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  1. Variable Fonts Now Available to Sync at Adobe Fonts

    They added a few more variable families today, upping the total from 122 to 130. We'll see how the total grows over time.
  2. Variable Fonts Now Available to Sync at Adobe Fonts

    Adobe just added 122 OTF Variable Font families to the Adobe Fonts service. This is a pretty decent collection of variable families. Most of them have multiple variable axes (including some unusual ones like "style" or "bounce"). The Adobe Fonts web page has been updated to add a search filter...
  3. What is this School Bus Font?

    The "R" has that tiny "foot" on the right end of the lower right leg. That's more characteristic of the '57 Helvetica family. The "neue" version has clean stems (and the "now" version lets you choose between curved or straight legs on the "R").
  4. Text (overlapping) to plotter issues

    No. I just commented on some post a "new member" made, trying to sell crypto currency on Telegram. The admins deleted the post.
  5. Text (overlapping) to plotter issues

    Bye spammer.
  6. Led digital outdoor

    Our company primarily sells Daktronics units. Our 2nd choice is Watchfire. We'll only sell other brands selling cheaper products (Optec, EBSCO, etc) if the customer insists on that. Our service on those cheaper products is going to be more limited. We have far more experience servicing Dak and...
  7. install new wrap over old?

    A vehicle wrap using good quality wrap-specific vinyl and laminates should last considerably more than a year. The wrap life span will vary based on climate and use/abuse from the client. But they should be able to get at least a couple or so years out of it unless the wrap was done on the...
  8. install new wrap over old?

    It's never a good idea to install a new wrap over an existing wrap. And it's a really really bad idea to install a new wrap on an old, deteriorating wrap. A wrap should stay on a vehicle for only so many years and then be removed. Ones that stay on well past their time are a big PITA to remove...
  9. Font used for State Farm agent name and info?

    That's a heck of a thread bump (over 3 years) for something not really related to State Farm. Adobe Reader can list any embedded fonts in a PDF. Other tools like MyFonts' What the Font do a pretty good job; I'll just upload a cropped screenshot from a PDF, JPEG, etc. I wish State Farm's sign...
  10. Signage from the 1930's, any ideas?

    Cooper Black has been done to death. If I was going to go with anything related to the Cooper families I'd go with Cooper Poster or Cooper Old Style: https://www.myfonts.com/collections/cooper-old-style-font-urw https://www.myfonts.com/collections/cooper-poster-font-grouptype New Spirit by...
  11. Text (overlapping) to plotter issues

    In CorelDRAW here's the trick that works: when you first convert a text object to curves go to the Object menu, choose Shaping and select Weld. It will work on a single selected object. That will cleanly remove/weld-over any areas where letters are overlapping each other (such as connected...
  12. Washed out colors with illuminated lightboxes

    Standard 27" X 41" movie poster "one sheets" are typically printed on both sides of the sheet. The artwork doesn't wash out when back-lit in a lighted movie poster case.
  13. Washed out colors with illuminated lightboxes

    The translucent vinyl I really notice that with is 3M-3630-87 Royal Blue. It's really dark looking, but when light is shined through it really pops as a deep but very brilliant blue. Some of the more medium and lighter translucent blues seem more opaque. So it's tricky combining different blue...
  14. Washed out colors with illuminated lightboxes

    Cut translucent vinyls don't wash-out when they're back-lit. Some translucent vinyl colors are more translucent than others, so the biggest problem is some colors look too dark when back-lit. Certain blues and purples are really prone to that issue. Then there is a limited selection of only so...
  15. Washed out colors with illuminated lightboxes

    About a decade ago we switched from using a thermal inkjet printer to using latex-based printers for back-lit sign face graphics. That offered some improvement over the washing out effect. Results were still not optimal. We have a flatbed printer than can print layers of white in between passes...
  16. Which Garamond?

    Adobe Garamond Pro. The "3" is an "old style numerals" alternate within the font file.
  17. Font ID please

    Definitely not Futura. That lowercase "g" is an odd one. It's almost as awkward looking as the "g" in Arial.
  18. Laptop recommendations

    Yeah, I can't go back to using an old fashioned platter-based hard disc as a boot drive. I'm not sure if any major notebook manufacturers still offer old fashioned hard discs as an option. It seems like NVMe SSDs are pretty standard now; it's just a matter of which generation of NVMe and the...
  19. Laptop recommendations

    I think it's considerably more difficult buying a notebook computer unless you already know which product category you need to shop. There is a lot of push and pull with categories like battery life, portability, graphics power, display size/quality and the number/types of ports available...
  20. Does anyone know this font?

    I'm not seeing anything in the attached image. Just white.
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