San Diego Padres logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- “Padres” is a Spanish word for “fathers”.
- In this way they paid a tribute to the people who founded San Diego more than three centuries ago.
- Meaning and history Though the visual identity history of the baseball club from San Diego is pretty intense in the number of its redesigns, there were actually only four main concepts, which the Padres used for its badge throughout the years, and most of the changes made to the badges were more minor refinements, than something significant.
- The image was executed in a modest brown and white color palette and enclosed in a thin yellow circular frame.
- The “San Diego Padres” lettering was arched under the emblem.
- 1985 In 1985 the club started using a bold elegant logotype as its primary logo.
- 1986 — 1989 The additional text was removed from the club’s logo in 1986 and the “Padres” inscription in chocolate brown became the only element of the logo.
- Its thick smooth letters in an elegant serif typeface featured thin yellow contouring, which made the whole image look brighter and more stylish.
- 1990 The logotype was refined and placed on a circular badge in 1990.
- The badge featured its inner part white, and a thick light beige outer part with two parts of the wordmark, executed in different typefaces.
- The upper part of the framing comprised a “San Diego” inscription in all capitals of a traditional serif font, while the “Baseball Club” lettering, written along the bottom part of the emblem, used a delicate cursive.
- 1991 The color palette of the San Diego Padres visual identity was changed in 1991.
- Now the logotype was executed in deep blue and yellow and the circular background featured light and muted shades of gray, blue, and white.
- The color palette was changed to intense blue, white, and gold, with some light blue touches.
- The logotype in white and gold was placed over the bottom, rectangular part of the logo, and was underlined by waves, drawn in the bottom of the pennant.
- 2011 The logo was refined in 2011, having the “San Diego” lettering removed and keeping the “Padres” in a smooth and sleek custom typeface the only text-part of the visual identity.
- It was a bold blue circle in a double white outline, with a sleek white “SD” monogram in the center.
- The “San Diego Padres” in all capitals was placed in the upper part of the frame, and the “Baseball Club” in the smaller size — in the bottom one.
- Keeping the blue and white color palette, two intertwined letters were executed in a fancy typeface with rounded angles, clean contours, and sharp serifs, elongated to only one side of the bar.
- 2020 — Today The color palette of the San Diego Padres visual identity came back to its original combination of brown and white, but with the shade of brown elevated to a more chocolate one.
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