28 Days Later base font?

[Bretbyron]

I'm trying to create a contour cut for the font 28 Days later and it is horrible. Can anyone tell me which font it was created out of or a similar font w/ uppercase-lowercase letters.


TIA

 

[thewvsignguy]

Not sure what design program you use (Flexi 10.5 here) but what I did was add an outline. The outline will hide some of those details/distortions in the font, if the lettering is lets say 3" tall I'll put a .250" outline around the text. I release the outline then add an inline to the outline so it touches the letters.

Hope it helps

 

[Bretbyron]

Not sure what design program you use (Flexi 10.5 here) but what I did was add an outline. The outline will hide some of those details/distortions in the font, if the lettering is lets say 3" tall I'll put a .250" outline around the text. I release the outline then add an inline to the outline so it touches the letters.

Hope it helps

I have been doing that in Corel, but it adds so many spikes that clean-up is taking forever and not yielding great results. A version of Context Reprise might be my only hope. I'm spending Hrs. on what should be a simple print and cut job for jerseys.

 

[thewvsignguy]

Are the just the numbers?

 

[Bretbyron]

Are the just the numbers?

I wish. It' basically all of it, Front name of team and back names and #s.

Context Reprise Extra Black is really close w/ the "R" and the #'s, but the "M" isn't supposed to come all the way down.

 

[kheebl]

Not sure what design program you use (Flexi 10.5 here) but what I did was add an outline. The outline will hide some of those details/distortions in the font, if the lettering is lets say 3" tall I'll put a .250" outline around the text. I release the outline then add an inline to the outline so it touches the letters.

Hope it helps

I do it kind of the same way in corel. just add a boundary around the letters, then contour around that, you can then separate the contour and delete the boundary outline.

 

[Bretbyron]

The "C" is w/o returns and the "M " doesn't go all the way down.

 

[Baz]

Sounds like a nightmare to reproduce exactly like the movie title.

- What if you use one of your system fonts (say Helvetica or Arial).
- Download or create a grunge pattern to use in Photoshop (or whatever photo software you use).
Try to find something similar to the scratch pattern from the movie title.
- Type up your required names in your vector program
- Copy your names into your photo software and apply the grunge effect to the names.
- Save as individual .jpg files for each name
- Place them back in your vector program and align the vector names with the placed images.
- Create a contour cut from your vector names.

Would be one way to do it and keep everything consistent without having to alter individual letters.

 

[Bretbyron]

Sounds like a nightmare to reproduce exactly like the movie title.

- What if you use one of your system fonts (say Helvetica or Arial).
- Download or create a grunge pattern to use in Photoshop (or whatever photo software you use).
Try to find something similar to the scratch pattern from the movie title.
- Type up your required names in your vector program
- Copy your names into your photo software and apply the grunge effect to the names.
- Save as individual .jpg files for each name
- Place them back in your vector program and align the vector names with the placed images.
- Create a contour cut from your vector names.

Would be one way to do it and keep everything consistent without having to alter individual letters.

I'm trying to create a smooth contour/outline around the scratchy font for cutting. I am sure it is based on one of the basic fonts that you mentioned and I have tried several. So far Context Reprise Extra Black is the closest, but the "C" and "M" are off. I might just have to stick w/ Context Reprise and alter the ones that do not match. Hopefully it will only be the C and M.

 

[kheebl]

Here is the actual font on dafont.

http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font

 

[Bretbyron]

Here is the actual font on dafont.

http://www.dafont.com/28-days-later.font

Yep, that's the one I was attaching w/ thumbnails. The customer drew it all up with that font and I have a copy, but when I contour it spikes everywhere and is taking forever to clean up and still looks horrible.

 

[Bretbyron]

The "Q" is unique. Without the scratchiness, does anyone recognize the "Q"

 

[kheebl]

Did this in like 2 min. With some time editing you could probably make it alright

 

[Bretbyron]

Did this in like 2 min. With some time editing you could probably make it alright

It looks good, but I have 10 names and numbers plus a different design for the coaches shirts.

I got this by stretching Context Reprise Extra Black and it's a little quicker and smoother. Still going to have to node a couple letter, was just hoping to do it quicker.

 

[mark-s]

Try grouping what you want to outline first then do the outline.
The outline is only as good as what your trying to outline.

mark-s

 

[Billct2]

I would find the font without the effect and use it to create the cut line. Even if it's not perfect it's a lot less work tweaking a font than a bunch of jagged lines.

 

[Bretbyron]

I would find the font without the effect and use it to create the cut line. Even if it's not perfect it's a lot less work tweaking a font than a bunch of jagged lines.

That is exactly what I was trying to do. Context Reprise Extra Blk was the closest I could find and still had to node many #'s and a few letters.

After outlining a few numbers from scratch it looks like some one off race type font.

 

[qmr55]

Would this work? Let me know

 

[oksigns]

I'm trying to create a contour cut for the font 28 Days later and it is horrible. Can anyone tell me which font it was created out of or a similar font w/ uppercase-lowercase letters.


TIA

It's gonna look horrible if cut unless you type out your phrase first and do extensive cleaning and simplifying. I would recommend printing this on a transparent medium next time or at the very least, create a contour shape around all your letter forms; it will also help with readability. If you have Illustrator, you can PM for help on how to outline it quickly for your needs.

 

[Bretbyron]

Would this work? Let me know

When you outline that for cut and bleed it will spike all over and need editing.

This is what I ended up with:

The blue line is my cut line.