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Ill never see that ad, but one time, while watching Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, I watched "Pacific Intermountain Express" ( PIE) climbing a mountain in the background with a Freightliner cabover & a set of A-trains. Other than that, it looked like 1890.
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Check out the boat. Besides the fact that the "sign painter" obviously doesn't know how to deal with gold leaf (and is far too clean, by the way), does anyone else not see a problem with the way the job is done?
I'm taking the answer to Birmingham with me.
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I just assumed it was the boat's owner lettering his own boat. Which he did a pretty good job of if that was the case.
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What, you don't like the way the copy was done in a smiley arc?
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sometimes names are put on both sides of the bow of a boat. the reason for the reverse arch is the compound curve of the surface of the boat. it is curving right to left, and also arching out & in from top to bottom.....which will give you that look.
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'm with OP on this, he is correct...boats have compound curves and reverse transoms. What looks strange from below the waterline usually looks just fine from above.
I remember lettering many sailboats where the name was on each side towards the stern. Due to the curves, I had to create a graphic that was different on both sides so that they looked the same from each side and from above the waterline. In some cases, with a 10' long name, the letter heights increased/decreased by 20% or more.
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Rigeline, determines the line of the lettering despite any arch top to lower area...
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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no jack. the 1st boat i did that way on the bow end, looked weird when i got done. its "comcave" "convex" curve happening at the same time....some boats are worse then others.like dave said if you dont compensate for the letters it wont look right. was easier to do when painting, cause you can step back, and see which letter needs a little more or a little less top and bottom. you also get this problem on boats with a curved out center on the transom. the center letters will look bigger then the end letters. it can be as small as a 1/4 of an inch, added to height of the end letters but maks a big differance when seen at 20-30 feet away.
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Pretty close, Joe; it does have to do with the compound curves of these types of boats. From top to bottom, they usually curve inward; and from left to right, they curve outward in the middle and inward on the ends.
Bruce had it right, about the arc of the letters on this particular boat being in the wrong direction. As it sits now, on blocks, they lettering is slanted downward toward the middle. Now imagine when the boat is in the water, four feet or more lower; the lettering arc will be much worse.
They lettering should've been done in a slightly positive arc, or slanting upward toward the middle, so that when the boat is lowered into the water, the lettering will "appear" straight and level.
Having done a couple hundred of these old classics, over the years, for a friend who restored them, it just jumped out at me.
I would say, also, that this is a terrible place to put a nice lettering job, on most any boat. First of all, it's most surely going to get bumped/ scratched/ abused on pulling in to a dock. It's just about at "that" height. Not all docks have bumpers available. Secondly, most states require the license number of the boat to be on either side of the bow area, near the top, which would put them pretty much above the name, done here. Too cluttered looking.
Anyhow, just havin' fun, keeping everybody straight. Thanks, all for the input, and pleasant boating!!!
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I was looking at the PNC actually, the thickness of the letters seems to be on opposites depending on the which letter (vertical), maybe its just me...I will take another look at the boat lettering people
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