What Font is the Badge?

[Rated S]

Trying to do a decal and wondered if anyone knew a font that is close to the S$ badge. I already tried WhatTheFont.com but no luck.

[rick_chicago]

It's called Eurostile. But the logo is not straight type - the type is converted to vectors and edited to create a "logotype".

You'll need a vector app (Adobe Illustrator) to get it to match up perfectly.

[rick_chicago]

And not that anyone cares, but I always dig the history on significant types:

Eurostile

Eurostile is one of the most important designs from the Italian font designer Aldo Novarese. It was originally produced in 1962 by the Nebiolo foundry as a more complete version of the earlier Microgramma, a caps-only font designed by Novarese and A. Butti.

Eurostile reflects the flavor and spirit of the 1950s and 1960s. It has big, squarish shapes with rounded corners that look like television sets from that era. Eurostile has sustained the ability to give text a dynamic, technological aura. It works well for headlines and small bodies of text.

[Dr.Duct]

And not that anyone cares, but I always dig the history on significant types:

Eurostile

Eurostile is one of the most important designs from the Italian font designer Aldo Novarese. It was originally produced in 1962 by the Nebiolo foundry as a more complete version of the earlier Microgramma, a caps-only font designed by Novarese and A. Butti.

Eurostile reflects the flavor and spirit of the 1950s and 1960s. It has big, squarish shapes with rounded corners that look like television sets from that era. Eurostile has sustained the ability to give text a dynamic, technological aura. It works well for headlines and small bodies of text.

very interesting and nice piece of information. History is always good and appreciated.

[Rated S]

It's called Eurostile. But the logo is not straight type - the type is converted to vectors and edited to create a "logotype".

You'll need a vector app (Adobe Illustrator) to get it to match up perfectly.

Perfect, already got Illustrator booted, just needed the base font.

Thanks, I really appreciate the info.

[Matt@JHM]

Thanks for the name of the font. I downloaded it, and just made a pretty damn close S4 logo completely from scratch...

The Eurostile font took a lot of skewing and free transforming to make it look right. But damn, it's close. The only major difference is the thickness of the vertical line on the 4.



Here's the .PSD file if anyone wants to edit it: http://www.jonsprecisionmachining.co...mades4logo.psd

[rick_chicago]

Sure. If you have all the Eurostile variants installed, the extended gets you 70% there.

Two letters sure makes it easy work - no kerning or baseline shifts or other junk to slow you down.

[Rated S]

Thanks for the name of the font. I downloaded it, and just made a pretty damn close S4 logo completely from scratch...

The Eurostile font took a lot of skewing and free transforming to make it look right. But damn, it's close. The only major difference is the thickness of the vertical line on the 4.



Here's the .PSD file if anyone wants to edit it: http://www.jonsprecisionmachining.co...mades4logo.psd

The PSD is corrupt


Looks good, man.

[Matt@JHM]

The PSD is corrupt


Looks good, man.

Ok, let me try to save it in a few older formats.

Try this: s4logofix.psd

[Rated S]

Ok, let me try to save it in a few older formats.

Try this: s4logofix.psd

I'm using CS2 on OS X.

[Matt@JHM]

I'm using CS2 on OS X.

Oooh... that explains it. I'm on XP Pro, sorry. Not sure if I can convert it, or save it in a universal PC/MAC format.

[Rated S]

Oooh... that explains it. I'm on XP Pro, sorry. Not sure if I can convert it, or save it in a universal PC/MAC format.

Really? Damn, I could have sworn psd are multi-platform.
Oh well, thanks.

[Matt@JHM]

Here's a full size .PNG - Just save this.



It's transparent.

[waschbecken]

Great, thx looking for the same to create my custom car cover with some RS touch in it :-)