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Font quality from ‘font suppliers’
Good morning.
We’ve got a job to do that requires the font ‘P22 Pop Art Stencil’
Now we don’t have that font and it needs to match the existing text
on site so we decided to buy the complete font.We did buy a copy from ‘myfonts.com’ and the quality was very poor
so we managed to get a refund. I’ve just bought another copy from
‘ITC’ – International Typeface Corporation and it’s just as bad, if not
worse !!Has anyone else come across this problem? Is there somewhere else
I should be looking ?As we’ve only got to do one word we’re going to recreate the text from
scratch, but it’s going to be a nightmare if we have loads of text to do
at a later date.Below is how the font looks zoomed in ………
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This would be unusual I’d think.
What program are you bringing it in to?
Does it do the same thing in several programs?
I’ve had node probs with some fonts in my dedicated sign software, but have worked fine in Corel. Have you checked them with other software?
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Hi Shane,
Yeah I initially used it in Corel Draw X3 and it’s the same. I thought i’d
convert it to use in Omega V2.5 and tried it in FlexiSign and it’s just as bad.Must just be a problem with this font. 😕
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Incredible that they would sell a poor font. I’d be complaining all the same.
Ask them to fix it or remove it.
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Could you not just buy the font directly from P22?
http://www.p22.com/
Just curious.
Love….Jill -
I just thought P22 was part of the name, didn’t realise it was a ‘company’ 😳
I best pop off there and see if I can get a copy.
Thanks for the link Jill. 😎 -
quote Adrian Neill:I just thought P22 was part of the name, didn’t realise it was a ‘company’ 😳
I best pop off there and see if I can get a copy.
Thanks for the link Jill. 😎me too 😮 great link
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P22 has been on my "most wanted" list for some time.
I love their arts and crafts stuff.
Now I am afraid to buy them for fear that they are as dodgy as what you posted!
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Hi Jill,
We contact ITC Fonts and they’ve been brilliant. They have refunded the
full cost already !! Now that’s impressive service.We only needed the the word ‘STAIRS’ at the moment so used the dodgy
copy and traced it so we’re going to hold off on buying the copy from P22
until we get another order for that particular building as that’s the only
place we’ve got that uses that font.If/when we do order a copy i’ll be sure to post on the quality.
Once again thanks for the link.
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I have several P22 fonts, and most of them have a slightly ‘distressed’ look
to the edges, so I assume that they are designed like that. Could be wrong
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I’d definitely get on to P22 and ask for their opinion.
The file and the outlines are theirs after all, you’re only buying a license to use them when you buy from anybody else.
They maybe aren’t intending that their fonts are used at some of the huge sizes that we might want to use them at. But that "A" is very poor, it would be interesting to see what size those dodgy outlines become apparent when it’s printed.
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Hi Adrian,
Try this out:
-Whatever program you are in type the text you need (make sure to keep text editable, don’t create outlines at this stage)
-enlarge it to at least a meter -then create outlines (if in illustrator) not sure what it is in other programs…
-after that make it the size you want and see what it looks likePlease let me know how you get on as this.
After a lot of four lettered words i came upon this by pure accident…and it worked!!!!Although this still does not answer why this happens…as the fonts were coming from a legit source.
Maybe as the end result was enlarged greatly after outlines were created…it then created a kinda of stress on the font, one of a thousand possible reasons.I think its on the same lines as Richard was saying about size.
Hope this works for you….fingers crossed 😀
p.s if its similar to my experience when it plots or prints it will show, curves become buckled and uneven and corners twist on themselves….poor ould font is having a bad day :lol1:
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