Is there only one way to write “me”?

13 Comments on Is there only one way to write “me”?

Paul on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 2:12 am


there isn’t that much of a similarity. the ME logo is a little stylised & curly; mobile me is more straight handwriting.

A rounded Myriad pro font would be nice though

Jesse J. Anderson on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 4:24 am


Honestly, that’s kind of a stretch.

Yes, they both happen to use a letter “M” that starts with a downward stroke - but the similarity ends with that single note.

The WindowsME logo vs. MobileMe logo
- a capital M and lowercase E vs. both lowercase
- handwritten vs. not-handwritten
- not cursive/connected vs. cursive/connected

Surprising to see such a non-story on a day that is anything but slow.

Midnight on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 4:46 am


Cue the howling of thousands of PC-Fanboys pointing out that now Apple is copying Microsoft.

Mark on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 5:15 am


It looks so obvious

http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42799

Kelly on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 8:53 am


One is cursive and one is print. Sorry, but that is a stretch.

hans on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 9:03 am


another thing, on the trail of handwritten vs print font, is the line’s thickness. apple’s maintains same thickness throughout, while win me’s is stylized and… can’t find a word for it… but you see it, don’t you?

Max31 on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 11:59 am


I didn’t care for the name Mobile Me when I heard it, now I know why. Something too cute about the use of Me. What’s next? Maybe Apple will change their computer names, also. Goodbye Mac, hello Me. Just hope they don’t cancel the Me Mini, that’s the computer I use. Maybe I’ll replace it with a Me Book Pro or the beautiful Me Book Air.

Torg on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 1:24 pm


the whole me thing… sounds… like they hired someone from Microsoft to name it… its just … weird and I really don’t like the choice.

Dave-O on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 2:44 pm


They might as well be Helvetica and Times as far as I’m concerned

JCM on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 4:23 pm


This looks like the font for “insanely great” in the Macintosh unveiling thing…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yo6eZSd8Ozg
***Look at the ‘e’s…

Lee Smith on Tue, 10th Jun 2008 11:26 pm


Back to the typeface thing. The “me” is the same typeface as”hello”

http://brainrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/06/06/hello-mac.jpg

JCM on Wed, 11th Jun 2008 4:48 pm


It kinda looks like Steve Job’s signature…
Look at the last ‘e…’
http://bp1.blogger.com/_pNJFZtinpKY/Rj3DJqAU3sI/AAAAAAAAAxY/2s0_mbNpmXY/s1600-h/jobsign.jpg

juan on Thu, 12th Jun 2008 6:10 am


the only resemblance is “ME”

The fonts don’t look alike, the color is different , the shape is different, the look is different, the context is different and the icons are different and the overall felling is different … ONLY the spelling of “Me” is the same - duh, it has to be!!

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