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All caps are great for directional signs where space is limited to go all caps and signs and banners where you don't have much space for descending letters...ADA signs must be all caps, but with upper/lower all cap typeface breaks up the monotony if you have a lot of signs in one area......logos...
Sabon has an all caps, so does Matrix and Meta (san serif)....I have a few more but thats off the top of my head....
and try here....
http://www.fontshop.com/search/?q=caps&site=d&btnG=Go
Have you seen this...
http://www.rayzist.com/
I seen this at an NBM show years ago and one company I worked for had the system, and I played with it a bit.....worked great for them.
There are different types of "aged" looks......you can try various brushes in Illustrator and play with the transparency, of Photoshop iis probably a better bet.....
Have you seen this?
http://misterretro.com/image_filters.html
and
http://www.texturebook.com/
I'm a big book and magazine reader. I get the major sign mags, Signcraft and AMAL (when they put one out) are my favorites. I also get quite a few Graphic/Design Design Mags like:
How (my favorite)
Communication Arts
Step
Print
CMYK
Dynamic Graphics
Juxtapoz
ID
Graphis
Metropolis
ReadyMade...
The "M" on Gill is different than the "M" on the bottom copy...my knee jerk reaction was Frutiger, but Frutigers "M" has straight edges....then I was thinking Myriad but the x case is a little low and the "t"s of a little low...but it's bitmapped so much that it's kinda hard to tell.....
On...
I can't tell you to go to the site....it's obvious what it is. I'm also not saying to go to "support" then to "downloads" where you can download that very sweet font for free. I wish I can tell you that, but I can't...
You forgot...
and at the same time, he unloads the safe and cash register of all the 10's and 20's and sifts through the old sofa for loose change counting it miserly, occasionally peeking through the curtains muttering "I sure do like me them chicken wings...I wonder when I'll be able afford...
...did I mention my wife was very hot...I forgot to mention she goes with me on installs and Jim likes the small/tight company T-shirt I have supplied her with and the old Hooters shorts that she still wears. Every time the job is finished she gets all excited and jumps up and down like a giddy...
I'm pretending I am related to Jim by marriage from some distant cousin on my wifes side, my very hot wife begged me to take the job with promises of some marital generosity....I am also an overly enthusiastic newbie with a new plotter and lots of construction experience and tools who...
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