{"id":26824,"date":"2023-09-20T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-715453-3009179.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=26824"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:47:35","slug":"facebook-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-715453-3009179.cloudwaysapps.com\/blog\/facebook-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than a ‘Like’: The Story of the Facebook Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"

With over 3 billion users<\/a> worldwide, Facebook is the largest social media platform ever created. As one of the original (successful) social networks, Facebook is responsible for the way we\u2019ve adopted social media into our everyday lives.<\/p>\n

For better or worse, the Facebook brand has changed how we socialize.<\/p>\n

Today, Facebook sits under the umbrella of the Meta brand, a name change that came about in the later part of 2021.<\/p>\n

While the visual identity has gone through some important updates since Mark Zuckerberg founded the company back in \u201803, the iconic Facebook logo has, surprisingly, stayed pretty much true to its roots. We\u2019re here to take you through the whole story!<\/p>\n

So get ready to absolutely obliterate that Like button. Or, you know. Just enjoy the post\u2026<\/p>\n

Facebook logo evolution<\/h2>\n

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Facebook\u2019s logo hasn\u2019t gone through the kind of rigorous revisions we\u2019ve seen with some other brands. Interestingly, we\u2019ve seen this same logo trend for a number iconic brands.<\/p>\n

Touchstone brands like Facebook, Apple<\/a>, Nike<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> all seem to have landed on working versions of their current logos back when they first started. What this suggests is that there\u2019s a correlation between timeless ideas, and the timeless logos that represent them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A simple logo that roughly captures your brand identity<\/a> the first time may only need minor revisions through the years.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of the major milestones in Facebook\u2019s logo design, including the evolution of their monogram logo.<\/p>\n

2003-2004: Facemash<\/h3>\n

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Facemash is the brainchild behind the Facebook we know today. Facemash was a notorious attractiveness-comparison app designed by Mark Zuckerberg while still an undergrad at Harvard University in 2003 (which was reportedly terminated after just two days.)<\/p>\n

The logo featured an all-caps, spaced-out modern font on a maroon background.<\/p>\n

2004-2005: thefacebook<\/h3>\n

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The first logo featured ‘thefacebook’ as the logo text in square brackets – since the company was still known by that name.<\/p>\n

Immortalized in this classic scene from The Social Network<\/a>, Facebook\u2019s first president and Napster co-founder Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake) is attributed with famously prompting the name change that would cement Facebook in the history books.<\/p>\n

In 2005, a year after its founding, \u201cTheFacebook\u201d became Facebook, and the logo changed with it.<\/p>\n

2005-2015: Just facebook<\/h3>\n

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The first real Facebook logo reigned for a healthy 10-year stretch. This earlier version, a lower-case adaptation of the Klavika font with rounded corners, sitting in a blue rectangle, featured angled ascenders that give the simple logo movement and dynamism.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a classic for a reason, and has inspired countless wordmark-only tech logos in years since.<\/p>\n

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Create your own iconic logo now! <\/h2>\n \n \n