custom chip advice

Leonard · #1 03-13-2005, 12:21 PM

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I am debating between custom Pokerchips.com chips and the new egyptian paulsons.

So, this weekend, instead of doing my taxes, I have been toying with an insert design. I have no artistic talent so it is really only text with a center logo/graphic.

I am thinking of the logo only on one side and the logo with text on the other.

What do you think? Is it too busy, or will it be too small to read?

Thanks,

Leonard

- Obviously, my last name is DeCarlo. I live in Tyler, TX USA

jojobinks · #2 03-13-2005, 01:07 PM

i like the first one, the plain DC. i had this same sort of conundrum on my hands a few weeks ago. i like the pokerchips chips; i guess i'll buy some one day.

i'm too impulsive, and i need new chips too much to be able to wait for 4 months.

jtr · #3 03-13-2005, 01:08 PM

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What do you think? Is it too busy, or will it be too small to read?

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I think that all designs except the first simple "DC" one will be too busy and feature skinny fonts that won't be legible when reduced to chip size. My 2c.

PinataUT · #4 03-13-2005, 01:12 PM

DC on one side.

Modified logo on the other. Just suggestions, so take with a shaker of salt.

1. use #2 as a base for the obverse
2. remove all text except gray background
3. add 'club decarlo' or 'decarlo club' at the top in black
4. add 'tyler, tx' at the bottom in black
5. add denomination in red
6. leave the big 'dc' alone, but consider varying the other fonts used for text - size, weight and color differences are good but (again just my opinion) you would be well off to make a stand in the form of the other text (denoms could be left in a similar font as the DC but in a lighter weight like the rest of the text).

TenPercenter · #5 03-13-2005, 01:24 PM

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I am debating between custom Pokerchips.com chips and the new egyptian paulsons.

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First and foremost, I suggest getting the Pharaoh's Club Paulson's [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Second, if you don't, or you want a second set, I would use the third logo. It's classic, and the red DC really stands out. I like it a lot.

(maybe buy a Paulson set, and use the DC's as labels for a set of RPT Nexgens?)

Ten

Leonard · #6 03-13-2005, 03:27 PM

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1. use #2 as a base for the obverse
2. remove all text except gray background
3. add 'club decarlo' or 'decarlo club' at the top in black
4. add 'tyler, tx' at the bottom in black
5. add denomination in red
6. leave the big 'dc' alone, but consider varying the other fonts used for text - size, weight and color differences are good but (again just my opinion) you would be well off to make a stand in the form of the other text (denoms could be left in a similar font as the DC but in a lighter weight like the rest of the text).

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Thanks for the advice. I will play around with it.

I really had been leaning against denoms, and that is my primary complaint against the egyptians (plus the white $1 chip which is really just a quibble). However, I have been thinking that if you don't have denominations on the chips then you ALWAYS have to post a denom/color list, and with denoms you only have to do that when you vary from the printed denoms.

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buy a Paulson set, and use the DC's as labels for a set of RPT Nexgens

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Now you're trying to get me in trouble with my wife.

Thanks everybody.

TenPercenter · #7 03-13-2005, 04:04 PM

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I really had been leaning against denoms, and that is my primary complaint against the egyptians (plus the white $1 chip which is really just a quibble).

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Don't give up on either one of these yet. I am tossing around the idea of having three blanks in the Pharaoh's Club set: the white, blue, and orange. That gives a LOT of options in buying a seven color set that will work for anyone.

Ten

spicychili · #8 03-13-2005, 04:06 PM

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I really had been leaning against denoms, and that is my primary complaint against the egyptians (plus the white $1 chip which is really just a quibble).

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Don't give up on either one of these yet. I am tossing around the idea of having three blanks in the Pharaoh's Club set: the white, blue, and orange. That gives a LOT of options in buying a seven color set that will work for anyone.

Ten

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Ten what is the possibility of having Both a $1 blue and a $1 white? Since this is a custom run and you are already thinking about doing three blanks. I would get the $1 chip in the color I want and use a blank for the $0.25 chip.

This would make more people happy and maybe be able to get your "YES" count up a little.

jojobinks · #9 03-13-2005, 04:11 PM

the egyptian clay chip topic has officially taken over these boards.

JJ97 · #10 03-13-2005, 04:11 PM

Ten -

I like this idea the best. Lets do a white and a blue $1 chip. Then people can use the blank as a 25 cent or 1000 chip depending on how they want to do it.

It seems that we are split right down the middle on white vs. blue for $1. I'd say its worth the extra setup charge just to offer two $1 chips.

Just my thoughts.

JJ