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this seems to be one of the jillions of quirky "hand made" fonts. my customer uses it their logo and now they want more words with the same font... i'm happy to buy it, if somebody can tell me what it is.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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Scooter..THAT is my handwriting!!!! Ya can't use it without me scribblin' it!!!
Actually..I have never seen it before!
BUT I had to reply..sorry
(NAW..not sorry!! LOL )
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I don't know how large or how many words, but couldn't you just put on your overhead and draw and space by eye?.
Draw it right on to the substrate, by dipping your shoulder and save a step of pounce pattern.
OR
The picture your displayed on this site looked O.K. Print the alphabet on photo paper and scan or directly scan if you already have a hard copy.
The typeface seems mumble-jumble anyways, so I don't think registration and kerning are that strict.
It may seem old and slow but it takes a few hours and the job would have been done tonight.
12 years ago I used a letraset book, a photocopier, an overhead and a #2 pencil, and sometimes a pounce wheel. Still do!. Gets you outta jams, and deadlines instead of waiting for computer typeface and is more fun and relaxing with good tunes!
Just trying to help, if you were in a deadline situation. Mark
How could you have the full set (with Y & X interverted) without an original document?
-------------------- Desire Rusovsky SDG Signs rue du Lac 24 1342 Le Pont Switzerland desire@sdgsigns.com http://www.sdgsigns.com Posts: 218 | From: Le Pont / Switzerland | Registered: Mar 2002
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my client supplied me with the .jpg file of their "font".
i'll probably just do some quick lettering and not even worry about matching the font. i'm not very good at hand letterng yet, but i'm not sure that i'm THAT shakey. the reason i wanted the font is that i have to letter quite a few lines.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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Hey Scooter, did they do something with that font themselves or did they have it done for them because several times, I have had something silly like that given to me and I asked them for the font and they had it on their own computer. I just opened their font directory and cut/copy/pasted the sucker to a 3.5" floppy and then I had it. Of course, if they didn't do it themselves that won't help. Everybody seems to making up their own logo these days in "Print Master Gold", as they always say "I'll bet we did this in the same program you use, Print Master" Yeah Right! Have a good one .
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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why send a jpg file when a gif file would have been better.
a gif would print with sharper edges.
i would have printed the gif file and scanned it, then save to a bitmap file, then place it into gerber composer.(i am an antique as far as gerber software, still running composer 6.)
i would then do the old "raster to vector" thang, then ungroup the lettering and place it on a baseline to plot.
the typeface seems "loose", thus not a lot of lines to tweak.
One thing more: the name of the jpg file is GXfont. It could be a clue. GX fonts were a tentative font format from Apple and/or Adobe. I would trty a quick search on the net about this type of fonts.
-------------------- Desire Rusovsky SDG Signs rue du Lac 24 1342 Le Pont Switzerland desire@sdgsigns.com http://www.sdgsigns.com Posts: 218 | From: Le Pont / Switzerland | Registered: Mar 2002
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quote:Originally posted by Dave Johnson: If you haven't found it yet, try uploading the image to this link. http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
I've already tried, without results.
A link of people dedicated to typography, it could be a real help if you are not in a hurry. Typography & Calligraphy
If it's a GX font it's not from Apple, but Bitstream and Linotpe also made some GX fonts.
-------------------- Desire Rusovsky SDG Signs rue du Lac 24 1342 Le Pont Switzerland desire@sdgsigns.com http://www.sdgsigns.com Posts: 218 | From: Le Pont / Switzerland | Registered: Mar 2002
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