Britts Construction Company '65 pickup

[Sharkmouth]

Playing with making the decal, the first is a scan of the actual bumper sticker we found in the tool box that was on the back of this truck. I don't know what happened to the truck but the tool box sat in my dad's back yard for years till we cleaned out the old house. Amazingly they are in excellent condition.

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Here's the bigger sticker I crated in GIMP, I think I got close with the font.
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I can't figure out how to center text layers but they look like they are here. Spacing looks funny but I'm replicating what was on the truck. I got decal paper and will give it a shot tomorrow.

I'm having trouble with the decal also. Using Gimp I create the layer to the size I want, 125 PX wide but it's coming out too pixilated.
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by the time I print that it's illegible. I'm I over thinking it doing it in Gimp?

How wide, in inches or millimeters, are you going for? I 'think' I might resolve the pixelation issue when scaling down.

 

[moon puppy]

There's some fudge room there, I'm totally guestimating the size based on the space it takes up on the door.

 

[Sharkmouth]

I tried correcting the perspective, cropping the sign, and then finding a matching font for first row. I need to anti-alias (remove pixelization) for it to be ready

 

[moon puppy]

I got the font name but don't recall, I can check it out in Gimp this evening. I'll try that anti-alias also.

 

[jeaton01]

Bob, the first line is Arial Black, the rest are Arial Bold.

 

[Sharkmouth]

@jeaton01, the half round sections on the B are the same size so I did find a different font.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

As Saúl asked earlier, What is the size of the decal you are wanting to make?

 

[moon puppy]

The font I got on Gimp is Gill Sans MT Bold.

This is the PNG I created.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Hang on a little bit and I might have one that is pretty much exact.

 

[moon puppy]

1.55 x 1 cm is one I cut out

 

[paddy]

Lve the way this truck is evolving with each picture ;-)

 

[paddy]

Where did that emoji come from ? never seen that before.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Here is some artwork for you.
The construction of the lettering.

Finished Comparison

Finished hi res (600dpi) for decal

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I have several hundred fonts and can then convert to vector graphics and manipulate. Should be pretty close with the resolution of the original photo I used. The "Greenwood, S.C." was not centered either.

 

[moon puppy]

The "Greenwood, S.C." was not centered either.

It was, I have a bumper sticker version of this. I think we have one of the big ones somewhere.

Looking back at the reference photo it might have been off center. I'd rather this decal be centered up.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

It was, I have a bumper sticker version of this. I think we have one of the big ones somewhere.

Looking back at the reference photo it might have been off center. I'd rather this decal be centered up.

Easy fix.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Fixed

 

[moon puppy]

Fixed

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thanks Paul, you saying that if I scale that down it's not going to pixilate?
Paul I'm sorry but that yellow is not close.

This is a scan of one of the original bumper stickers.

 

[moon puppy]

That's it. I'll print it out to size tomorrow and see how we do.

 

[sharkman]

That looks great, going to be awesome!