National Hockey League logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG NHL Logo PNG The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league comprising a little more than 30 teams, both in the US and Canada.
- Once created, in 1917, its logo became just a bit modified by today, showing the strength and seriousness of the NHL.
- 1917 — 1946 The original logo was designed for NHL in 1971 and featured a sleek black crest with a black, white and yellow outline and a wordmark in yellow, placed diagonally in a black background, framed in two parallel yellow lines.
- 1946 — 2005 The redesign of 1946 slightly changed the shape of the crest, making it wider and shorter, and removed the white outline, keeping only thick dark yellow and black lines in the emblem.
- As for the lettering, it’s typeface was changed to an extended and bolder one, making the look of the logo balanced.
- 2005 — Today With the NHL rebranding of 2005, the logo was also changed, and this was the first time when there were really visible modifications.
- The dark yellow shade was switched to a silver-gray, which made the whole logo look sleek and powerful.
- The lettering changed its typeface to a sharp and elegant one, with the upper parts of the letters slightly elongated and pointed to the left, and the direction of the inscription was switched, so now the lettering is placed from the bottom left corner to the upper right one, symbolizing growth and progress.
- The outline of the frame is drawn in gradient shades and looks voluminous and glossy, adding a modern and stylish touch to the emblem, and making it look powerful and masculine.
- It featured a shield shape given in orange and black colors.
- However, the black-and-brown color scheme has been replaced by the black-and-white one (with shades of silver grey).
- Font The custom typeface used for the National Hockey League wordmark is neither a serif nor a san-serif one.
- Color The current NHL logo is monochromatic, using only black and white.
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