Simple Simon wrote:

I've decided to put the name of my boat on the sides because the view
of the transom is half blocked by the outboard motor most of the time.

I've played around with Photoshop displaying all the different fonts
available and have come up with four that I think all look pretty good
but I do have my favorite. I have constructed a web page with a poll
where you can vote for your favorite. I'm curious if my favorite is
your favorite.

You can look at the four different fonts and choose your favorite
he

Number 4 is the best of a bad bunch. The first two are all-caps and look
particularly naff. Number 3 just looks like italicised Times New Roman -
sign-writing is an art form, and art requires at least a modicum of
imagination.

Positioning looks like a non-thought (and is inconsistent from photo to
photo). Start from one end or the other, please - at present, it looks like
you're not sure where the words are supposed to go.

As for font, if you can, visit the cutting bureau and have a look through
their book of fonts. Chances are they're using a program called Signlab,
which has a huge choice. It can also use fonts from other sources, but might
be limited in the types of manipulations it can perform on them. My boat
name stuff was done in Signlab and I chose a fairly stylised font that I
felt reflected the style one might see on the tall ships of the period that
I took the name from. They haven't been applied yet and are still on the
backing paper - when it gets light here, I'll see if I can take a photo and
show them to you.


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Wally
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