Eddie Bauer logo ditches the script because Gen Z doesn’t read cursive

It’s a major rebrand that launches on Eddie Bauer’s digital platforms today and will start to appear at international brick-and-mortars on a rolling basis. By fall 2024, all Eddie Bauer products will begin to feature the updated logo.

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Though Bantle and his team initially toyed with the idea of keeping the script font, the general reaction they received was that it looked dated and, to some, confusing. “A big part of what I’m going to need to do here is reintroduce this great heritage brand to the next generation,” Bantle says. “And kids don’t even learn to read cursive in school anymore.”

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    6 days ago

    trying to justify it with writing speed or whatever is just some bazinga brained bullshit

    I specifically switched to writing in cursive because I had a job where I had to take a lot of notes and using a keyboard wasn’t an option. It let me write faster and it stopped me from getting hand cramps.