{"id":1085,"date":"2024-08-28T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2025-07-21T02:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:28:18","slug":"microsoft-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Logo Design \u2013 History, Meaning and Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft brand isn\u2019t only a culture phenomenon or a trendy element of contemporary world. The brand is part of our life and part of mankind history as well. And we have been writing it together for the some decades already. And each of us has damned this brand and its creator at least for once. Each of us is sure to watch the Windows loading screen with a sight full of pain. But you can\u2019t deny that without Microsoft our present days would be completely different. It is Windows that was nearly the only OS when computers were becoming an important part of our life. Though it wasn\u2019t too reliable and certainly far from perfection it still did its job.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-transparent\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/#what_did_microsoft_logo_history_begin_with\" title=\"What did Microsoft logo history begin with?\">What did Microsoft logo history begin with?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/#microsoft_logo_evolution\" title=\"Microsoft logo evolution\">Microsoft logo evolution<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/#microsoft_logo_the_genesis_of_success\" title=\"Microsoft Logo: The Genesis of Success\">Microsoft Logo: The Genesis of Success<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/#microsoft_logo_meaning\" title=\"Microsoft logo meaning\">Microsoft logo meaning<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/microsoft-logo\/#contemporary_microsoft_logo_design\" title=\"Contemporary Microsoft logo design\">Contemporary Microsoft logo design<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_did_microsoft_logo_history_begin_with\"><\/span>What did Microsoft logo history begin with?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-first-logo-1975.png\" alt=\"Microsoft first logo, 1975\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-first-logo-1975.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-first-logo-1975-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-first-logo-1975-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 958px) 958px, 100vw\" data-full=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-first-logo-1975.png\" data-full-size=\"1024x600\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what were Microsoft company founders thinking, designing their first logo, the so-called \u201cgroovy logo\u201d? Maybe they came across a vinyl plate. And that\u2019s why they\u2019ve chosen disco Microsoft logo font. However, it was alright in 70s. But in 80s a completely new music style became popular. Metallica band was hitting the charts, and its label inspired new version of Microsoft logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"microsoft_logo_evolution\"><\/span>Microsoft logo evolution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-second-logo-1980.png\" alt=\"Microsoft second logo, 1980\" class=\"wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-second-logo-1980.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-second-logo-1980-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-second-logo-1980-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 958px) 958px, 100vw\" data-full=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085021\/microsoft-second-logo-1980.png\" data-full-size=\"1024x600\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company wasn\u2019t as popular back then, but sales were good. Maybe this saved it when Metallica charged the company. Nevertheless, this logo bored the company and was removed. The next green variation is remembered by but few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1982.png\" alt=\"Microsoft logo, 1982\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1982.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1982-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1982-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 958px) 958px, 100vw\" data-full=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1982.png\" data-full-size=\"1024x600\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, none of these variations is interesting or remarkable. It simply looks as plagiarism of popular music bands. That\u2019s why none of them is remembered now. But not the next Microsoft logo evolution option!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"microsoft_logo_the_genesis_of_success\"><\/span>Microsoft Logo: The Genesis of Success<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1987.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1987.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1987-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1987-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 958px) 958px, 100vw\" data-full=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085022\/microsoft-logo-1987.png\" data-full-size=\"1024x600\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with this logo Microsoft company finally became well-known. The logo was applied to the first hardware output in 1980s. It was Z-80 SoftCard device. It helped to run CP\/M OS on a computer. And it was a real breakthrough! That might just be the reason why the has stayed for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"microsoft_logo_meaning\"><\/span>Microsoft logo meaning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, it was planned to use a hyphen in the name. But Micro-Soft was rejected for some reasons. An original \u201cO\u201d letter element, with a dash in it, led to Microsoft logo nicknaming. It was called pac-man in the company and it stayed with the logo for years. After a tremendous success with the development of SoftCard, IBM company asked Microsoft for help. They asked Bill Gates to develop an analog of CP\/M OS for their new IBM PC. And, as we know, Microsoft solved the problem brilliantly be creating MS-DOS. It later became a basis for IBM PC and other <a href=\"https:\/\/turbologo.com\/articles\/apple\/\">similar computers<\/a> of that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about Microsoft logo, we simply can\u2019t stay silent regarding their main success. It is Windows, the one we all know and love. If we look at the very first icon we\u2019ll recognize a simple window in it, simple as it is. \u201c<strong>Windows\u201d are basis and idea of Windows OS, its ease of operating with small programs fit in windows<\/strong>. Without it we can\u2019t imagine modern smartphones or netbooks. Quite contradictory, but as Windows icon was developing, it was resembling a window less with each new change adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"contemporary_microsoft_logo_design\"><\/span>Contemporary Microsoft logo design<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085023\/microsoft-logo-2012.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085023\/microsoft-logo-2012.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085023\/microsoft-logo-2012-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085023\/microsoft-logo-2012-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 958px) 958px, 100vw\" data-full=\"https:\/\/assets.turbologo.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/19085023\/microsoft-logo-2012.png\" data-full-size=\"1024x600\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As computers evolved into exquisite household feature, Microsoft decided to alter its firm style in 2013. 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