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You'd get a better response in the typography forum.

NO! I REFUSE! I'm scared to leave the comfort of the Lounge... People shun Loungers in the outside world...

OK, I'll try...

But that doesn't mean folks in here can't take a stab at this too...

      People shun Loungers in the outside world...




Well, that explains why I've felt so shunned lately.

OK, it's there. But nobody is responding. It's been there almost a full minute. I told you they don't like me...

      nobody is responding. It's been there almost a full minute.




Have you reset your preferences?

      Have you reset your preferences?




Is that where you trash the system folder? I'll try that and get back to you...

Apparently in the typography forum they don't like actual images posted. (I forgeted that the basement is designated for such things...)

It's Bertold Akzidenz-Grotesk Schoolbook. Nah, it's not but it's a great name for a font isn't it?

I know a traditional signwriter who will make you a custom made sign for a fee.

For FREE? Oh, I read that wrong...

Yeah, I've dabbled in font making myself, but I haven't studied enough on kerning and spacing and what not. Now I'm going to go look up Bertold Akzidenz-Grotesk Schoolbook...

      I know a traditional signwriter who will make you a custom made sign for
      a fee.




I read wrong too. I'm thinking "why would you want a song about a font?"

Somebody done drawed that logo. That's why they get them big bucks.

      "why would you want a song about a font?"




LOL!

Yeah, r_, that's what they's sayin' over in the typog forum. But I'm deaf to such comments. I want that font! OK, I'll settle for something similar. I found a free one called BallPark, but there's a reason it's free... The guy even says in a read-me that he copped it off of another font he liked but couldn't find. It shows. But it's the closest I can find thus far. Is it too much to ask to want something other than Brush Script? Am I the only one who associates Brush Script with Comic Sans? Phos? Anyone?

Start with a bold, scripty font, turn it into outlines (in a drawing program, not Photoshop), and stretch it until it looks like the one inside of your head.

There are knock-off fonts at places like <http://www.1001fonts.com> where you can find something semi-close, for inspiration.

Yeah, that's where I'm off to (the stretchy thing, not 1001 fonts... I think I've downloaded all of those already... I never use 'em, but I gots 'em!).

Maybe you mention this on your site, r_, but what's your preferred font creation software? You do that sort of thing, no?

Preferred? None so far. I'm still using Fontographer, which I do not recommend. It's incredibly broken and out of date, but it's paid for. Most people today use FontLab <http://www.pyrus.com/html/fontlab.html>, because it's the least broken and most up to date program. Not a lot of people buy font editors.

If you're doing dingbats and custom logo one-offs, CorelDRAW does some TTF export. Output is slightly borked, and many features are missing, so don't use it for your next great improved Garamond.

I have an old copy of Fontographer, but I can't even say for sure where I got it (I certainly didn't buy it). I've heard of Postscript issues with it. I think you can download a temporarilly full working demo of FontLab, which I may do, but I probably won't buy one anytime soon. I don't plan on making fonts for a living, so it's not really worth the purchase for me (not until I get that great inheritance).

With Fontographer, it's still the kerning and spacing that gets me. In that I don't know what the h-e-double hockey sticks I'm doing. There's a local dude <http://www.chank.com/> here in the cities that has a decent tutorial for first timers and novice users, which is where I picked up how to do a couple really cruddy fonts.

      but I can't even say for sure where I got it




Yeah. We've heard that over in main Photoshop forum a few times. :)

Told you that was the place to go!
 <http://www.letterheadfonts.com/contributors/tomkennedy/royalscript.shtml>

Yeah Zeb- I saw that and I pitched it to the boss man for a purchase. He doesn't part with his money very easy though, so I have to do some whining before I get the ok. But that's a pretty good one, and it really fits the bill.

      Yeah. We've heard that over in main Photoshop forum a few times.




