MTV logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG MTV Logo PNG For most of its history, the MTV logo remained unchanged.
- 1977 – 1981 The very first MTV logo was designed in 1977 and featured a completely different inscription than the whole world knows today.
- The badge was still executed in black and white and boasted a bold black “MTV” with the bars overlapping and outlined in white, set above “The Music Channel” inscription in all capitals of a modern sans-serif typeface.
- The diagonal bar coming out of the “M” to the “T” was stylized as a hand in a white glove holding a black music note.
- 1981 – 1994 The very first MTV logo was introduced on August 1, 1981.
- The visual center of the emblem was the characteristic 3-dimensional letter “M”.
- Also, in many cases the “Music Television” caption could be seen below the wordmark.
- This was the most famous and recognizable badge out of all, created for the MTV channel throughout its history.
- 2010 – 2021 In 2010 the MTV logo was given a facelift.
- In this way, the channel can create as many custom logos as it wishes, modifying the emblem according to its visual context.
- This version of the emblem was designed in-house.
- 2021 – Today In 2021 MTV decides to implement a very significant change to its visual identity and for the first time the logo got a new color palette.
- Color In addition to the standard black-and-white color scheme, the wordmark is often given inside a yellow box.
- The choice of the color palette depends on the visual context.
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