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Can anyone reproduce this font?

Posted by Shane Drew on 24 April 2006 at 11:44

Can anyone tell me this font? or perhaps just send me the letters in the pics as an ai or eps?

Just have to reproduce this for a client who is refurbishing his boat.

Any help appreciated

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Shane Drew replied 19 years, 8 months ago 6 Members · 11 Replies
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Lorraine Clinch

Member
24 April 2006 at 12:49

Shane, I’ve looked but can’t find anything similar so far. Difficult without a name! the only similarity so far is the no.1 😳
Russell Pavey

Member
24 April 2006 at 12:56

Hi Shane

This one is close(ish) – may be able to jig it about a bit.

Cheers

Russ

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Shane Drew

Member
24 April 2006 at 12:58

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Shane, I’ve looked but can’t find anything similar so far. Difficult without a name! the only similarity so far is the no.1 😳

Thanks for looking Lorraine, I’ve been thru all my fonts, and been scanning font sites too 👿

The sign shop that did this originaly may have been using a proprietry font in flexi or sign lab or anything else, that is the only conclusion I can come to 🙄

I’ll keep looking tho. I’ll have to vectorise it at a pinch, but the photo is on an angle, and the fonts slant around the boat, so it is not as easy as I’d like at 11pm at night 😥
Shane Drew

Member
24 April 2006 at 13:06

Thanks Russell, appreciate your time on this.

I’ll be able to use it as a start, need to modify it a bit, but it is better than starting from scartch thats for sure

Thanks again mate 😉
Shane Drew

Member
25 April 2006 at 00:12

well, I’ve been to bed, had a restless sleep, but I’m up bright as a button now.

Having some issues trying to get Russells font to ‘work’ properly (read: I’m having a problem getting motivated 😳 ), so does anyone have a closer match 😕 .

I don’t have an issue with having to make this font work, just being lazy at the moment, and hoping someone else may have a similar font 😕

Someone told me it is possibly a MAC font? Not sure if he was ‘in the know’ or trying to gee me up 🙄

Thanks for looking
Andrew Ritchie

Member
25 April 2006 at 08:08

I dont have either of these fonts but im sure its called Canal or Kanal (italic), its a stencil font used on Police vehicles in Spain and Germany etc.

Hope that helps.

Andy 😎
Shane Drew

Member
25 April 2006 at 10:05

Thanks Andrew, you really are a font boffin 😉
Neil Churchman

Member
25 April 2006 at 11:26

Couldn’t open the jpg’s to see the photo but checked my version of Flexi Sign and can find no fonts called Canel or Kanel or similar.

good luck.

Neil
Shane Drew

Member
25 April 2006 at 11:50

quote Neil Churchman:

Couldn’t open the jpg’s to see the photo but checked my version of Flexi Sign and can find no fonts called Canel or Kanel or similar.

good luck.

Neil

Thanks Mate, checked the Kanal font on the lynotype site, but it is not quiet right either, although it is the closest I’ve seen todate. They want $us70 per weight, and as I only need the 3 letters and 3 numbers, I’ll just bodgy something up I think.

He is away for a week or so, but I may try and talk him in to something similar when he gets back, see how I go.

Cheers, and thanks again for looking.
Glen Mathers

Member
25 April 2006 at 18:10

The 5 & the 9 look similar to GemBold, just played about with a bit.
Still looking though. 😀
Shane Drew

Member
25 April 2006 at 21:39

quote Glen Mathers:

The 5 & the 9 look similar to GemBold, just played about with a bit.
Still looking though. 😀

Appreciate your time on this mate.

Cheers