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01-21-04, 11:51 AM
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| | llarsen Admin
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Rep Power: 29  | Font for GT 40 lettering
Does anyone know what font is/was used for official GT 40 lettering??
Thank!
Lynn | 
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01-21-04, 01:02 PM
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| | Mark Worthington Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2001 GT40: Massachusetts
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Rep Power: 24 | Re: Font for GT 40 lettering
Well, according to this thread, microgramma medium extended was used for the Motorcraft logo. It appears pretty similar to the sill lettering on a GT40 to my untrained eye. | |
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01-21-04, 01:33 PM
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| | llarsen Admin
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Thanks Mark! I did a search on FONT and LETTERING, but got pages and pages of hits. What was weird was that when I did a "find _____ in this page" it would never find either. I finally gave up and put the post up.
Again, Thanks,
Lynn | |
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01-21-04, 04:31 PM
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| | llarsen Admin
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre
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Rep Power: 29 | Re: Font for GT 40 lettering
I was able to find a free font package for the microgramma font. Help your self if anyone wants it. There were commercial font packs that did look a touch better from $19 - $32 on the web if anyone is interested. I did a search on Microgramma Font in google and got a bunch of hits. This is the name of the commercial package: "EF Microgramma Medium Extended." To see both for fee and free fonts go here: High Fonts.Com
Regards,
Lynn | |
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01-21-04, 05:05 PM
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| | Mark Worthington Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2001 GT40: Massachusetts
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Rep Power: 24 | Re: Font for GT 40 lettering
Looks pretty good, Lynn. I just downloaded the attachment and taught myself how to load fonts into Windows, then fired up Word to give it a try. Definitely looks pretty close to pictures I've seen of the original font used on the lower sills of the GT40. In Word, it looks a little better to me with two spaces between "Ford" and "GT". It also looks very nice in italics (perish the thought [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] )
I guess at some point I'll have some variant of this cut in vinyl for my car. Is there a pretty good selection of vinyl colors for this task? I'd like to find a blue that's close to my Daytona Blue stripes and wheels, or else I guess I'd have to have this stenciled and painted on (at significant cost, I would think). | |
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01-21-04, 08:38 PM
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| | Gold Supporter
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They do look guys, glad someone knows all this stuff! | |
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04-30-08, 12:44 PM
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| | tira30
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: usa
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Rep Power: 1 | Re: Font for GT 40 lettering
Quote:
Originally Posted by llarsen  I was able to find a free font package for the microgramma font. Help your self if anyone wants it. There were commercial font packs that did look a touch better from $19 - $32 on the web if anyone is interested. I did a search on Microgramma Font in google and got a bunch of hits. This is the name of the commercial package: "EF Microgramma Medium Extended." To see both for fee and free fonts go here: High Fonts.Com
Regards,
Lynn | Thank you a lot of man  | |
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