Narrowboat lettering - font needed!
Molly
which resembles classic narrowboat lettering? Failing that, can anyone
recommend a specific standard font (which I can then manipulate to add
the 3-D drop shadows and such)? Most lettering I have seen seems to
have strong serifs, which is not a problem, but some have interesting
extra serifs half-way up the verticals, which is a feature I've never
seen elsewhere.
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Molly
If I'd known I'd be this thirsty this morning, I'd have drunk more last night.
phil speight
is probably "Tuscan ". It was sometimes found on the
more extravagantly decorated trading boats - particularly
( I think ) on number one horse - boats. A much simplified form is often
seen on water-cans etc.- Frank
Nurser certainly used it on some of his cans.
"Classic " boat lettering Must ,I suppose,derive from
the signwriting on working boats . The problem is that
they were not usually written by trained writers , so they
had an uncultured and informal style which is hard to
replicate using a formal font.The ideal seems to be a mix
of heavily serifed letters on one line with " signwriters
sans-serif" on another.I`ve always thought that Tuscan
is best used sparingly , perhaps for any secondary
lettering between the usual two major lines.That said
it`s your boat - whatever suits you is the best answer!
Cheers
Phil
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Molly
r.ntlworld.com>, phil speight (phil speight
<p.speig...@virgin.net>) wrote
>The fancy font with with the extra curly bits you`ve seen
>is probably "Tuscan ".
(snip)
>That said
>it`s your boat - whatever suits you is the best answer!
I should have made it clear that it's not for a boat (if only I had a
boat!) - it's for Joe's wedding web site. I would like to make the site
title in narrowboat style.
Thanks for the tip - I'll hunt down a copy of Tuscan and see how it
looks. It may indeed be *too* fancy, but it's worth a try.
Steve C
<nos...@mockfords.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>It's a bit of a long shot, but does anybody happen to know of a font
>which resembles classic narrowboat lettering? Failing that, can anyone
>recommend a specific standard font (which I can then manipulate to add
>the 3-D drop shadows and such)? Most lettering I have seen seems to
>have strong serifs, which is not a problem, but some have interesting
>extra serifs half-way up the verticals, which is a feature I've never
>seen elsewhere.
This is a 'kewl' service if you have an image of the font, I've found
it very useful.
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
HTH
Steve
Molly
com>, Steve C (Steve C <nn...@nospam.sprill.homechoice.co.uk>) wrote
>This is a 'kewl' service if you have an image of the font, I've found
>it very useful.
>
>http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
Yes, it's excellent! Finding an appropriate sample to start with is the
problem - few boats seem to be photographed square-on to the lettering.
However, Jeff Dennison has recommended Vineta, which I think may do the
job very nicely.
Chris N Deuchar
says...
> It's a bit of a long shot, but does anybody happen to know of a font
> which resembles classic narrowboat lettering?
Try Brooklyn (=Bookman) Bold
Chris D
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stuart gibbard
ChrisND @UKRW
All still true though though tuscan is rare, but not unheard of, in NB
circles.
Chris D
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