RMAllnutt wrote:
One other way of duplicating fonts on placards is to simply place an original, representative placard on a flat bed scanner and make a scan. If the placard lays perfectly flat, you will get a perfectly proportioned representation of the placard. You then have several options for using the image. In Photoshop, you will have a super-accurate dimensional representation of the font, which you can then match up fonts against. Or you could even cut and paste the letters as you choose to create your new placard.
Alternatively, you can import the image into a cad package, and simply draw over it. Knowing the exact dimensions of the placard, you can then measure everything out correctly.
Cheers,
Richard
You can also make the font scalable by doing what's mentioned above, but importing into a vector-graphics program such as Inkscape that will allow you to "trace" the bitmap image (from the scan) into a vector! That's how I've done some model graphics for re-scaling.
Ryan
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