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Central Florida Knights Are the name of an athletic program from the University of Central Florida, which was established in 1963, and is based in Orlando. The program unites six men’s and ten women’s teams, competing in various sports disciplines, as a member of the American Athletic Conference.
Meaning and history
Central Florida Knights program is considered to be very strong in different kinds of sports. It is currently a member of the first division of the NCAA, and American Athletic Conference, with its membership in the Big 12 Conference already approved too. The program is best known for the achievements of its men’s football club.
What is Central Florida Knights?
Central Florida Knights are the collegiate sports program of the University of Central Florida or UCF. The program consists of 16 men’s and women’s teams, which take part in the games of nine sports disciplines, including Track and Field, Volleyball, Basketball, Golf, Rowing, and others.
In terms of visual identity, the athletic program of the University of Central Florida is loyal to the knight image as the central element of the badge. Even though the program got its current name only in 1993, before that it was called Knights of Pegasus, and also has a depiction of a knight as the design basis.
1970 – 1979
The original logo of Central Florida Knights featured quite a modest traditional image, composed of a classy knight’s helmet with a large ornate part on top of it. The name of the program, “Knights”, was written along an “iroquois” under the feathers, while the contoured FTU abbreviation was placed at the bottom part of the helmet, on its neck segment.
1979 – 1985
The redesign of 1979 introduced a more complicated logo for Central Florida Knights, drawing the knight on his horse inside the roundel. It was a contoured black-and-white image with the drawing accompanied by bold fancy lettering in an old-style gothic font with thick black bars of the title case characters. The badge stayed with the program for six years.
1985 – 1993
In 1985 the logo of Central Florida Knights was completely redesigned. The new concept was based on the solid yellow silhouette of the Florida state, drawn in a geometric style, and overlapped by a large extended UCF abbreviation with each character outlined in black. The location of the university was marked on the improvised map by a small white five-pointed star.
1993 – 2003
The redesign of 1993 introduced a new concept of the Central Florida Knights logo. Now the upper part of the knight’s body, contoured in black, was drawn on a splashy gold background with the sharp white sword cutting the diagonally oriented golden UCF abbreviation in a bold geometric sans-serif typeface. The logo stayed active for ten years.
2003 – 2007
The Central Florida Knights logo, introduced in 2003, featured a gold and white composition with the fully armored knight drawing on the left from a bold diagonally located lettering in two solid black lines. The knight was drawn in total gold, with delicate black outlines of the details, and was holding an exaggeratedly long white and sharp sword, which he was pointing to the right. The sword was crossing the heavy solid black “UCF” lettering, which made it look a bit lighter. The bottom line of the badge comprised the “Golden Knights” inscription in uppercase, executed in the same font and color as the upper level, but in a smaller size.
2007 – 2012
The redesign of 2007 refined and modernized the gold and black badge of the Central Florida Knights athletic program. It was a narrower composition, with the knight’s image moved above the two-levels inscription, which was now set horizontally. The contours of the knight have been emboldened, and more black color was now used for the drawing. As for the inscription, it was set in a completely different style and font, compared to the previous version. The upper line was set in massive gold capitals executed in a custom typeface with some sharp detail. The letters had thin white lines drawn over them for more volume. The black outline of the upper level of the lettering was merging into a black ribbon with the white “Knights” written over it, at the bottom of the badge.
2012 – 2017
In 2012 the UCF abbreviation from the previous badge became the only element of the Knights’ visual identity. It was drawn in the same typeface and color palette, but with the uppercase characters set diagonally, with the “U” in the top left corner, and the “F” in the bottom right one. The badge became a basis for the future redesign.
2012 – Today
In 2012 the concept of the Central Florida Knight logo was simplified to a single monogram. The three letters “UCF”, drawn in gold, with angular white lines over the bodies, and a bold black outline, repeating the shapes of the letters with sharp elongated serifs, were set diagonally from the upper left corner to the bottom right. No other details are present on the logo.
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