Another customer with a business card (he can't recall the printer, might be inconvenient when he runs out of cards) and his business name is in one of those fonts that only exists on certain planets when the moon is waxing..
I will try this image feature on here to give folks some samples of what it looks like..maybe someone out there will recognize it.. Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Here is the perfect opprotunity to earn some nice ca$h!
Offer to design a letterhead, Logo and all the related stuff!
Then you can sell him Biz cards, Envelopes, Stationary, Biz Brochures, etc. as well as signs!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
University Roman Bold has a similar feel but is not a match. He might take it as a substitute.
Posted by John Deaton III (Member # 925) on :
You can go to my fonts and click the what the font link, and you can upload your image for a try at finding what it is. I tried a couple of your letters but a perfect match didnt come up.
Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :
Bernhard Modern has a lot of those characteristics. It would make a good base to start if you decide to modify something to match.
The kicker to these things is a lot of people don't realize how much we agonize over the fine points of letter construction, don't see what the fuss is about, and probably don't distinguish the subtle differences between one font and another.
I think Si has an excellent point. Either sell him a design package or don't get too lathered about an exact match. If it's not critical enough for the client to pay extra for, maybe he'd be better served by bashing it out in something 'similar'.
John, thanks for the link to that font site.
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
There are people out there that call themselves "font designers" when their work looks like this... I call them "botch's" "hacks" "idiots" anyone want to add to this?
Oh here's another "wannabe"
[ January 28, 2003, 10:12 AM: Message edited by: Monte Jumper ]
Posted by Scott Pagan (Member # 2507) on :
try ITC's Mona Lisa (modified) or "New Order".
Posted by Gary Martin (Member # 651) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rob H: Another customer with a business card (he can't recall the printer, might be inconvenient when he runs out of cards) and his business name is in one of those fonts that only exists on certain planets when the moon is waxing..
I will try this image feature on here to give folks some samples of what it looks like..maybe someone out there will recognize it..
Posted by Gary Martin (Member # 651) on :
Test
Posted by mike norcross (Member # 3496) on :
Rob That looks like a letterhead font to me i am sure that chuck can help you out at letterhead .com If not i would be happy to redesign those letters for you, if that will help
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
I apologize rob...my post was of no help at all... I do my best not to be negative here but it slips out from time to time.
Bad fonts are a pet peve with me and when I see one that bad it sends me screaming from the room.
Hopefully you will sell him on something better.
sorry I 'm not able to help!
Posted by Scott Pagan (Member # 2507) on :
did you find the font, or are you going towards the direction of new art?
Posted by Elaine Beauchemin (Member # 136) on :
ITC - Monalisa
edit - url erase
[ January 30, 2003, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: Elaine Beauchemin ]
Posted by Rob H (Member # 384) on :
*whew!*
I best check in here more often! Wasn't expecting the flood of helpful replies.
To update:
Monte;
No worries. I shared your sentiment when I saw this business card..I dont care if Michealangelo himself designed the letters..they dont float MY boat.
Scott;
I'm 'googling' at this very moment for ITC's MonaLisa.
Elaine;
Cut and pasted your url..came up dead. Checking Adobe.com
Everyone;
Thanks for replying and trying so hard to help. I run across these font issues often. Usually I can find the orignal printer of the cards..but every now and then, well, you know.
In my efforts, I have found the font submittal site mentioned early in this thread, and also 'Identifont' (www.identifont.com). The only limitation these sites have is their database. If they aint got the font, they aint gonna help. But you have to ask to find out.
Im the sort who will search myself before asking for assistance, so if you see me asking for help on here, its because I have exhausted all the avenues I have.
Thanks again everyone.
[ January 29, 2003, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Rob H ]
Posted by Rob H (Member # 384) on :
Viola!
Haven't looked at them yet, but I managed to find ITC Mona Lisa Solid and Recut.
(www.filesearching.com)
But wait..
These have that 'bin' extension on them..not 'ttf'.
AHH! They're MAC fonts!!
No problem. Google for 'Crossfont'. Download the demo.
Run the 'bin' files through...
Instant TTF!
Posted by Scott Pagan (Member # 2507) on :
if you have the Corel Draw disc it's New Order (knockoff name). you'll need to modify, but it's the base font.
Posted by Rob H (Member # 384) on :
The Crossfont program didnt work with these bin fonts, but it did work with two previous ones I tried on it.
Still figgering...
Posted by Rob H (Member # 384) on :
Aha!
That filesearching site had two entries of the same fonts.
I just nabbed the other two, and crossfont ran them seamlessly.
I really recommend this crossfont program to anyone who has to deal with converting mac stuff to PC. The same company makes 'Transmac', a program for converting whole Mac FILES into PC. Haven't tried Transmac, but if it works as well as crossfont, Im in like Flynn.
[ January 29, 2003, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Rob H ]
Posted by Rob H (Member # 384) on :
Just wondering what happened to the text wrap in this thread...P.I.T.A. to read.
Posted by Scott Pagan (Member # 2507) on :
linked image layout
Posted by Desire Rusovsky (Member # 2876) on :
If someone need translating font for Mac to PC, or from PC to Mac I have TransType which do this work perfectly for TTF/TrueType and PostScript fonts.
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