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Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

Janette let me know the name of a font she used which I have always liked. It's called burgess. My buddy has it in his gerber system as a gerber font. I'd like to get it as a TTF. Any suggestions on where I may purchase it. Thanks Heads!

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
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Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

You might want to try the GERBER people(support)They e-mailed mine,I down loaded,then installed.Easy as Duck Soup!!!!
of course I had to pay for it(credit card)
But have made my money back more than once.
I like the Burgess also!Makes for a GREAT pattern to hand letter NUMBERS on car dealer winshields.
Hope this helps

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :

Question for Pat...I have Gerber's Acrobat file that has pictures of all the Omega Trutype fonts, and Burgess is not in there.

Are you saying that Gerber has Burgess in Trutype, or did you get it in Gerbers format?

Seems odd that it is on on the Omega list.

Vic G

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Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Hi Rob

To get a .tif file of the font, all one needs to do is open Composer, type in the font...ABCDEFG....fill with black, cuts off, combine shapes and "save as" Burgess.tif then e-mail it to you.

That's the procedure.

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Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

Dave I have the font as an eps on my hard drive. I'd like to buy it as a true type font if possible so when I type it works as a normal font.

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
rldsigns@aol.com

Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

YIKES!! Vic,you must think I actually know the difference.This is my story and I am sticking to it!he he he I am runnung a Graphix Advatage 6.2 program.Cutting from the 4B.The letter style is called
"Burgess Brush" NOT included with the GA.
One(1)call to Gerber 1-800-222-7446 got it to me in True Type Format! It is also located
in the Gerber Type Styles catalog I recieved when I purchased the 4B.The Omega is a NEWER form and hence the problem.
Hope this helps Vic

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Rob,

Sorry I misread TTF as .tif .....gheesh, I must need glasses.

ronflmao

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Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :

Graphix Advantage does not use Trutype fonts directly - it uses a Gerber Font Format. Omega uses TT fonts.

You can run TT fonts with GA6 but you have to put them thru a file converter that comes with GA6.

The point is, Pat King probably bought a Gerber font.

If you own a GA 6 font and want to convert it to trutype you are halfway there with eps. Corel 7 and up has a trutype export filter that will make a passable typing font. It is poorly documented but not that hard to figure out. It's a fairly time consuming thing if you have not done it before, so if Gerber can do Trutype format for you that might be the better alternative.

Whatever you do, please respect the font copyright. Vic G

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[This message has been edited by VICTORGEORGIOU (edited July 08, 2001).]

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

ive always found most fonts are the same as another font with a different name....what geber calls burgess might be the same as bazooka....ttf font or brush hand....throw a word up there usin the font...can probably find somethin close..if not the same....and a lot of type ones will do the same thing...exception being DYNOMO type 1 nothin else comes close...

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Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Joe,

If I remember correctly, Burgess is a font that was made by a sign guy. Geber had a contest years ago for sign guys to send in their hand painted fonts. Burgess was one that was a winner....and it also might be the sign guys name.

Of course, I could be wrong becasue my eyes seem to fail me in this thread, and my memory might be going bad too....

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Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

Dave don't be so hard on yourself. Thanks Vic for your advice. I believe in copyrights and will do the right thing. Pat thanks for the 800 #. I will give them a call.

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
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[This message has been edited by Rob Larkham (edited July 08, 2001).]

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

Glasses are cool! I can see thru clothes with these babies. This is a great chance to welcome Rob as a new Resident Of Letterville.

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Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

i knew a dick burgess...was a sign guy in sarasota.......dave your just fallin apart in your old age....

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :

Rob...If Gerber's price for Burgess is too steep for you, take a look at Jack Wills' fonts at this Photopoint address
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1520990&a=12906220&f=0

SignShop, Wayback, Blues, and Bulldog are all bold casuals, and you can buy just one by email at anchorblanks.com, Volcano Fonts tab. I will email your choice to you. Vic G

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Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

Dave you are right about the font being designed by a handletter.I have lettered this perticular type style many times noticing the small nuaunces associated to the lettering brush such as a quill.I ca also tell the way other type styles such as "Snappy" "Beansprout" etc wher the designer started his stroke and ended it.
Any newbies looking to learn hand lettering would benifit from these.Of Course you gotta have a puter FIRST!!! Ironic huh?

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

woulde someone post a sample of the illustree-ious font..i wana see it!

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

You gonna LOVE it for handlettering and readability Joe! You can see it PERSONALLY at the Duck Soup in September at my place.
Come on up and have some fun.
Hope this helps

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by Bob Gilliland (Member # 28) on :

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For what it's worth

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argument is an exchange of ignorance"
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[This message has been edited by Bob Gilliland (edited July 10, 2001).]

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

Thanks for your help all...But I was just imformed by Gerber that Burgess Brush can not be sold as a truetype font. I refuse to buy their system just to get a font. The more gerber changes the more they stay the same. I'll wait til' someone makes some slight changes to the font and renames it, then sells it for a fraction of the price gerber asks for their wares. Thanks again ALL!!

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
rldsigns@aol.com

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

thanks bob....pat iam comin up ther....gota go to pa 1st....still tryin to get there....

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

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