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Author:  IndigoBlueCooperS [ Sat May 03, 2014 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Boot Badge Font
I want to get some additional badges made up for the boot of the Mini, to match the existing ones.

Anyone know what font the standard badges are? - eg the Morris Mini Deluxe or Morris Cooper

I will have them laser cut and milled to look the same.
Author:  Timbo [ Sat May 03, 2014 10:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
I worked it out recently, but you probably won't like the answer (which I've temporarily forgotten). The font was heavily modified for the badges, it is bolder and manually kerned (by the bloke who filed the originals out of brass). To get a computer generated font to be an exact match is a lot of work. I'll try to track down what I worked it out to be.

Alternatively you can try to work it out yourself. These sites are really helpful: http://www.identifont.com/identify.html
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Tim
Author:  bluewhitecoopers1968 [ Sun May 04, 2014 5:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Boot Badge Font
Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper just to buy new repro badges.... Just saying :)
Author:  simon k [ Sun May 04, 2014 5:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
mate of mine got some badges printed in plastic by shapeways.com and then chromed, I haven't seen them but apparently they turned out really well - less than $50 for the printing

bluewhitecoopers1968 wrote:
Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper just to buy new repro badges.... Just saying :)


only if you want it to say something that's already been said....
Author:  bluewhitecoopers1968 [ Sun May 04, 2014 5:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Ok I get it now, custom script :) apologies
Author:  simon k [ Sun May 04, 2014 5:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Timbo wrote:
I worked it out recently, but you probably won't like the answer (which I've temporarily forgotten).


http://www.identifont.com/show?4E1

http://www.identifont.com/show?7OD

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Author:  IndigoBlueCooperS [ Sun May 04, 2014 7:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Hi Simon, Tim,
Thanks for the links, and try.
I will try and get a Matic badge. That will give me most of the letters I am looking for. All except the W in Twini.
Fortunately all the letters are capitals.
Author:  Timbo [ Sun May 04, 2014 10:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Yeah W is tricky. That font was used for a lot of different words but I can't think of any with a W.

Mark Forster from the Mk1 Forum in the UK had a custom made badge done for his Mini Sprint. It looked really good.

Tim
Author:  Timbo [ Mon May 05, 2014 9:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
This is the closest I could find. Its called Rockwell Bold and is pretty much identical to the font used by Morris before the BMC merger. It was mainly used for things like titles in brochures and the covers of manuals - sort of a corporate identity. I'm pretty sure this font was used on the Morris Minor badges, then the Morris Mini got a slightly squashed bolder version of it. If you're keen you should be able to use it as a starting point and squash it a bit. At least it shows what a W would look like.

Image

Tim
Author:  jambos [ Mon May 05, 2014 1:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Timbo wrote:
This is the closest I could find. Its called Rockwell Bold and is pretty much identical to the font used by Morris before the BMC merger. It was mainly used for things like titles in brochures and the covers of manuals - sort of a corporate identity. I'm pretty sure this font was used on the Morris Minor badges, then the Morris Mini got a slightly squashed bolder version of it. If you're keen you should be able to use it as a starting point and squash it a bit. At least it shows what a W would look like.

Image

Tim


Try COOPER BLACK which comes standard with Microsoft word, its pretty close
Author:  jambos [ Wed May 07, 2014 10:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
jambos wrote:
Timbo wrote:
This is the closest I could find. Its called Rockwell Bold and is pretty much identical to the font used by Morris before the BMC merger. It was mainly used for things like titles in brochures and the covers of manuals - sort of a corporate identity. I'm pretty sure this font was used on the Morris Minor badges, then the Morris Mini got a slightly squashed bolder version of it. If you're keen you should be able to use it as a starting point and squash it a bit. At least it shows what a W would look like.

Image

Tim


Try COOPER BLACK which comes standard with Microsoft word, its pretty close


This txt style it should be the one. Clarendon Text Bold SCOsF
Author:  simon k [ Wed May 07, 2014 1:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
I reckon Blackoak Std is the closest I've seen - http://fontzone.net/font-details/blackoakstd - go to preview, and type in MORRIS. The R's need their tails cut off and the rest of it fattened up, but it's pretty close
Author:  willy [ Sat May 10, 2014 9:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boot Badge Font
Why don't you employ a graphic designer to do you a vector image of what you are after?
Surely there is someone on here that wouldn't mind a carton of beer!
(Or do we have nobody proficient in Illustrator?!)
Author:  Timbo [ Sat May 10, 2014 8:13 pm ]
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Or do it yourself for free in Inkscape.

Tim
Author:  MonoMini [ Sat May 10, 2014 8:35 pm ]
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Hey Indigo, What would you like typed out, I'll lay it out for you as vector in a few fonts to match.
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