'Beautiful Ohio' license plate to become the norm
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010...e_plate_t.html
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I saw one of these yesterday for the first time... I admit I don't care for it at all... too busy and cornball http://esrati.com/wp-content/uploads...es-560x276.jpg It reminds me of Kentucky's dorky smiling sun plate that was mercifully short-lived http://edgeofspace.net/alchemy/wp-co...nse_plates.jpg |
I'm not much of a fan of these license plates. I think the more clean and simplistic California license plate with the cursive writing is great. I actually liked the old Ohio license plates that listed the county the driver was from.
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Oh God, seeing that Kentucky license plate again... ugh
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Ugh, that's terrible, overdesigned, and cartoonish. Way too busy, and too many colors. License plates need to have bold, simple designs. The barn and cursive and little details all turn to blurry blobs when viewed from a distance, which license plates are 98% of the time. Thou shalt never use an airbrush.
The best plates are the simple, bold ones: WV, MN, NY, AR, the old MO, VT, WA, NJ, CO, MA, RI. Sorry, I'm a little passionate about license plate design. These suck. The last two OH designs were fine. |
Terrible. It's as if [qualified] graphic designers aren't even involved anymore. Like a grade school competition or DOT secretary whips em up in Publisher. Pathetic.
Edit: "Ohioans snapped up nearly 800,000 of the alternative plates, whose design was picked by Frances Strickland, wife of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland." Don't f***** let politicians do shit like this. Can we go back to being serious about a few things? |
I was JUST going to bring up Kentucky's smiling sun...but only to say that this isn't nearly as bad. But, yeah, still is tinged with Teletubbism.
I said this about the change of the Michigan plate on another thread recently, but "keep it simply, stupid" would be the best advice I can give to any state DOT looking to f%ck with its license plates. For the love of god leave them alone, already. The take on the new Ohio plates kind of reminds me of what they did with the new Michigan plate (i.e. inserting city skylines and then showing natural areas): "Spectacular Peninsulas" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ense_plate.jpg Wiki Of the new ones, I'm partial to this one: "Michigan.gov" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...f0/MI_2008.jpg Wiki And they can't ever replace the iconic... "Great Lakes" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Blue_Plate.jpg Wiki |
Bold clean lines... is that code for booooooooooooooorrrrringg...
I like the Kentucky Smiley sun one... and it appears that I'm the norm. Who cares if it looks like a blur from a distance. It's more interesting. |
Ugh, I hate those plates. I'm keeping my old one until we get a new design.
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I know that I've seen more different Arizona license plates. Sometimes I forget which is the official one.
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I don't mind the Michigan "Spectacular Peninsulas" license plate. The coloring is more subtle than the gaudy coloring of the new Ohio license plates. Since moving back to Ohio and being forced to start driving again (after a wonderful car free existence in Chicago), I've been using an old car that's been in my family for a while. Fortunately it still has the old Ohio license plate with the county name on it.
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that kentucky plate rules.
i miss the (well i dont miss them because i wasnt alive) license plates in MO that stated the county..e.g. i would have a license plate that wouldnt be of a county at all but said St. Louis City. |
I like the simple ones too like old Michigan, California, Delaware and Maryland. North Carolina's is the only "busy" one that I like off the top of my head.
Ohio looks to be using the same sort of theme that New York and, later, Michigan use w/ the skyline and nature. |
What's wrong with the current one? The sunburst is relatively simple and non-tacky.
Unlike Oregon or Washington, Ohio really shouldn't be trying to highlight landscapes on its plates. A fucking barn and rolling hills? Jesus. Yeah, that's about as majestic as Mt. Hood or Mt. Ranier :rolleyes: |
Busy and cornball ... Totally agree. The best plates are the simplest ones that have just enough touch of uniqueness for the state, such as California's
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I think the new Ohio plates should have a picture of Buckeye giving the finger and with the saying "Ohio says F*** you"
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I just wish they'd make the Ohio plates a little brighter, so I know to avoid their erratic driving from a distance.
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Another pet peeve, while we're griping about bad plates: I hate the semi-new trend up putting state websites, like MYFLORIDA.COM or PA.STATE.COM/GOV or whatever on license plates instead of the state nickname. The integrity is slowly chipped away...
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