Today marks exactly 25 years since pop star Prince changed his name to an abstract symbol.. Infuriated by a long-running contract dispute with his record label, Warner Brothers, Prince reached the ...

We found Prince’s original Love Symbol font, and here’s how to use it The Love Symbol will live on for eternity. Mike Wehner. Updated on June 15 2025 6:58 am CDT ...

The Love Symbol made trouble for Warner Bros. executives who couldn’t say, or even type, their star’s new name. Nobody else could, either, which is why news outlets received floppy discs ...

Even though he went back to using his given name, Love Symbol #2 followed him to the end, as he incorporated it into artwork and jewelry and even used it as a model for his purple guitar (top ...

Back in 1999, an Italian Prince fan named Marco Cimarosti figured out a way to blend several existing Unicode characters into something that resembled the Love Symbol. Here's how to achieve it on ...

In 1993, Prince made the decision to swap his name for a newly created symbol. Eventually known as the "love symbol," the moniker caused confusion among journalists trying to cover the musician.

It will be named "Love Symbol #2" after the emblem Prince used for his 1992 album and which appeared as the backdrop for his shows throughout the mid-to-late 1990s.

"Love Symbol #2 will be the official color across the brand he left behind,'' Pantone said in its press release. Laurie Pressman, vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, ...

Prince's purple is now an official colour called Love Symbol #2. The "Purple One" has been honoured in the colour spectrum, in a tribute to his "Love Symbol #2" and his Yamaha piano.