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font used on adam 12 towed car
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binki
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Picture please, I'd help you but I am not psychic.
Love....Jill
as they say in swahili, 'oop!'. i guess that is what the upload button is for.
need more coffee this morning.
J Hill Designs
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bertram?
Si Allen
New Member
It is not a font! AND ... those are real shadows! Also predates "fonts".
That sign goes back to the days of room sized computers.What you have is a picture of a "blister" mag sign!
They were EXPENSIVE! Produced by vacuum forming ABS sheets over pre formed letters, the "painted with a hard rubber roller and silk screen ink... them strips of magnetic were added around the edge!
Guaranteed to peel, chip, tear and/or fly off at anything over 10 mph!
That type of sign died a miserable death when "allmag" sheets became available.
That sign goes back to the days of room sized computers.What you have is a picture of a "blister" mag sign!
They were EXPENSIVE! Produced by vacuum forming ABS sheets over pre formed letters, the "painted with a hard rubber roller and silk screen ink... them strips of magnetic were added around the edge!
Guaranteed to peel, chip, tear and/or fly off at anything over 10 mph!
That type of sign died a miserable death when "allmag" sheets became available.
artsnletters
New Member
just wondering why an exact font choice would be necessary, especially when the original is so pixelated and lacking actual detail. Just curious.
Tim
Tim
binki
New Member
Customer is looking for as much authenticity as possible. I was noticing the M has slants on the legs and the K has the join in the center. Just looking for something close. We are not going to reproduce the same sign with raised letters in the above described way, just black vinyl on magnets.
Vinylman
New Member
The photo as you have posted appears to be of a film crews "donkey" rig.
A car rigged to carry various camera crews and their equipment to get specific viewing angles onto film to add realism to the finished shots.
The magnetic sign is just that, was most likely hand lettered during the late 1960's when this particular police show was being filmed in and around Los Angleos California. It starred Kent McCord, and Martin Milner {anyone remember Route 66?}.
The "mag in this picture actually covered the "to Protect and to Serve" lettering on a real police car that was pulled into service for the film crews of that time.
Note the unit number peeking out from under the bottom of the magnetic sign.
SignosaurusRex
Active Member
If it is in fact a Blister Mag, the typeface most likely used may very well be LYDIAN. There was another similar typeface used for blister mags that was similar to that shown but the name escapes me.
http://www.myfonts.com/search?search[text]=lydian
http://www.myfonts.com/search?search[text]=lydian