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Re: [CBQ] Online font catalogue

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Online font catalogue
From: "cvlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:26:10 -0600
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I've found that you have to work off of photos for a particular car or 
locomotive even if you have the correct style lettering.
Lettering was either hand painted by skilled signpainters or applied using 
handcut stencils using the railroad drawings (as a starting point).

While some fonts can be used as a starting point, they almost always have to be 
tweaked to match photos.   

Many commercial models don't do this, especially when you get down to the 
dimensional data and other smaller stencils..... they just pick a typeface that 
looks "close".

Railroad Roman was modified by each railroad that used such a typeface..... it 
is unbelievable how many variations there can be.  The proportions of letters, 
angles, stroke thicknesses, shape of curves, height of cross elements, 
treatment of serifs, design of ampersands, etc, etc... are different from road 
to road.   And, has been mentioned before, there were different sets for each 
size of lettering.   Arghhh!!!

I'd still like to have some Burlington drawings as a starting point!

Charlie Vlk


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MICHAEL PANNELL 
  To: cbq@yahoogroups.com ; colorado-railfan@yahoogroups.com ; 
union_pacific@yahoogroups.com ; earlyrail@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:27 AM
  Subject: [CBQ] Online font catalogue


    
  Hi to all

  In my continuing search for railroad passenger car lettering styles for C&S i 
found this site  http://www.railfonts.com/ which shows a Railroad Roman font. 
This is similar although the letters are compressed even more to fit on the 
letterboard.
  Interesting site anyway.

  Mike Pannell  

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