Font help, adding a stand/base to letters so they stand up

[cockneyrebel]

Hi martin they are going to be 12" tall 18mm mdf i have seen a photo of letters that stand up but i cant find the font anywhere

[geoff f]

Hi martin they are going to be 12" tall 18mm mdf i have seen a photo of letters that stand up but i cant find the font anywhere

Not sure what you mean by standing up but a photo would rsolve (as with the font type..)?

For joined script have a look at Mistral TTF which is what I use in vinyl...

[cockneyrebel]

hi here is what i am looking for

[martin54]

That's just times roman with a flat added at the bottom, you could do that to just about any font you want. You just need to modify it in the cad software you are using, simple enough to do.

[cockneyrebel]

hi thanks for getting bk to me i know what you are saying but i am new to this not sure how to do this the letter are G and J i try ed to to add a bit to the letters in vcarve pro but it dont look right at all

[martin54]

If you post a picture I can probably tell you what they have used, I'm guessing a square type font. At that size they aren't going to be very stable though if only 18mm deep. Certain letters like "F P T V" may not work unless modified. You sure they didn't have a support behind them or a peg pushed into the ground.
Will check to see what's on the design computer up at the unit latter.
Script wise something like commercial script wouldn't be to bad a choice, not the nicest script but easy enough to read & reasonable stroke width, kerning needs altering to join letters & then they would need welding together so they cut as one & not individual letters.

[GEOFFREY]

Why can't you use any suitable font and then just change the outlines to geometries and then modify the bottoms to make them freestanding. the same applies to linking letters together to make words. If necessary I can draw something for you to show what I mean. Martins point about centre pieces would of course still apply and you would have to include supports or styalise the font. G.

[GEOFFREY]

I started to reply some time ago, but was dragged away part way through and I see Martin has just said something very similar!!

[cockneyrebel]

I just thought there might be a font out there that was done already its not as easy as i thought it would be

[John S]

Here you go sunshine.

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