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OK Folks: Here's the situation, I have a sign design I am trying to present to a client. My idea is for a sign with the letters cut out of heavy copper plate {1/8"} perhaps.The letters will be mounted to either real slate, or a faux stone I will create.
The name is to be "Common Grounds"
I picture a letter style that has roughened edges like it was cut out with a torch, yet not so rough that it doesn't still have a certain elegance?? I will probably treat the copper with Muriatic acid to give it an aged patina. The letters will probably be mounted on a large piece of beige colored slate, or stone.
There will be two smaller versions of this sign, and one slightly larger.
the venue in which they will be installed will be, the entries {there are two} to a coffee bar and library area inside a large church, and the third sign will be mounted on an interior wall of the library next to {and complimentary to} a slate waterfall already installed on the wall. The hall way signs will probably end up about 18" wide by 14" high +/-. The wall sign can be up to 40" wide with height to be proportional. Can any of you give me some ideas regarding what letter style comes to your mind? If necessary, I will "distress" the edges slightly to give the flame cut look. Are there any fonts that might look "flame cut" but elegant?
Greatly appreciate your input.
-------------------- Bob Cole American Sign Company 14163 Akron Canfield Rd. Berlin Center, Ohio 44401
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Caslon has a style that has a "distressed" look to it. There are many on the freebie font sites as well.
Something I have done in the past is to save the type as a .jpg and then vectorize the file. Since it is a low res file, the edges turn out a little rougher. You will have to experiment a little with the DPI to get just the look you are looking for.
Hope I helped...
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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Another way to distress any font you choose is to print it, then find a crappy photocopier, and copy it. Then copy the copy, and repeat until it looks distressed enough. Then scan back into your drawing software and trace it after you play around with the threshold slider to find the desired effect.
"Common Grounds" sounds like a neat name. I liked the name of the coffee shop in the movie remake of "Dawn of the Dead", it was "Hallowed Grounds". Would be perfect for a coffee shop in a church!
-------------------- Tim Rieck Signs Halfmoon Bay, BC Posts: 736 | From: Halfmoon Bay, BC, Canada | Registered: Sep 2000
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