$40 Business Card Design Contest (EASY)

[Ormus]

I'm paying $40USD for the first designer to copy the business card

http://rssautoinsurance.com/12fds/marines.png


Exactly the way it is shown but in digital format. The font of the word "Marines" NEEDS TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME!

Simple contest, first one completes this easy task gets $40USD.


Thanks you for participating and good luck!

[tsoft]

http://www.imghype.com/data/ed8990b4d7marines.png

http://www.imghype.com/data/797fab1737mars.png

[tsoft]

Gold revision..

http://www.imghype.com/data/7e1ec5d7dcmars2.png

[Ormus]

That doesn't look like the picture I provided... I want the EXACT font, not something you can just google..

http://www.chesterfield.k12.sc.us/chesterfield%20High/Student%20Webs%2007-08/Brian%20Chambers/images/MarineLogoMO.jpg

[kre8iveim]

Mine's not an exact copy either, but here it is anyway...

http://i33.tinypic.com/21r0ja.gif

Do you know the name of the font? If so I can change it.

[scorpionagency]

Here's my shot at it, I restructured the globe & anchor. 100% Vector :)

http://www.scorpionagency.com/imagehosting/uploads/b7c430b97a.png (http://www.scorpionagency.com/imagehosting/)

[tsoft]

Sorry I thought you were in a hurry. My new entry is sent via pm.

[kre8iveim]

Here's one more from me:
http://i38.tinypic.com/jrwsnr.gif

[katesrobyn]

Here's mine, just put a little style into it. Hope u like it.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3301/marinestd9.jpg

[Ormus]

Are you guys not understanding me? Look at the font of the Marine Logo on the business card...


http://rssautoinsurance.com/12fds/marines.png

Does it look like

http://i38.tinypic.com/jrwsnr.gif

?!?!

-Plz no more dumb entries

[some1nu]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/some1nu/test5.gif

[Ormus]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/some1nu/test5.gif


At least in the right direction, but font just looks too fuzzy and foolish.

[DaveyBoy]

Nice to see you on here Ormus ;)

Best I could do really :

http://www.memvis.com/dp/marinescard.gif

Cheers,
Davey.

[scorpionagency]

Belfast Heavy SF is the closest font I found to that & you said it's not even close. It's hard because it's not an official marine Corps font type. Going through all the different font types one by one is becoming too time consuming. I'm shocked that mine looks the least like the original than all the others.

At any rate, Good luck everyone.

It would be nice if you had a better image of it, that one has over 175 elements in it & most font identifiers can only handle a max of 50 elements. :(

[Ormus]

Here's my shot at it, I restructured the globe & anchor. 100% Vector :)

http://www.scorpionagency.com/imagehosting/uploads/b7c430b97a.png (http://www.scorpionagency.com/imagehosting/)

Okay, yours is not even close at all..

[katesrobyn]

Here's i guess i got your font right :)

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6475/marinesmf7.jpg

[Fenzo]

wait for mine please.

[Moogle!]

My entry:

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/mooglexrs/mr-1.jpg

[Ormus]

WOW finally! this is by far the closes one. Few more close ones like this and I'll pick the winner!

My entry:

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/mooglexrs/mr-1.jpg

[Fenzo]

updated:
http://www.cwele.at/Zeugs/Marines3.gif

Maybe i need to find a better Logo. What do you think?

[katesrobyn]

I think this one cut and paste the font... i see the ridges ;)
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/mooglexrs/mr-1.jpg

Feedback on my entry, so I could shift it ...

[hawksdomain]

Are you guys not understanding me? Look at the font of the Marine Logo on the business card...


http://rssautoinsurance.com/12fds/marines.png

Does it look like

http://i38.tinypic.com/jrwsnr.gif

?!?!

-Plz no more dumb entries

You're an idiot - it is not that easy to just guess what the font is, there are thousands of different fonts.

For $40, you can't expect someone to scroll through every single font.

What is wrong with something almost exactly the same anyway?

[Moogle!]

WOW finally! this is by far the closes one. Few more close ones like this and I'll pick the winner!

Thanks!

I revised it a little bit and removed the bevel:

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/mooglexrs/rev2.jpg

[Cyristine]

text vectored

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8318/marinessampleax3.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/marinessampleax3.png/1/w392.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img376/marinessampleax3.png/1/)

[jharrvis]

this is my entry
i just trace out the font with CorelDraw, so it's vector
i can provide you vector file format : .cdr, .ai, .eps

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4681/usmcjl0.jpg

[TightWad]

From what I see everyone is just using the original Marines images instead of using the font.
I have identified the font as "Plantin"

[Ormus]

From what I see everyone is just using the original Marines images instead of using the font.
I have identified the font as "Plantin"

Lets see a version please.


Thankssss

[TightWad]

Why no one will match the font.... http://www.ascenderfonts.com/font/news-plantin-bold.aspx
The original designer manually fooled with the r and any other letters he didn’t quite like, it’s a
common practice. Many of the letters are an exact match if you take plantin bold and stretch it
to 70% width, then skew it 17 degrees.

Sample of Fonts:
http://i37.tinypic.com/35dafyw.png

[jharrvis]

this is original font :
yes but i think the designer modify the "R"

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3817/b4cd838ece5841ff340886djh8.png

[katesrobyn]

No, the font is antiquia, i guess ... plantin has round "r" at the tip, the CH font has "sharp" at the edge.

