky and Ducati teams having their own unique fonts...what say you, is this a trend that you like or are do you prefer they stick with the way it's been for the past ~25 years?
Bring back 90s non-italicized fonts please
I don't mind them.
That said, some of them have been hideous.
The sprint car style font on TLD Ducati’s looks bitchin’!!
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I still can’t get on board with this trend in mx2, I know this is an old pic but it still happens now. Black front plate, white side panels, what are they thinking.
Can’t say I’m against it but, some I like and some I think are terrible.
I’m over all the black.
I like sharp, straight numerals that are easy to read. I used to love the "battleship" style numbers that TLD put on the back of my jerseys. Sharp, angular, mechanical, precise, engineered, clear and legible are all adjectives I'd use.
The beautiful new Ducatis are completely ruined by those curly, old-west style numbers. They make the bike look slow. Round, curly, old-fashioned, outdated, ambiguous and unclear are the descriptors for those.
those Ducati numbers a awesome! make the bikes look finished rather than boring block numbers that look like they were from home depot
1999 Carlsbad. I got into making my own numbers for awhile (for some reason lol) I enlarged address numbers then cut them out of a solid sheet. Me #37 and the late Dennis Rosenberg 36
Honda’s MXGP team has to have the worst font of all time. Hideous.
I hope that was temporary. Herlings' isn't as bad, but it's not great either.
Who cares
Even if I don't care for someones font I see nothing but positives from it from a branding standpoint. Reminds me a bit of Pastrana when he started using a sideways number on the back of his jersey. Something brand-able and different.
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Kind of looks like the Vikings font. I dig it
Same with the HRC bikes, why have the white number on the white side panel, just looks terrible in my opinion.
I redesigned the font for Tom Vialle but is not yet confirmed he will use it or not
Cropped numbers remind me of ordering a design your own custom mug but getting the location and zoom just a tad off.
um.....Zero?
I like all of these. I usually don't like the style Jo has but it has become his signature and I've grown to like them.
What drives me nuts is jetts last name on his jersey. I like the font for the jersey name but I don't like the wavyness it has.
At the same time, I agree with @DR176. From a branding standpoint, I can get on board with almost any font. Including jetts jersey. The fact that I remember his jersey, even though it bothers me, is good branding I suppose. And I use to love TPs sideways 199.
I do not like the old western curly style numbers though. They just don't look right on a bike. To me, they look like they should be on a race car
"Unique" style is way better than that garbage they're putting on the HRC bikes for the first looks. It just looks so..."vapid". Just no life in that tiny font at all.
No zero, single digits only.
I agree. I like the old days of black for 125, green for 250 and yellow for open. At least keep it all black for 250s and all white for 450s.
The pic of DeCoster with #104 is my favorote. I run 104 because of him.
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