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I am dipping my toe once again into the pool of knowledge that is Letterville.
I'd like a concensus among all of you who regularly work on fire trucks & equipment. Which font do you prefer? I have worked for many fire departments, and they all have a different look. If you were starting to work with an engine company from scratch, which font would you promote? Just curious.
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i have used optima outlined bolder and stretched it.turned out ok
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3484 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Although I have no clue what a firetruck is after working on them for over 30 years. I have found that Si is correct in stating that most fire departments have a lettering style that they have used on their fleet and usually like to continue along that trend. However if your looking for other ideas, you could search the internet for firetruck manufacturer websites and see their recent deliveries for examples of many different ideas, some even crazy ideas. One font I do know was used alot was a Letterheads Font called "Smalts." That style was used alot over the years by a few manufacturers as their standard.
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Smalts is basically an extended egyptian,...I have my own version I digitized quite some time back from a carriage stripers handbook called broadgage,....rick check your email
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