American & Proud
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Been practicing making mock signs using the fonts that come on your PC and added a few of the free fonts from sites.
Doing more research here and reading some books I started to realize that alot of those "free" fonts are legally only good for personal use, and to use Commercially alot had stipulations you had to pay.
I do see the Value in buying fonts as your work can't easily be replicated by every Tom Dick & Harry with a cheap cutter working at home as only a Hobby. If a client takes your work to someone else they will at least have to go Buy the fonts to recreate it.
I read and heard alot of good things about Steves Fonts at Signfonts, so today I called him and bought his Signfonts 33 Package and the Truckin Fonts.
Great guy to work with, Thank you very much Steve! (BTW, sorry about my goof on giving you the wrong email addy, luckily it just bounced back to you and no one got fonts for free.)
I either flip through the yellow pages and pick any business at random and just create some things from their ad or I go out and take my digital camera and find small businesses that have old peeling faded or even posterboard and magic marker signs and take pics and start creating something Better. Still just practicing.
But I am learning alot as I read here and the books I have bought.
The practice helps me learn without a dead line, so I can do and do over and over until I like what I have done.
I found a small older strip mall of 6 businesses near me, a small bike shop, tax place, dog groomer, cleaners, used book store, and a small chinese take out place, all have been there for Years, and all 6 have peeling cracked painted and or vinyl lettering, faded painted signage that are 2"x6" hung not lighted, and a couple have badly faded lighted signs.
I went and took pics of the overall strip mall and each store, close ups and a few steps back just showcasing their store only in the pics.
I have just started to work on the bike shops windows and will do up each store for practice.
I'll post pics for review after I get them all dolled up and see what you think. Before and mocked up afters.
Now I know that Fonts don't make you a Sign Maker, but I am sure Steves fonts will make me better than the guy down the road using Comic Sans.
Again Thanks Steve, I can't wait to get started applying some of these quality sign fonts in my designs.
Doing more research here and reading some books I started to realize that alot of those "free" fonts are legally only good for personal use, and to use Commercially alot had stipulations you had to pay.
I do see the Value in buying fonts as your work can't easily be replicated by every Tom Dick & Harry with a cheap cutter working at home as only a Hobby. If a client takes your work to someone else they will at least have to go Buy the fonts to recreate it.
I read and heard alot of good things about Steves Fonts at Signfonts, so today I called him and bought his Signfonts 33 Package and the Truckin Fonts.
Great guy to work with, Thank you very much Steve! (BTW, sorry about my goof on giving you the wrong email addy, luckily it just bounced back to you and no one got fonts for free.)
I either flip through the yellow pages and pick any business at random and just create some things from their ad or I go out and take my digital camera and find small businesses that have old peeling faded or even posterboard and magic marker signs and take pics and start creating something Better. Still just practicing.
But I am learning alot as I read here and the books I have bought.
The practice helps me learn without a dead line, so I can do and do over and over until I like what I have done.
I found a small older strip mall of 6 businesses near me, a small bike shop, tax place, dog groomer, cleaners, used book store, and a small chinese take out place, all have been there for Years, and all 6 have peeling cracked painted and or vinyl lettering, faded painted signage that are 2"x6" hung not lighted, and a couple have badly faded lighted signs.
I went and took pics of the overall strip mall and each store, close ups and a few steps back just showcasing their store only in the pics.
I have just started to work on the bike shops windows and will do up each store for practice.
I'll post pics for review after I get them all dolled up and see what you think. Before and mocked up afters.
Now I know that Fonts don't make you a Sign Maker, but I am sure Steves fonts will make me better than the guy down the road using Comic Sans.
Again Thanks Steve, I can't wait to get started applying some of these quality sign fonts in my designs.
