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RAF fonts ?
Planenuts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 11:38 AM UTC
Anyone have a link to where I might find a font for RAF squadron letters. I have a decal project to do and would prefer not to create each letter from specifications.

Thanks in advance !
Magpie
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Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 12:05 PM UTC
Don't you guys have Google over there?

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/fonts/stencil5.html
Planenuts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 02:33 PM UTC
OK thanks, sorry to trouble, figured someone had a link handy and would save me pouring through hundreds of possibilities !
Magpie
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Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 03:12 PM UTC
Yeh I know what you mean mate, I've spent HOURS looking through font libraries looking for "the one"
EdgarBrooks
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Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 06:37 PM UTC
The RAF didn't have "fonts"; the only type you'd find would be in a church, for christenings. They had set dimensions of height, width, and separation, plus the thickness of the brush strokes.
Provided that Squadrons kept to those guidelines, the style was left to the Squadron C.O., and the artist (if he had one) on his strength.
Bomber dimensions were 48" x 24" x 6" separation, and 6" brush strokes.
Fighters were 24" x 12" x 3", though Spitfires were allowed to be 20" high.
Medium-sized a/c, like the Beaufighter, were 36" x 16" x 4.5".
Edgar
stonar
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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 06:46 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Don't you guys have Google over there?

http://hans.presto.tripod.com/fonts/stencil5.html



Well yes we do but as Edgar has illustrated above it will give you the wrong answer. That's surely the whole point of a forum,the exchange of good information (hopefully).
Steve

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