At least I'm honest about my dishonesty. :)

ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/fonts/
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/win/4.x/
ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/mirrors/gnu/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/
 <http://atomicmedia.net/>
 <http://chank.com>
 <http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/>
 <http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fonts/p/free_fonts.htm>
 <http://developer.apple.com/fonts/>
 <http://fonts.tom7.com/>
 <http://freethemes.tele.net/fonts/fonts/cd.htm>
 <http://funkyfonts.8m.com/>
 <http://highfonts.com/>
 <http://houseind.com/>
 <http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/pages/font_face.html>
 <http://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/>
 <http://liquidfont.sourceforge.net/>
 <http://members.aol.com/fontdude/>
 <http://members.aol.com/mmqchome/fonts/archive/fontarchive.htm>
 <http://miniml.com/>
 <http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/klein03/index.htm>
 <http://myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/>
 <http://simplythebest.net/fonts/script_fonts.html>
 <http://slipknot.com/ttt/>
 <http://tex.loria.fr/english/fontes.html>
 <http://us.uvm.dk/erhverv/specialpaedagogisk_st/>
 <http://www.1001fonts.com>
 <http://www.1001freefonts.com>
 <http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/>
 <http://www.acidfonts.com/>
 <http://www.agfamonotype.com/>
 <http://www.amazonfonts.com/indexa.htm>
 <http://www.asy.com>
 <http://www.bitstream.com/categories/products/fontcds/cambridge/index.html>
 <http://www.cheapskatefonts.com/>
 <http://www.cool-fonts.com/>
 <http://www.dafont.com/en/>
 <http://www.delphi.com/dtp/typography/>
 <http://www.disboards.com/>
 <http://www.downloadfreefonts.com/>
 <http://www.emigre.com>
 <http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/>
 <http://www.eye.box.sk>
 <http://www.fontage.com/index.html>
 <http://www.fontbureau.com>
 <http://www.fontempire.com/>
 <http://www.fontexplorer.com>
 <http://www.fontfile.com/>
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 <http://www.fontfreak.com/>
 <http://www.fontlab.com/download.htm>
 <http://www.fontmagic.com/>
 <http://www.fontmaster.nl/>
 <http://www.fontpool.com/>
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 <http://www.fontsite.com/>
 <http://www.fontsnthings.com/>
 <http://www.fontsonline.com>
 <http://www.fontworld.com>
 <http://www.fontz.de/>
 <http://www.fontzone.com/>
 <http://www.free-graphics.com/>
 <http://www.garagefonts.com/>
 <http://www.gerardunger.com/>
 <http://www.getfonts.com/>
 <http://www.girlswhowearglasses.com/>
 <http://www.hillmancurtis.com>
 <http://www.iamcal.com/misc/fonts/>
 <http://www.identifont.com/free-fonts.html>
 <http://www.ifree.com.au/top/fonts/index.html>
 <http://www.itcfonts.com>
 <http://www.larabiefonts.com/index.htm>
 <http://www.letterheadfonts.com/>
 <http://www.macfonts.com/index.html>
 <http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm>
 <http://www.minifonts.com/>
 <http://www.mouseplanet.com/>
 <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/fonts/>
 <http://www.myfonts.com/>
 <http://www.namethisfont.com/>
 <http://www.netspace.net.au/~joison/uddi/fonts/fonts.htm>
 <http://www.nicksfonts.com/>
 <http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/>
 <http://www.nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/>
 <http://www.paratype.com/first.htm>
 <http://www.pcfonts.com/>
 <http://www.philsfonts.com/>
 <http://www.precisionfonts.com>
 <http://www.precisiontype.com>
 <http://www.printerideas.com/fontfairy/webfonts.html>
 <http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium/webfonts.html>
 <http://www.ratz.com/>
 <http://www.rotorfabrik.com/type/>
 <http://www.sanitastroesch.ch>
 <http://www.scootergraphics.com/nusans/>
 <http://www.softpro.com>
 <http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/freeware.html>
 <http://www.ssifonts.com>
 <http://www.stixfonts.org/>
 <http://www.stormtype.com/>
 <http://www.stormtype.com/free.html>
 <http://www.superlooper.de/>
 <http://www.teff.nl/index.html>
 <http://www.timberwolf.a.se/type/engtype.html#br>
 <http://www.top20free.com/>
 <http://www.topfonts.de/pcmain/>
 <http://www.truetex.com/ttf_edit.htm>
 <http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/ttqa98.htm>
 <http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/home/fischer/simtel.net/win3/font-pre.html>
 <http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm>
 <http://www.typeright.org/>
 <http://www.typesource.com/Archive/B/B2.html>
 <http://www.typesource.com/TTR.html>
 <http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html>
 <http://www.uwe-sieber.de/english.html>
 <http://www.waldenfont.com/defaultie.asp>
 <http://www.webutilities.com/community/fontzone/default.asp>
 <http://www.will-harris.com/>
 <http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Typography/>

Some of these are foundrys, some just show pictures of fonts, some are pirates, some are free download places. If I were a moderator, I'd delete this link, because it's full of very iffy references.

