I'm working on a logo meant to evoke the old "Union Made" labels of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (like this or this).
What I've got so far
How I got here
\documentclass[border=1mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text} % Allows us to wrap text around a circle
\setmainfont{Futura} % Historically appropriate
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% Draw double circle with text in the gap
\draw [double distance=10mm,
very thick,
rotate=200,
postaction={
decorate,
decoration={
raise=-1.4ex,
text along path,
reverse path,
text align={left},
text={|\Huge|Newton Teachers Association 2017}
}
}
] (0,0) circle (3cm);
% Include "union made"
\node[label=above:{\Huge UNION}] at (0,0.75) {};
\node[label=below:{\Huge MADE}] at (0,-0.75) {};
% Include clasped hands image
\pgftext{\includegraphics[width=3cm]{Handshake2.png}} at (0pt,0pt);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Questions
- I need to re-orient the year, so that it's centered (and right side up) at the bottom of the logo. (See the linked images above.) How can I do that? I tried adding a second
decoration
element, but that didn't work. - The circles are drawn as
very thick
, which AFAIK is the boldest line TiKZ has to offer, but they still look a little light for this purpose. Is there any way to embolden them further?
ultra thick
?line width=10pt
? You can put one decoration inpreaction
and one inpostaction
.ultra thick
is in the manual, you know. As isline width
, along withvery thick
and so on. OK, you're drawing a white circle to obscure thepreaction
. A different\path
then.