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MikePro

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Doing some work for the good ole' Blue Ribbon and apparently they haven't a clue what font was used to create these letters for them some decades-ago. I can try to enhance the picture a bit more if it helps, but the lettering does have serifs.

tracing would only help me for the letters provided, but there's a long-list of new signage for different departments & they want to match new with the original letters we're currently restoring.
 

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MikePro

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similiar serifs to Gin, but the differences in letters like "G" "S" "M" & "T" stand out like a sore-thumb :(

Best option I have thusfar, however. i could always modify it & just create a font set just for this client.
 

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MikePro

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Can you get a higher resolution image?

its a bit rough, but uploaded a bigger image.
live-trace'd from photographs of the actual letters themselves, who's original layout most likely never came from a computer.

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MikePro

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looks like I may just create a new font for this project, with Gin as the basis. Should only take me about twelve blue-ribbons :)
 

MikePro

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updating thread for you font-heroes:

none of the fonts I could find matched close enough to work for this project, so I ended up just redrawing in its entirety. Pabst brewing has 100 new letters coming their-way, along with a 100 year-old set that we reconditioned as well!

news article here

i'll most likely post a new thread once fully-completed, to show-off photos of everything installed.
 
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