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[gwpriester]

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Please resist the tempation to save your JPEG images with minimal compression as this is what is causing this thread to display so sloooooooooowly.

80% or less compression usually works pretty well.

Gary

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XaraXone

[webitect]

I am glad I got to toss out a keeper of an idea.

Gary, I like the fonts you chose, I didn't have more than a few minutes when posting my response, so I used the first three fonts I could recall that would do the job. (Bold Univers, Garamond and Edwardian Script, by the way...)

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[dalel]

So I did another.

Dale

Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll

[Ross Macintosh]

Looking at the site I can see why you (Simon) are leaning towards a white-on-colour approach. My design follows out of yours. I felt the "bricks" font could be more claylike. The one I used is called 'Informal' which became even more claylike when italicized. My "brass" is a font called 'Edwardian Script" but I fattened it up with the contour/inset path tool. I thought shadows behind both main words livened things up a bit.

Regards, Ross

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[stlewis]

After some more experimentation...here is (I hope) a final set with one version in plain white for most uses and engraved brass for others. I've included the original too.

The big leap came when swapping the fonts on the 'and' and 'brass' which make 'brass' brass sign-like. It also freed up the fancier font for the 'and'. But Gary's (and others) early views on using an ampersand looked best. The Experts. The fonts are Arial Black (Bricks), Kunstler Script (&) but stretched, and good old Times NR (Brass). The brassed & needs some work - digging out old postings on cutting bevels.

I have played with ideas for the house but none looked good enough so I will stick with the current blob minus text.

I think it answers the "why" test that a graphics-designer friend said she was blasted with at art college. Ie there is some reasoning behind the choice of fonts, colour etc.

Unless you have better ideas!!!!

Ross: I will look at the Informal font...

Thanks again.

www.bricksandbrass.co.uk

[stlewis]

That Informal font looks either a little American (although it seems to have a Dutch connection) or else I see it used in the UK for pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap sales! Another brick-ey one I found is Ultra Serif SF but I think I prefer the plainness of that Arial. This topic (of fonts) is so subjective and in the sub-conscious.

Thanks tho for your thoughts. The shadow is a good one - and works well on the lighter backgrounds where a little extra is important. Thanks.

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[This message was edited by Simon T Lewis on April 22, 2002 at 07:19.]