First I like to thank those who have replied to my last topic in regards to removing scratches on a van. That was very helpful indeed.
If you don't mind, I have another question. This time it's in applying vinyl letters on vehicles that have mouldings that are not straight. I found this to be true with the newer vehicles. There is no real 'true' leveled-horizontal line that I can follow. I tried to eyeball it where it looked straight viewed from the front, but off when looking at it from the sides....
My question then is this:
When applying vinyl letters to these vehicles,should I follow the 'vehicle's mouldings' or do I 'eye-ball' the lettering to make it seem straight as possible?
Thank you,
Glenn
-------------------- Glenn DeZion Sign Company 46-020 Alaloa Street M-5 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 Posts: 84 | From: Kaneohe, Hawaii | Registered: Dec 2000
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i eyeball or i split the difference depending how bad it is...it can drive you mental. what i usually do is stand in the back or front of the vehicle and look down the sides...you want your copy to be level....not all of a sudden slope down some moulding angle.
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Thanks Karyn. That makes good sense to eyeball it accordingly and not follow the mouldings. It's just the customer can have a real hard time with it but when they understand the logic behind of it, they tend to accept it. I guess they really have no other options at that point.
Again, thank you for your input.
-------------------- Glenn DeZion Sign Company 46-020 Alaloa Street M-5 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 Posts: 84 | From: Kaneohe, Hawaii | Registered: Dec 2000
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you can also treat all the copy as a group and distort it to fit odd sized panels... I just did this on an excavator boom draw a scale box that matches the panel and then fit letters to it
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This is why I'm begining to really enjoy this site. It's people like you who help make the business for what it is.
Michael, It never crossed my mind in starting with a scaled area of where the sign will be and then to distort it as a group into position......really brilliant!
By taking Karyn and your ideas, I've come up with a pretty good solution....thank you both.
Mahalo (thank you in Hawaiian),
Glenn
-------------------- Glenn DeZion Sign Company 46-020 Alaloa Street M-5 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 Posts: 84 | From: Kaneohe, Hawaii | Registered: Dec 2000
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