Number plate font?

[MiketheBike]

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

[sirhc]

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

[Redcap]

Are you SURE it's MS UI Gothic?

 

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1612

[MiketheBike]

Thanks Chris,

 

I will check out my local independants.

 

Mmmm....maybe I wrote the wrong font name down

 

Mick

[Redcap]

Can you show us an example of the font you're looking for?

[Tony B]

http://www.mapsymbs.com/fontstuf.html

Tom Mouat does a number of letter fonts fre to download, give teh site a look.

[Redcap]

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?

[Tony B]

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:

[MiketheBike]

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

[Redcap]

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:

[Redcap]

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...

[MiketheBike]

Hey Roger,

 

that looks great. Works just fine in Word, so I can make up a few stencils and get painting

 

Cheers

 

Mick

[Redcap]

Cool Glad it helped