eriqjaffe Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I've been messing around with Illustrator and Fontographer, and I've managed to create a handful of TrueType fonts based on MLB teams styles:The first two are, essentially, taken directly from the Club Art files that MLB put up for public consumption with their MLB Kids website contest:Basic "MLB Block":"MLB Cubs":The other two are hand-done. The letter sets were extrapolated from what I could find, so they may not be 100% accurate."MLB Angels":"MLB Blue Jays Vintage":Comments / criticism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Outstanding! The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicfurth Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 You should do this with the NFL fonts. There are great resource potentials here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 excellent, do you plan on doing any other teams (phillies, brewers, astros, padres, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 If you made these TrueType fonts, any way we can get them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Is fontographer easy to use? I've designed some typefaces that I'd love to create a TTF from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Fontographer has been phased out in favor of FontLab. Macromedia hasn't updated/upgraded Fontographer since 1996. There have been a few incrimental updates, nothing of real big notice (mostly tiny patches). You have to search Macromedia's site for any notice about the program; they focus all their attention to Dreamweaver, Flash and Freehand. There are no plans to update Fontographer.From what I've read, FontLab's drawing and metrics functions are far superior to Fontographer's. Fontographer had pretty good drawing tools, but I was more comfortable drawing my letterforms in Illustrator and importing them as .eps vectors (it's kind of a pain).I had a trial version of FontLab but I never installed it. I think there's a Mac OS-X version for it now. If you want to use Fontographer on an OS-X machine, you have to use it in Classic mode. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 are these for mass consumption? good number/name fonts are hard to come by haha. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriqjaffe Posted October 6, 2004 Author Share Posted October 6, 2004 I do plan on releasing them...I'll probably just attach .zip files to this thread at some point.I found Fontographer a bit difficult to navigate at first, but I'm used to it now, and it's pretty simple....I am using Illustrator to do the drawing/tracing/monkeying and importing the files into Fontographer...seems to work pretty well, as long as I don't mess up the compound paths in Illustrator.I do plan on doing some other teams...I have numbers for the Phillies, Pirates and Astros done...the hard part is finding quality samples of the lettering for tracing purposes. It's times like this that I wish I had access to the MLB Style Guide...--Eriq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I do plan on releasing them...I'll probably just attach .zip files to this thread at some point.I found Fontographer a bit difficult to navigate at first, but I'm used to it now, and it's pretty simple....I am using Illustrator to do the drawing/tracing/monkeying and importing the files into Fontographer...seems to work pretty well, as long as I don't mess up the compound paths in Illustrator.I do plan on doing some other teams...I have numbers for the Phillies, Pirates and Astros done...the hard part is finding quality samples of the lettering for tracing purposes. It's times like this that I wish I had access to the MLB Style Guide...--Eriq. awesome man. You beat me to it! I've started working on getting the letter and number forms for a number of MLB teams, just started, until I can get a type program. I've got the red sox wraped up, but I'm holding off until I get a type program. Those look awesome and I look forward to the actual fonts being released by you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMUBrent Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Nice job. It's been awhile since I've seen the old Blue Jays font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbman21 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Outstanding....absolutely outstanding!!I saw the Blue Jays old font and my jaw dropped!Just to let you and everyone else know,you're first font-the "basic" style-already exists in free ware form.Here is the link if anyone is interested in getting it.I'm really looking forward to seeing what else you have in store!MLB Basic style font-freewareEDIT-Upon comparison they are'nt the exact same font in the numbering,but a very close compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 I've some Red Sox Style fonts... but all the letters are in a vectorial format.Only caps letters and no numbers.I'm searching Giants Style fonts. I'm eager to change the Red Sox Style font for those Giants Style fonts.BTW... very, very good work, eriqjaffe! It's great to be young and a Giant! - Larry Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriqjaffe Posted October 7, 2004 Author Share Posted October 7, 2004 Outstanding....absolutely outstanding!!I saw the Blue Jays old font and my jaw dropped!Just to let you and everyone else know,you're first font-the "basic" style-already exists in free ware form. Yeah, I have that Amarillo USAF font, and the lettering is just a bit too wide to match.A good link, nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctk Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 how about possibly making some nhl style fonts, specifically those clubs with stylized numbers like the avs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyboy1 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I'm searching Giants Style fonts. I'm eager to change the Red Sox Style font for those Giants Style fonts. One font that looks like either the Giants or Pirates is called "vanilla whale", but I don't think it's free.JeffB Click here to read Third String Goalie - The Hockey Jersey of the Day Blog Click here to see my hockey and baseball jersey collection online ?You don?t like to see 20 kids punching 20 other kids. But it?s not a disgrace, It?s hockey.? - Michael Farber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 "vanilla whale" is similar but nowhere near close enough to the giants or pirates font. US state flag concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Not bad. You should try to make the inline more consistent in weight in the Jays font. Look how thin the 9 is compared to the 3, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckguy14 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I can't wait for these, thanks so much...Secretly says to Eriq, the Sharks numerals are calling you! 2004 San Jose Sharks 7th Man Fan of the Year San Jose Gold Miners - 4x Lombardi Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 One font that looks like either the Giants or Pirates is called "vanilla whale", but I don't think it's free.JeffB Thanks! I found that after your clue:http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=1001But IronChefShark is right. Vanilla Whale is similar but not too near to the Giants Style.It does not matter! Because I can reform it and "ya está"! It's great to be young and a Giant! - Larry Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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