The Imperfections in Google's Logo Are What Make It Perfect

Or, why the G isn't a perfect circle

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Designers already know all this, but a recent question posed on Reddit about the dimensions of Google’s “G” logo—and why it’s not a perfect circle—led to a crash course in a few fundamentals of graphic design.

It started when Reddit user maxt0r posted images of what Google calls its “Google G” to the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit. The images showed, among other things, that the G isn’t a perfect circle—and seemed to imply this was a mistake on Google’s part.

A user named A_freakin_t-rex then reposted

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