font and advice

[Shane Drew]

To save a lot of time, and as your wife works there, I’d be asking if they have an eps or ai file available. Whoever do their printing should be able to give you one.

I’d be surprised if the person in charge of advertising/marketing at the hospice could not put their hands on one somewhere.

Failing that, send it to vectorwise and they will do it for you. Save a heap of grief.

Cheers
Shane

[Derek Heron]

cheers shane have been down that road typically nobody knows nothing!
whats a font , a what file ? i know the little character is called jiggy! i will ask who does the printing never thought of that 😳
attached is a pic of the old and the new the design has been changed they
want stripes at the top and the bottom the rear tailgate as well plus the bonnet what is the best away to apply as you can see panels are split every few feet i am worried about keeping it straight etc also the curved bonnet
dex

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[Shane Drew]

dex,

There are two ways that I would consider, if it were me.

1) lay the stripes in sections using the hinge method. This is the easiest way to keep it straight, and you can use each ‘panel join’ to work between. You are going to have to slice each join anyway, so no one will be the wiser.

2) lay larger material and cut cack to size on the vehicle. If you are not confident cutting on the vehicle, this may cause you some worry.

The front bonnet is going to be the major problem, and even after all these years, I still have concerns that I’ll get it right.

I would lay the material from the centre of the bonnet out to the edges. Once the centre is stuck, and you are happy, remove the premask as this will reduce the ability to curve the stripe. Remember tho, the wider the stripe the harder it is to curve. The best way is to heat the material as you want to start the curve. Pull it tight as you bring it around. You can do it wet it you feel more comfortable, but I prefer to work dry. To make it easier, use a chinagraph pencil to mark out the approximate route you want the stripe to take.

What I have done in the past is to wrap the front in a wider material than needed, then hand cut the final stripe.

I am not going to tell you it is easy coz it aint. But the key is to take it slow, and think ahead. You’ll probably stuff it the first time you try, so allow for the use of extra material. Ideally, the front will be a two man job.

Sorry I can not be more helpful, but sort of need to be there to show you if you know what I mean.

Shane

[Derek Heron]

cheers shane i feel quite confident about the large horizontal stripes as you say i will be able to work between the panels i like the idea for the bonnet would be nice to have a scalpel which would just cut through the vinyl and not touch the paint i havnt even priced the job yet so will have to take that into account
once again cheers
Dex

[Shane Drew]

quote dex:

cheers shane i feel quite confident about the large horizontal stripes as you say i will be able to work between the panels i like the idea for the bonnet would be nice to have a scalpel which would just cut through the vinyl and not touch the paint i havnt even priced the job yet so will have to take that into account
once again cheers
Dex

Dex, the cutting is easy. They key: a new blade and a feather touch. If the blade is new, it will score the vinyl and pull away without going deep enough to touch the paint. Trust me on this.

Also, I’d quote on using cast material. It will be the easiest to work around curves, and will require the least pressure when cutting.

Oracal 751c would be ideal for this project.

All the best mate

Shane

[Derek Heron]

hi again found aot the fonts are
1.stone sands
2.optima bold
can anybody help me out
cheers dex

[Shane Drew]

quote dex:

hi again found aot the fonts are
1.stone sands
2.optima bold
can anybody help me out
cheers dex

‘stone sans’ and ‘optima’ are both available from dafont.com

I have optima, but only in signwizard format which is not ttf. sorry

Shane

[Derek Heron]

Cheers i now have stone sans 😳 not sands
still need optima bold
cheers dex

[Robert Berwick]

Try these

the 1st one is bold, but it has a funny name. Should be the correct font though.

Robert

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Attachments:

Optima.ttf

LOPTIMAB.TTF

[Derek Heron]

thanks robert a good start to the day
hope i can return the favour
dex