MiketheBike Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I am trying to get a font that looks about right for the military reg on my Ferret. I am hoping to print it out, then cut it out as a stencile. I have worked out that about 300 point is close enough (that ~ 3inch high), but cannot find a suitable font. Closest I can find is MS UI Gothic, but the letters seem to be a bit wide. I can mess with the number "4", as that seems to be incorrect in any font. Thanks Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Mick, Sometimes hardware stores sell stick on letters in white. These are usually the correct font. Somewhere I have some with the phone number etc of the manufacturer. If you get really stuck let me know! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Are you SURE it's MS UI Gothic? http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1612 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Thanks Chris, I will check out my local independants. Mmmm....maybe I wrote the wrong font name down Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Can you show us an example of the font you're looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 http://www.mapsymbs.com/fontstuf.html Tom Mouat does a number of letter fonts fre to download, give teh site a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Good site, known about it for a while (I occasionally use the APP-6 fonts) but there appears to be a lack of letter-based fonts, only the graphical symbol fonts he does. Did I miss something there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Good site, known about it for a while (I occasionally use the APP-6 fonts) but there appears to be a lack of letter-based fonts, only the graphical symbol fonts he does. Did I miss something there? Sorry mate! May have been the wrong site. I know Tom and he sent me some fonts. There was a site posted that had several fonts. Unfortunatley had computer problems so may have lost the link. I'll try to find them. :red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hi Roger these are the fonts I am trying to recreate...I guess they are correct? I am most interested in the mil registration, as the civi one should be easier with Chris's suggestion. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Oooooo... the stencil one is gonna be... challenging... :evil: it's a cross between Stencil, Boston Traffic, and VAG Rounded! :nut: I'll see what I can come up with :idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 OK... try this, nearest thing I can find... original photo extract at the top, SLIGHTLY modified (edges degraded slightly in image) DIN-style stencil TTF below. Right click and save as for the font, here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hey Roger, that looks great. Works just fine in Word, so I can make up a few stencils and get painting Cheers Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Cool Glad it helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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