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Looking for a Font

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Hey everyone,I'm currently designing a 2D panel for the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10. I have been looking for a font that is used on almost everything in the panel. Currently, the closest I've been able to find to this has been 'Arial Narrow' but it just isn't the same.Yes, I can probably use photos and crop out the text but I see that taking way more time obviously than if the actual 'font' were available for my use.Here is a picture example of the text I am trying to re-create, and thank you for any help! :- Kyle

Best Regards,
Kyle Schurb
Developer of Virtual Cockpits, Sceneries, and Liveries.
Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot AMEL, CFI/CFII/MEI

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Hmm, I appreciate the reply, but after much more extensive searching, I found out that it was basically only a mechnical 'stencil' and (apparently) there has yet to be a digital font made to represent it, but I found out the actual font was named 'Gorton'.After even more searching I found that there was a very close font named 'Technic' that is almost identical to Gorton that is available in .ttf format. :)

Best Regards,
Kyle Schurb
Developer of Virtual Cockpits, Sceneries, and Liveries.
Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot AMEL, CFI/CFII/MEI

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"What the Font" ( http://new.myfonts.com ) lists five possibilities, the closest of which are:AG Book Rounded Medium http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/berthold/ag-b...rounded/medium/AG Book Rounded BQ-Medium http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/berthold/ag-b...rounded/medium/

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I might be off, but from my experience Verdana is the closest one.

Good Day,

Engjell Berisha

 

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I might be off, but from my experience Verdana is the closest one.
You could probably get by with it, but a close look at the actual picture will show that the open ends of the strokes and the angles are rounded:26813981.pngHere is a quick test I did using the AG Book Rounded Medium font:testfont01.png

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Hmm, close but I still think 'Technic' is the closest. It could use with a bit more boldness which is easy to do in Photoshop, but I've been typing the letters onto my panel how I see them in the reference photos I have and I'm satisfied with how they've been turning out! :) :

Best Regards,
Kyle Schurb
Developer of Virtual Cockpits, Sceneries, and Liveries.
Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot AMEL, CFI/CFII/MEI

Hmm, close but I still think 'Technic' is the closest. It could use with a bit more boldness which is easy to do in Photoshop, but I've been typing the letters onto my panel how I see them in the reference photos I have and I'm satisfied with how they've been turning out! :) :
It's looking good but you should adjust the kerning. The spacing of the U in FUEL and the V in VAPOR ideally need a little adjustment.

Gerry Howard

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Thanks, I'm finding I have to do that quite a bit throughout the panel, just a simple Alt+Arrow Key gets the job done.

Best Regards,
Kyle Schurb
Developer of Virtual Cockpits, Sceneries, and Liveries.
Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot AMEL, CFI/CFII/MEI

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