Columbia Pictures logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG Columbia Pictures Logo PNG Columbia Pictures is one of the world’s most celebrated film production company, which was established in 1918 as CBC Film Sales Corporation.
- The company has a very rich visual identity history, which started in 1924, which the foundation of the studio, and went through more than ten official redesigns by today.
- 1924 – 1925 Before the film studio got its current name, it was called CBC Films and had only one logo, designed in 1918.
- Their logo was a simple text-based badge in monochrome, with “CBC” capitalized and executed in a bold classic typeface with slight curved on the ends of the letters.
- The company was renamed in 1924 and that is when the first official Columbia Pictures logo was born.
- 1925 – 1926 In 1925 the logo was refined and modernized, by creating a black background and making the contours of the image stronger and more confident.
- The emblem was now circular and the wordmark was placed around its perimeter, from the outside.
- The inscription was placed around the perimeter, but from the inside, and featured enlarged bold capital letters, written in a custom serif typeface.
- The red background around the lady had thin white stripes, coming out of the torch, and the wordmark boasted a contemporary sans-serif font.
- 1933 – 1936 In 1933 the logo was back to a monochrome palette, though the style of the visual identity from 1932 remained untouched.
- The emblem looked more powerful and professional in the combination of black and white colors, evoking a sense of influence and authority.
- 1964 – 1975 The logo, created in 1964, was the most minimalist one in the whole history of the company.
- 1975 – 1981 The completely new design was created in 1975.
- It was a bold black wordmark, set in two levels, with a half-circle emblem in black and white above it.
- The emblem depicted a stylized torch, composed of the beam of sharp rays.
- 1981 – 1989 In 1981 the company “extends” the upper part of the logo, placing the lady with a torch, surrounded by the rays, on the black background.
- Now the Lady with a Torch is drawn in thick black contours, and placed on a white background, with the rounded black image, symbolizing a beam or rays.
- 1992 – 1993 1993 – Today The logo, used by the company today, was created in 1993 and featured an enlarged wordmark, set in two levels, with the emblem in its right.
- The lettering is executed in a strict geometric sans-serif, with the square shape of the letters and distinct bold lines.
- The picture is enclosed in a strict square frame.
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