just a note. I have made a group of variations of 171 with a addition of an abstract "person" form that is subtly incorporated into being or feeding off of the shape of the r. Yet even with this addition it remains very clean (non-fussy) Would love to be able to upload to see if this is something you would find works as well as I think it does, but am currently in 6th and would have to be temporarily placed in the top 5 at this stage of the contest in order to upload. I could, of course, be repositioned right after upload if you so deemed. If you do decide you would like to see this, please message me so that i don't miss the opportunity. Thanks.
Again, would also be happy to use another color scheme or other alterations if you would like, as well.
I used a slightly different ampersand shape in #184 and 185 that i think read/fits a little better than the one in 170 and most of the others. The weight and shape of the bottom and the curve to where it fits into the a seems to have a little more balance and flow.
Sorry, just got your message, so here's 192. I had to do a little bit of a stretch widthwise on the top row letters in order for the bottom row letters to fit correctly/in the same manner. (I can try another similarly styled font, but it will take a bit of time and it seemed to work for the shape of the letters on top. The bottom letters don't have the same stretch to them so they maintain their roundness.
It may take me a little bit of time to find/make something that works similarly for the ampersand.
Do you want that particular style of a since that may play into finding the ampersand that will work or are you open to having the other letters similar, but the style of a more in the old one with the more circular base?
Hi again. Got something up for all three. If you would like me to work on them further and do adjustments or try another similar font/etc., happy to do. Just let me know. It's just about at the point the time is going to run out, so any further uploads will probably have to be in the judging phase. At that point, i would need to be temporarily (at least) moved to first position in order to upload anything. But, again, of course, after upload i could be moved back to any position you would care to put me.