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Antique Store Font?
- Thread starter jfiscus
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signguy 55
New Member
Copperplate, Playbill for free fonts would work. Smart Artz fonts - Ned Kelly, Gold Rush would work.
Vinylman
New Member
Seems like an oxymoron!:Oops:
Why is "free is the best"?
Are you in the sign business? Or, are you giving your work away 'cause you don't have anything invested in your "FREE" type library, so why charge for your work?
Shovelhead
New Member
jfiscus
Rap Master
Because this is a small sign (24x30"), so an expensive font will eat up our profits. They also are not wanting to spend that much on a sign.Seems like an oxymoron!:Oops:
Why is "free is the best"?
Are you in the sign business? Or, are you giving your work away 'cause you don't have anything invested in your "FREE" type library, so why charge for your work?
jfiscus
Rap Master
Jillbeans
New Member
http://www.vectorart.com/store/index.cfm?frompage=1&StartRow=29&Q=antique&maxrows=28
I think Fred also sells these, just buy the pre-made phrase like everybody else does.
Actually there are some nice fonts from
http://www.haroldsfonts.com/frontpage.html
http://www.waldenfont.com/
http://www.andynortnik.com/free-western-fonts.htm
As well as Steve's.
Love....Jill
I think Fred also sells these, just buy the pre-made phrase like everybody else does.
Actually there are some nice fonts from
http://www.haroldsfonts.com/frontpage.html
http://www.waldenfont.com/
http://www.andynortnik.com/free-western-fonts.htm
As well as Steve's.
Love....Jill
SignManiac
New Member
I don't see how investing $25.00 towards a nicely designed sign can break the bank or kill profits. If margins are that thin then you have more to lose than $25.00 bucks.
The advertising value to the client should easily exceed the price of an appropriate font. The size of the sign shouldn't necessarily determine the value of it either. I can make a 3'x3' sign for $90.00 or a 3'x3' sign for $900.00 It just depends on the client and how much they value their companies image.
The advertising value to the client should easily exceed the price of an appropriate font. The size of the sign shouldn't necessarily determine the value of it either. I can make a 3'x3' sign for $90.00 or a 3'x3' sign for $900.00 It just depends on the client and how much they value their companies image.
jfiscus
Rap Master
What are your thoughts on these?
Customer is cheap; friend of owner.
With all of the good free fonts at places like dafont, etc, why pay for a premium font in most cases? Do you guys purchase a font to show a customer a proof & just hope that they'll buy it?
For 99% of all customers I've dealt with in the past 10 years the font choice I came up with was always good with them, but you see so many "cookie cutter" antique store signs; considering we already have over 8,000 fonts here it shouldn't be a problem to find something similar to an expensive version. Is this just me???
Customer is cheap; friend of owner.
With all of the good free fonts at places like dafont, etc, why pay for a premium font in most cases? Do you guys purchase a font to show a customer a proof & just hope that they'll buy it?
For 99% of all customers I've dealt with in the past 10 years the font choice I came up with was always good with them, but you see so many "cookie cutter" antique store signs; considering we already have over 8,000 fonts here it shouldn't be a problem to find something similar to an expensive version. Is this just me???
J Hill Designs
New Member
#2 for most readable IMO
Gino
Premium Subscriber
Your original question was what fonts will work for your customer's sign...... I don't think that is your most urgent concern yet.
Your layout and composition skills are very lacking, so good or bad fonts won't help you. I don't want to pick you apart too much, but now is the time to stop this, before you get too much time involved and later someone bursts your bubble.
Your layout and composition skills are very lacking, so good or bad fonts won't help you. I don't want to pick you apart too much, but now is the time to stop this, before you get too much time involved and later someone bursts your bubble.
Jillbeans
New Member
Not to be a snot but those layouts are all kind of un-snappy.
Have you read the Mike Stevens book yet?
And also, never show a client that many proofs (after their deposit) because you will only confuse them.
And think of buying "good" fonts the way you would buy any needed tool for your business.
What lind of material is this sign made of? Sometimes making the background a nice rich color and the lettering lighter will help. But with these layouts, everything is run to the edge, the spacing between the phrases doesn't help, etc.
Have you read the Mike Stevens book yet?
And also, never show a client that many proofs (after their deposit) because you will only confuse them.
And think of buying "good" fonts the way you would buy any needed tool for your business.
What lind of material is this sign made of? Sometimes making the background a nice rich color and the lettering lighter will help. But with these layouts, everything is run to the edge, the spacing between the phrases doesn't help, etc.
bob
It's better to have two hands than one glove.
There are no typefaces that can save these layouts. It is not often that one encounters typography this bad. Takes your breath away.
If you need, or even think you need, a particular typeface then buy it. You will use it somewhere. Your collection of typefaces are a much a part of your tool kit as the rest of your tackle. Most likely it will save your butt in some situation or another where nothing else will do.
If you need, or even think you need, a particular typeface then buy it. You will use it somewhere. Your collection of typefaces are a much a part of your tool kit as the rest of your tackle. Most likely it will save your butt in some situation or another where nothing else will do.
jfiscus
Rap Master
Deposit? wish we got something like that around here!
Mike Stevens? Never heard of him?
Buy fonts like tools? Wish I controlled what was purchased around here, it's like pulling teeth to get new knives!
I haven't shown the customer anything, just wanted some basic opinions on fonts. Seems like someone peed in your cheerios for some reason. this is just a cheap job for a cheap customer; even brought their own sign substrate in if that helps to show how cheap they are. Just cut vinyl applied to an old sign hanging by two holes at the top. I just don't want a ugly sign to leave here if I can help it.
Obviously I must be going in the wrong direction here, so I will scrap this work & go another route. It appeared that the suggested fonts above were similar to my choices I had on hand I used in the image I attached above, so clearly I must be doing something else wrong also???
Mike Stevens? Never heard of him?
Buy fonts like tools? Wish I controlled what was purchased around here, it's like pulling teeth to get new knives!
I haven't shown the customer anything, just wanted some basic opinions on fonts. Seems like someone peed in your cheerios for some reason. this is just a cheap job for a cheap customer; even brought their own sign substrate in if that helps to show how cheap they are. Just cut vinyl applied to an old sign hanging by two holes at the top. I just don't want a ugly sign to leave here if I can help it.
Obviously I must be going in the wrong direction here, so I will scrap this work & go another route. It appeared that the suggested fonts above were similar to my choices I had on hand I used in the image I attached above, so clearly I must be doing something else wrong also???
OldPaint
New Member
iam with most here, FONTS AINT YOUR PROBLEM, its the design/layout. all runs together, no punch. A, OF THE............can be a a lot less visable........or BIT of the PAST should take most of message. A is not a word.
but will get you to front of the section in a YELLOW PAGE ADD.))))))
old english is a bad choice..............sorry. this is an example of what iam saying as for sizing of the words.
but will get you to front of the section in a YELLOW PAGE ADD.))))))
old english is a bad choice..............sorry. this is an example of what iam saying as for sizing of the words.
