I used in my very first entry (which I will overwork for the final version in some days) that type of times new roman font because I believe it is a very stylistic font - when you use it carefully. Especially apple uses it - and I like it.

I dont like the idea of those text combinations ("put the 7 and the A somehow together"), especially when the seven is left of the A ("7A?") and when the roof of the seven is forked out. "A7" is a very closed shape, similar to a parallelogram. The difficulty of the requirements is not the border fade or the coloring. Its the composition. Its very hard to make a logo slaved by a lightbulb. So: do you make a logo basing on the lightbulb and a slaved A7? A very massive A7 logo and a lightbulb somewhere you made 2 seconds ago - or do you find a balance?

Good luck to everyone and a friendly competition.
Thanks for all the support.

Cheers!
Christian