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Article #278Re: StarTrek Lettering
From: Duane P Mantick
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:58
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:58
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antjcb@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (J.C.Burns) writes: >arnolmt@wkuvx1.bitnet writes: >>Please Help! >>Off and on, for the past four years I have been trying to build a >>madel of the USS Enterprise from the Star Trek movies. Now I'm almost >>finished. But I did a little modification to it and I don't want to >>name it the "Enterprise." Does anyone out there know if I can buy >>sheets of decals that have the alphabet in the style and size that >>would be accurate to the madel? >>Please help me end four years of stress and frustration! >>Thanks lots, >>Matthew >The USS Enterprise typeface is essentially 'Microgramma,' known >in some parts as 'Eurostile' or 'Eurostyle'. It's available as >letraset...decals, I dunno. If you want a good source of help on this, get a copy of the original series TEchnical Manual, which I believe is back in print in a 25th anniversary edition in many bookstores (Waldenbooks usually has them). There is a page or two on letters and colors. The microgramma is essentially correct, although there are a couple of differing flavors of it..... Duane
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Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!think.com!ames!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu!wb9omc From: wb9omc@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) Subject: Re: StarTrek Lettering Message-ID: <wb9omc.721943926@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network References: <1992Nov12.182051.3919@wkuvx1.bitnet> <antjcb.721664650@gsusgi1.gsu.edu> Date: 16 Nov 92 19:58:46 GMT Lines: 28