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Re:Google’s look, evolved by raldi on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:28PM (#10156230)
That's true for McDonald's, but certainly not the other three.
Re:Google’s look, evolved by hanspeter on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:43PM (#10156309)
All of them has a favicon which is also a part of their logo.
Re:Google’s look, evolved by raldi on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:46PM (#10156320)
But all three logos were designed and introduced at the same time as their corresponding favicon. Your claim was that the favicon was just a copy of an existing part of the logo.
Re:Google’s look, evolved by hanspeter on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @07:03PM (#10156394)
Your claim was that a favicon could be a different font than in the logo. But these examples are all a part of the logos. Google would have needed to rebrand their logo to do the same.
Re:Google’s look, evolved by raldi on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @07:52PM (#10156588)
The claim was, "Using a different font [on your favicon than the one you use in your wordmark] would make absolutely no sense."

I believe I have successfully refuted that claim.

Re:Google’s look, evolved by ricardobeat on Sunday September 06, 2015 @08:07AM (#10177411)
I think you're mistaking their symbol for "a different font". Each one of those has a logotype and a symbol, which make up their visual identity (the word 'logo' is used interchangeably for those, or their combination). They are merely using the existing symbol as favicon - the stylized N/B/B. Google's symbol at the time was the uppercase G in the same font, so creating a new one for the favicon would be considered a rebranding.