typeface used on the Dolomite boot badge

[Manta]

Hi
Just a quick question.
Does anyone know what typeface is used on the Dolomite boot badge?
Thanks
Darrell.

[marshman]

Venus Bold Extended is a very close match.

Not a free font but this one is very similar and is free to download for personal use.

https://www.ffonts.net/OPTIVenus-BoldEx ... t.download

Image below shows your original at the bottom and something I did on Word using OPTIVenus font with the character spacing expanded by 3 points.

Roger

[Manta]

Thank you.

[GrahamFountain]

Anyone know what versions of word the font linked to works with? I'm only running 2007, but while it appears to install and de-install (several times) it doesn't work - all the characters look the same, a sort of broken T.

Graham

[marshman]

Anyone know what versions of word the font linked to works with? I'm only running 2007, but while it appears to install and de-install (several times) it doesn't work - all the characters look the same, a sort of broken T.

Graham

Sorry can't help with that one. I downloaded it and installed it on a Windows 10 laptop. I don't use MS Word I use WPS Office, a Word clone. I did notice the effect you report when I tried to use it in Paint - every character the same and looking like a broken T.

Trouble is 2007 is 13 years ago, an absolute age in computer terms and I think "font technology" has changed over the years from postscript and trutype fonts to otf (open type font) which was introduced in the mid 90's. Trouble is otf is just a wrapper or interface over a ttf (true type) or ps (postscript) font and most Microsoft stuff is still ttf based under the hood so to speak. I suspect that the font I linked to has an underlying postscript format which is causing the issue with older versions of Word etc.

Having said that try this one:

https://www.ffonts.net/FlyTrap-Extended.font.download

Called rather imaginatively "flytrap", I assume from Venus Flytrap!. Another free font. Sort of works OK in Paint.

Both work OK in Notepad (included with all versions of Windows), can you use that?

Roger

[GrahamFountain]

For someone who couldn't help, that Flytrap font was a good fix. So thanks.
BTW, did the optivenus font need expanding as well. I got a reasonably match with the image posted with the Flytrap at 52pt expanded by 15pt.

Graham

[geeksteve]

Hmm I know a chap who does vinyl sticker printing. I wonder if he can print custom inlays for badges..

[GrahamFountain]

When I had the TR7 Sprint side-stripes done at a place in York, their cutter took an HP file format for the drawing. But I don't remember the file extension or the tool I used to create the file. I think it was on a Windows 3.1 machine.

Graham

[marshman]

Glad the different font file worked!

Yes I did have to play around with the character spacing and expansion on the Venus font to get it to match the original.

The HP language for vinyl cutters was HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language), same as used for the old flat bed pen plotters. We used to have a program called Corel Draw on the old Windows PC's which would generate the correct files, not sure if it is still around.

Roger

[GrahamFountain]

Yep, that was the format and the app.

Graham

[GlenM]

Hmm I know a chap who does vinyl sticker printing. I wonder if he can print custom inlays for badges..

If he can, let me know, I could be interested in one.

[triumphdolomiteuk]

Hmm I know a chap who does vinyl sticker printing. I wonder if he can print custom inlays for badges..

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