Do Text Based Logo Designs Look Less Elegant?

Myth: A logo has to have a graphic element to look appealing and be memorable.

Fact: While a graphic does enhance the visual appeal of the logo, your logo can look quite elegant and have an instant recall even if does not have the graphic. Some nice strokes or a different-than-usual font can make your logo stand out among a sea of graphical logos.

What's more - you are not tied up to a particular product or service and can make your brand name popular. This is specially useful for the consumer goods industries like electronics and fashion.

Take a look at the following logos and tell us about your views on a text based logo vs. a graphics based logo.

These text based logo designs have instant recall and look quite elegant.

Which other text based logos have appealed to you? Please post a comment about those too.