Identify Font?

Can anyone identify this font? It's similar to Magneto, but that's as close as I can get with my sources.

Hi Jim,

Have you tried WhatTheFont?

It's not a font per se. It's a logo... It could be tricky to find the exact font as the designer has modified it.

Risto

sledger,
Yes I did. Nothing close.
Risto,
I know it could have been modified, but I have had luck in the past finding what fonts were used in designs. See my attached Honda logo, font found was Millhouse. Anyone else?

Thanks both.

Jim

If you can't find the font this kind of lettering is easy to replicate in Xtreme using the shape editor tool make your lines about 12/13pt with round cap and join. This example only took a couple of minutes.

Angelize,
Looks good. Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Jim

Angelize,
I can do websites OK, but the editor tools always give me fits. Not enough practice I guess. I can get most of it looking OK, but the curved "B" I can't get to match exactly. Can you explain in more detail how to follow the curve? Also, what's the best way to get the ends of the "9" to be on the correct angle?
Any help is appreciated.

Jim

Hi Jim,

There's many tutorials knocking around showing how to use the shape editor to follow curves.

► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaNM1FdXlSM

Some Xara videos may also be useful:





All Xara demo videos here

Well, after 3 hours this is what I came up with, used a lot of add/subtract shapes. Still could use some fine-tuning, but I got bored with it, so movin' on. Thanks for the suggestions.

Jim

Here is a mini tutorial of how I did my previous example using the original image that I copied and pasted from Jim's first post. I find the shape editor tool to be one of Xtreme's most versatile tools, with a little practice it is easy to master. I have included my .xar file as well in case the tutorial is hard to read from the png.

angelize,
Thank you for sending that example. It made a lot more sense seeing your process than it did watching a video of someone draw random shapes with the brush tool (that I've mastered ;) ). I had a hard time understanding why you need to convert lines to shapes until I tried it with the actual file and using the correct tool after converting. It won't take me 3 hours the next time!

One question: the curve of the "B" in the first example is very linear and smooth. When I try to follow a curve like that, my line is much more jagged, and often I'll get an extra node in the middle and have to re-draw the line. Any idea why that happens?

Thanks!

Jim

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back at this, The only thing I can think of that would cause the extra node would be if you accidentally released the mouse button and then clicked again to continue dragging. You have to drag with the shape editor in a continuous motion.

angelize,
No problem, done with the project. If I make the curve fast or slow doesn't matter, sometimes still get an extra node. Probably just my mouse having a little glitch. Thanks for your help.

Jim