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Poelo Savings: Pixel-Perfect Logo Vectorisation in 5 Days

Case Study1 September 20266 min readJennifer Diphofu

Poelo Savings: Pixel-Perfect Logo Vectorisation in 5 Days

Behind the Mokoro Logo Lab — how we rebuilt a community co-op’s brand from one blurry JPG into 14 production assets.

Poelo Savings: Pixel-Perfect Vectorisation in 5 Days

Poelo Savings & Credit Co-op Society came to us with a single compressed JPG of their logo. They needed print assets, outdoor signage, social profiles, and a brand guide — fast.

The brief
  • Preserve the six-coin stack exactly (this was non-negotiable)
  • Match the wordmark to the reference letter-for-letter
  • Rebuild the water reflection cleanly
  • Deliver in SVG, EPS, PDF, PNG, and JPG
  • Mono and reversed variants for dark backgrounds
  • Social profile crop
The mistake almost every designer makes

They auto-trace the tagline band. Autotrace produces jagged curves that look terrible in print. We manually rebuilt the wordmark in Jost 800 (matching the reference after a P/O/E comparison test confirmed the font) and rebuilt every curve.

What we shipped (14 files)
  • Master vector (outlined paths, zero fonts, zero rasters)
  • Print-ready PDF
  • Monochrome and reversed variants (SVG/PNG/JPG)
  • Social profile square (gold background)
  • Preview JPG for marketing
  • Brand report with clear-space rules and colour specs
  • One-click ZIP download
The lesson

Every client — regardless of budget — deserves production-ready files they can hand to a printer without a second thought. Build the tool once (the Mokoro Logo Lab, which runs entirely in the browser), and every subsequent brand pack takes hours, not days.

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