Sweet iffy Jesus. Them thar's a lot o' sites.
(copy/paste before moderator fiddles with it)

You still there Mike?

I found a sign writer in the US who makes his own fonts, I'm pretty sure he has that one. (I'm pretty sure I do too)

 <http://www.artandsignstudio.com/fonts.html>

I'm here. Or rather, I'm back.

That's another cool site. He's got a couple that are pretty close to what I'm looking for. Graceland and Blaze both have characteristics I like, and could tweak to suit my needs. Not a bad price, either.

What's the one that you have called?

I bought them all, I think Blaze was the one I was thinking of.

I like that one too, for the lower case anyway. I like the slightly ornateness of Graceland's upper case. I think I might buys 'em and modify them to my likin'.

That's what I do Mike, some very useful t shirt fonts for sure.

Rule 11:

The death penalty should be enacted for those designers who use the following fonts:

* Comic Sans
* Zaph Chancery
* Ad Lib
* Exotic
* Brush Script
* Monotype Corsiva

(You're in big trouble, PowerMike) :)

* Impact (especially for web)
* Arial Black

Not in the t shirt world mate, brush script variants are a staple for headings.

In that case, milbut's due for three life sentences

Yeah I know Steve. I'd be kinda screwed when it came to baseball and softball shirts without some kinda decent script font.

<http://members.aol.com/swankivy2/comp.html>

      milbut's due for three life sentences




i'm not a designer. i can be a free spirit. i'm not tied down by your silly rules. i fart in your general direction. your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Is it too early to talk about breast stroke?

      i'm not a designer. i can be a free spirit. i'm not tied down by your
      silly rules.




But officer, I don't know the speed limit, so I couldn't possibly be speeding.

LOL!

Any more luck with the font Mike?

Actually, my plan is to purchase that font set that you posted. There were some other sites with nice alternatives, but that one seemed like the best for the cash. I'm gonn push the bossman again, but if I can't get him to budge, I think I'm going to buy them myself.

      But officer, I don't know the speed limit, so I couldn't possibly be speeding.




funny you should mention that. morning rush hour traffic. it was within a week of me getting a new '91 hyundai excel (little teeny 4 speed 4 cylinder, great car btw!). state trooper pulls me over for doing like 80 in a 50. he says "You know you were going 80 mph in a 50 mph zone?" I replied "Gee, no I didn't officer, I'm sorry. I just got this little car last week and didn't even think it could go that fast! I'm really sorry!"

He let me go with a warning. XD

NJ State Troopers are the best police in the world! Don't F with them if you're a real criminal, but they can be counted on to be genuinely cool with the small stuff. God bless 'em and watch over 'em all!

Okay, Dave, we'll let you off this time... with a warning written in Tekton.

Just so nobody blames a moderator, I expurgate my own list of about 120 font sites. I like lists; it was a nice list. Unfortunately it had several sleazy outfits on it.

      Unfortunately it had several sleazy outfits on it.




any in skin tight purple cat suits?

Maybe, if that's what pirates are wearing these days. That would go nicely with a green parrot.

      "Gee, no I didn't officer, I'm sorry. I just got this little car last
      week and didn't even think it could go that fast! I'm really sorry!"




Why didn't I think of that when I was pulled over (first time in my life) for going about 52 or 53 in a 45 mile zone when I didn't even have a tag for the Miata yet???

(I didn't get a ticket either) ;)

it was the only thing i could think to say besides, "Yup. You got me, pard!" XD

BTW, How fast can a Yugo - Go when you're peddaling at full speed? ;)

He-he. How much wood can a woodchuck chuck...
(that's how I read that... was that your intent?)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers!

Ninety nine bottles of beer on the wall...

Ninety nine red balloons...

HEY! Wait a minute! dave milbut used a capital letter! Has that ever happened?

Not that I've seen.

I'll alert the media. You go get snacks.

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