russbost
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:32 AM |
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Anyone working with fonts????
Trying to identify the fonts that McLaren use for the Vodaphone ads on the car
 
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I have discovered the font is specially made for Vodaphone & isn't available anywhere - does anyone recognise it as being similar to any
other font - surely it can't be that different??? Also trying to identify the font McLaren used when putting drivers names instead of fag
advertising on the side of the car - was it possibly a West tobacco font & if so can anyone identify it?
I want to get some signwriting done for the new car & would like the fonts to be as McLaren like as poss
 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:47 AM |
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its a custom font created just for them
linky
apparently the font - Helvetica is quite close to it
Personally I’d draw it in paintshop and then get a vinyl printing company to then make the stickers
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:50 AM |
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What would you need to reproduce it?
There's a girl at work that used to work for vodafone, so I could ask her what contacts she still has there. Would letterheads, or rather email
headers, footers be of any use?
Steve
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iank
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:50 AM |
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I'm sure there's something close, but it might be easier to get your vinyl cutter to use their official logo (on their media relations
page (here) and scale it up - will be closer than a close but not quite
font.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:55 AM |
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As well as the one above from Ian, there is a slightly different one:
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 08:57 AM |
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Here's a LINK to a large image of the standard one
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 09:02 AM |
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I'm not sure about the format but here it looks like you can buy the 3D model of the car with textures?
not my kind of thing but could you use those?
linky
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Humbug
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 09:09 AM |
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Vicars? 
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russbost
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 09:35 AM |
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Thanx for that guys, I was hoping just to get close so I could set up what I wanted & get it made in vinyl - I'm not intending to write
Vodaphone on there, tho' they can advertise on the car if they want!!
Any ideas on the drivers names - is there a "West" font???
I've googled it & couldn't come up with anything, praps I'm just using the wrong search terms?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 10:29 AM |
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why not speak to vodafone on getting sponsership???
after all the car sticks out a mile, free money for nothing other than making the car look more like the real thing....
they might even give you the sticker to put on
[Edited on 4/6/09 by Mr Whippy]
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Humbug
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 10:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
why not speak to vodafone on getting sponsership???
after all the car sticks out a mile, free money for nothing other than making the car look more like the real thing....
they might even give you the sticker to put on
[Edited on 4/6/09 by Mr Whippy]
Sounds like it would be worth a try, though they might get a bit arsy if they refuse and then find you've gone and copied it anyway?
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skippad
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| posted on 4/6/09 at 05:22 PM |
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Font looks similar to Humanist, but not quite, nothing like Helvetica.
I could download off link site, scan and digitise ready for vinyl cutting or print and cut.
Or even print or cut for you!
Dave
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