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Looking at my toaster this morning, this idea 'popped up'.

It worked better in my head than in reality but that's probably due to my current skill level!

Getting photoshop this week so hopefully things will improve :)

Incidentally for those fonts not on the net, how do you all match them so well?

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(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:43, archived)

with tracing paper

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:44, archived)

I use silly putty

just push it against the text and peel away to get the font you want. it's magic.

Might only work on newspapers actually

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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:46, archived)

But...

How do you get "other" letters?

Take this for an example.

Started with Dualit, how do I get other letters that match the font?

(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:51, archived)

either find the exact font

or make new bits out of existing word if it allows (this doesn't really)

Or use a completely new typeface

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:54, archived)

Yup.

A new but similar typeface is the answer.

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kinks rock over London, rock on Chicago, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 14:05, archived)

splendid

but the all chrome classic is the best one.

*strokes toaster*

*burns fingers*

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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:44, archived)

You see?

You play with toasters, you get burnt!

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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:46, archived)

*scrapes off burnt bits of finger, smears with butter, eats*

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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:47, archived)

I thought

You were a hippy/vegetarian?

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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:48, archived)

Nordic deities

are made out of parsnip.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:51, archived)

That is SUCH a predictable response.

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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:53, archived)

That's what I've got

But I'm not good enough to match the colouring/shading using paint so I chose an easier option.

(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:48, archived)

www.dafont.com

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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:46, archived)

There used to be an online font matcher

but I can't find it now

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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:46, archived)

myfonts.com/whatthefont

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:51, archived)

aha

yep, that's it

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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 14:31, archived)

If I don't have an exact match, I either make up the parts I need from the rest of the logo/type

or just find a typeface that's nearly correct and use 'shop to bend and mold it into a match for the rest of the lettering, which is what I just did for the 'Mony' one above...

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..wil, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:50, archived)

So with Photoshop I'll be able to do it better than with paint like my attempt above?

(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:53, archived)

Photoshop better than paint. In all ways.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:55, archived)

apart from when you want to decorate

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:56, archived)

*designs wallpaper in photoshop*

*prints out 100000 sheets*

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:58, archived)

Thanks all :)

Roll on Photoshop!

(Capitan Last night a BJ choked my wife, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:58, archived)