need source for CHISELLED/3D FONTS

[Henry Barker]

I use chiselled fonts from Dan Antonelli, they are available from http://www.signdna.com drop a line to Dave Simpson, he’s a great person to deal with.

The Fontry also do some, and if you have Signlab E6 there is a module in the program for making your own.

I posted a little help for Timmy yesterday and posted a pic of a van done with one of Dan’s fonts.

Hope this helps abit, I have others here too, but Dan’s are the best, the others are more race car numbers etc.

[Pete Witney]

I seem to remember a “step -by- step” on the Letterheads site on how to bevel/chisel lettering,I assume this means you can do it to whatever typeface you want ,I don’t know?Personally if I want a chiselled effect I just mix up a tint and a shade of the letter colour and paint em on.

[marooned]

…yeah, I did it that way before I realised the paints and thinners were rotting my insides, and then I saw the VINYL LIGHT! So. I took my knowledge from 15/20 years of brushwork and stepped into the computer age. Do you know what, it ain’t that bad in here. Much much cleaner and more rewarding in every way – just a pity the door’s been opened to so many ‘Overnight Signmakers’ with little command of the trade!

[Pete Witney]

Dave,don’t get me wrong, a few people on this site probably do as I seem to have a habit of bringing topics to an abrupt end,but I have nothing against vinyl,I have always used pencil,pen or brush since my early days as a Technical Illustrator and I don’t think my strengths lie in the design side so I would just be another vinyl guy.To be perfectly honest I would be quite happy if I ended up just painting house signs as long I was still painting.