[TightWad]

this is original font :
yes but i think the designer modify the "R"

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3817/b4cd838ece5841ff340886djh8.png

What font is that (looking it is very close - and "a" is also modified)

[scorpionagency]

belfast heavy sf (using italics) matches with most the letters too. the curve on the lower case "a" is a bit to high & some of the walls are a bit thin. Hard font to pinpoint exactly without recreating it from scratch, but then there's no font file to go with it when done in vector from scratch either. :(

[TightWad]

No, the font is antiquia, i guess ... plantin has round "r" at the tip, the CH font has "sharp" at the edge.

I have to disagree... Antiqua has different "a,r,i,n" in any case, no one will find a perfectly matching Font.
The font used is clearly a custom font job and manipulated. With Fonts the differences are very subtle.

http://i33.tinypic.com/54cfup.png

[kre8iveim]

http://i37.tinypic.com/34tc39s.gif

It's not the best, but hey, I tried.

[katesrobyn]

I hope, this is it :)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5739/marinesbwii1.jpg

[katesrobyn]

I have to disagree... Antiqua has different mine is diff. antiquia :)

[TightWad]

mine is diff. antiquia :)

If you look closely at the bottom right shaft of the "A", you'll notice yours isn't rounded
while the original is rounded.

If you look closely at the bottom of the "n", you'll notice yours only has prongs
on the outside of the right shaft of the "n", and the original has prongs on
both sides.

These aren't things which are manipulated, it's the font only.

[katesrobyn]

If you look closely ..... ... i think those are okay...with the CH? :)

[Ormus]

Okay guys, enough with the discussion, lets try to match it!

http://rssautoinsurance.com/12fds/marines.png

I personally think it's one of those fonts, but bold and written with NO SPACE between the letters.

[scorpionagency]

... i think those are okay...with the CH? :)

Try that font you're using with "Italics" & it might just look perfect :)

[TightWad]

Here is the "Marines" using "Plantin Bold" and Converting to Paths to Manipulate.

http://i37.tinypic.com/rjoa4g.jpg

[katesrobyn]

okay, here's now...

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1449/marinesbwzu0.jpg

[Ormus]

yea all the other shit, I don't care about. I only care about the font of the word "Marines". So far no one has made one that is exactly like it. I might just dissappointly end up choosing the closest one.

[TightWad]

Is this an exact match? All Done with Font manipulation

http://i34.tinypic.com/xftpg.jpg

[Fenzo]

http://www.cwele.at/Zeugs/Marines3.gif
any feedback?

[katesrobyn]

tigthwad: Is this an exact match? nope ... there's a spaces at "r" "i" "n".. small plateu cuts there, and big difference on "s" ... . the font CH has none, and he said no spaces in between ;)

[katesrobyn]

did u cut the font?.... it seems the "M" left leg is not balance :)
http://www.cwele.at/Zeugs/Marines3.gif

[TightWad]

nope ... there's a spaces at "r" "i" "n".. small plateu cuts there, and big difference on "s" ... . the font CH has none, and he said no spaces in between ;)

I can move the letters closer to remove the spaces - that's easy.
I was playing with the "S" trying to get it as close as possible to the
original (but it wasn't very clean) - so I used http://www.chesterfield.k12.sc.us/chesterfield%20High/Student%20Webs%2007-08/Brian%20Chambers/images/MarineLogoMO.jpg to try and be more precise.

I have a Font editor program and If I have some time I'll edit the
font I used so it will be a standard font to create the type without having
to manipulate with paths. :))

[milamber]

My try :|

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1927/trykx9.jpg

[katesrobyn]

u see the difference as r, i and n , have no wings....

http://www.chesterfield.k12.sc.us/chesterfield%20High/Student%20Webs%2007-08/Brian%20Chambers/images/MarineLogoMO.jpg

as like this:

http://i37.tinypic.com/rjoa4g.jpg


but anyways, goodluck to us :) ... the CH has the final say....

[katesrobyn]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1927/trykx9.jpg

... pls.. read the CH brief ;)

[Fenzo]

did u cut the font?.... it seems the "M" left leg is not balance :)
http://www.cwele.at/Zeugs/Marines3.gif

it looked unstable to me, so i added a rib to improve that.

[DaveyBoy]

I think the problem is that the font you want is probably a modified font in angle, spacing between letterings and width (probably been compressed) and so no standard font would replicate that. It's very difficult to find the exact font for something like this, there are literally millions of similar fonts to that.

Perhaps not quite as easy as you had persumed ;)

[Fenzo]

just make a better picture from the businesscard and we can work with the shape of the Text shown on the Picture. High Quality if possible please :)

[kre8iveim]

Hey Tightwad, that looks almost perfect. Nice job. :D

Is this an exact match? All Done with Font manipulation

http://i34.tinypic.com/xftpg.jpg

[katesrobyn]

Hey Tightwad, that looks almost perfect. Nice job.

pls... see post #50 ;)

anyways, how about this; this one?

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2997/marinesbwkr6.jpg

[jamess]

my entry
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/vijay_011/marine.png

feedback most welcome

[katesrobyn]

Hi Ormus.... update us pls. thank you.

[jharrvis]

don't waste your time, i think ormus just want to know the font type of "marines"