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(x) hand-lettered sans on architectural plan - various (gang}
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12 Mar 2005 — 2:34pm
12 Mar 2005 — 2:34pm
I am particularly looking for the distinctive'F' and 'R'..
any font that woud resemble this hand lettering would be ideal .
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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12 Mar 2005 — 6:21pm
Some of the Frank Lloyd Wright fonts at P22 might do, especially 'Terra Cotta'.
12 Mar 2005 — 10:16pm
Not really that close, but maybe a nice alternate, nonetheless, 'Atlas Of The Magi', by S John Ross..
13 Mar 2005 — 7:16am
Mike,
Thanks for the tip.. The Terra Cotta Alternate looks as close as I have found. I had seen this before but could not remember the Foundry.
David, thank you for the link as well some interesting 'alien' fonts and the paving pattern may prove useful in the future.
Perhaps I reaaly should unearth my old copy of Fontographer.. Although I never could get ligatures to work for me... probably just need to read the manual.
Thanks again.. and in advance.. in case soemone finds another alternate.
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13 Mar 2005 — 7:51am
I still think Terracotta may be the closest I have found, but just for comparison, other Architect lettering would include: G&G from Woodside Graphics; Architectural Lettering from Outside the Line fonts (love that name); Architect from the Australian Type Foundry; Strongs Draughtsman from Nick's Fonts (this is extremely close to the feeling of your sample, but a bit 'cuter' in certain touches, IMHO); there are also the more familiar Engineering styles like Blueprint, Stylus, Tekton and Graphite, which I have not linked. There is also the drafting face included with the House Neutraface set, but you have to buy the whole set to get it, and it is not as expressive, or antique-looking as yours.
I would say the choice is between Strongs Draughtsman or Terracotta, from the fonts I was able to find.
14 Mar 2005 — 5:02am
Another nice blue print face is Neutraface Drafting
15 Mar 2005 — 6:15am
May I suggest my own Montreal Architect? It's quite similar:
http://www.pixilate.com/fonts/handwriting/montreal_architect.htm
15 Mar 2005 — 7:47am
Kemie, your site and work is lovely!
15 Mar 2005 — 1:36pm
Hear, hear!
(In other words: I think so, too).
15 Mar 2005 — 6:36pm
Kemie, your own handwriting font is a very nice alternative to the droves of secondrate handwriting fonts - so sorry to hear it's gone downhill from there.
16 Mar 2005 — 9:09am
thanks for the compliments. Ryan, it's the downside of typing all day and using a pen to only jot down small things
16 Mar 2005 — 7:37pm
kemie, wow thats as close as I have found. thank you. your site is quite the gem. I only wish I had found that a day earlier. I have already begun making the font from this drawing . I particularly like the curvy nature of the descenders in the drawing. I am also having some narrow kerning to resemble the actual nature of the ink on linen drawing. When viewing the actual drawings you can see the very subtle fine weave in the surface of the ink. I will share as I have something workable.