Have to make Chinese lettering for a sign- HELP!

[DeVries Signs]

My Dad's church is adding a Chinese congregation, and this n00b has no idea how to go about it. I've attached a pic of the lettering needed.

I see there are "truetype" (free) fonts available that I can convert in my Gerber Omega, but which ONE would be best? Is this "traditional" Chinese, or "Simplified"?

Once I install the font, I guess I'll just have to try and match the symbols ("letters"), correct? Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[MikePro]

no need to install...
use google translate!
中文符號難堪

 

[MikePro]

i just copy/pasted into illustrator and converted to outlines:

easy as that!
(make sure you select chinese (traditional) from google translate

 

[Fanaticus]

I'd be careful with google translate. Things don't always come back the way they were meant to be.

I'm not sure about chinese symbols, but there could be THOUSANDS of them like the japanese kanji's.

If you can't get it, maybe try the vector doctor?

 

[Custom_Grafx]

Traditional vs Simplified has a huge difference, so it's a pretty important factor. If it were Japanese I could do it in a flash for you... pity.

If you can get it in a word doc, along with a screen shot (which you already have), it's a start.

I would copy/paste it from the word doc, then do a visual check to make sure every character is correct.

 

[btropical.com]

我中文我玩笑话，我把你的可乐佩佩

 

[mikey-Oh]

我中文我玩笑话，我把你的可乐佩佩

哈哈！