Is there only one way to write “me”?
Maybe Apple figured that since only my sister-in-law bought Windows Me, no one would notice that their new “mobile me” service bears a striking resemblance to the Me logo. Well, eagle-eyed flickr user hotmilkgreentea has blown the whole “Me” font thing wide open, and is calling Apple out.
Surely there is another “happy” font to write “me” in that still implies something is idiot-proof..?
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Rowlings for the tip!
June 10th, 2008 at 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
June 10th, 2008 at 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.
June 10th, 2008 at 4:46 am
Cue the howling of thousands of PC-Fanboys pointing out that now Apple is copying Microsoft.
June 10th, 2008 at 5:15 am
It looks so obvious
http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42799
June 10th, 2008 at 8:53 am
One is cursive and one is print. Sorry, but that is a stretch.
June 10th, 2008 at 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?
June 10th, 2008 at 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.
June 10th, 2008 at 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.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
They might as well be Helvetica and Times as far as I’m concerned
June 10th, 2008 at 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…
June 10th, 2008 at 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
June 11th, 2008 at 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
June 12th, 2008 at 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!!