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> Ben Kamenjas wrote:
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> > Yo Chuck, Kim et al ....
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> > Perusing through Mssr. Maasland's most excellent auctions I came
> > across the following Masi Prestige decals ....
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> > http://ebay.com/
> > restoration_W0QQitemZ7237581374
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> > Now this may just be me but I love and have always loved that
> > "masi" graphic and wish to know if there is a font or typeset that
> > is a known or standard reference for this type. And if you a Mac
> > user and have just this type feel welcome to send it to me ;) ... I
> > always wanted to make my "own" decals !!!!
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> Company logos are never existing fonts; but sometimes an existing
> font is used as a starting point in the design of the logo. A
> professionally designed logo is always handlettered so no font is
> going to match.
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> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
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That's not quite true, there are MANY companies that select unmodified commercial typefaces for their logos. I've been converting them from print to video for the last 13 years so I know this for a fact. And we're talking f olks like TOYOTA here, not Jimmy Dean's Sausages. I can't count the number of times I've seen Copperplate, Cooper Black (who came first, the tire or the f ont? ;-), Antique Olive, Optima Extra Black or any number of other fonts used as is, even by larger companies who have ample budgets to come up with somethin g unique. Often they'll just mess with the kerning a bit and call it a day.
Not the way I'd do things, but that's how it is.
I don't have time to look thru all my fonts right now but I believe you can get a close match to Alberto's font (the one in the eBay sale you're looking
at) with lower-case Bauhaus Heavy (except for the "s"). There's another typeface out there that has the swoopy "S", I've seen it. I just don't kn ow if it's in my collection or not, but I'll let you know if I find it. In the meantime, you can start with Bauhaus in a vector-based program like Illustat or or Freehand, type the letters and select "convert to paths", then massage the vector points to fit the decal.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA