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Topic: Speedy West Low Buck Homage Guitar |
Mike McBride
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 1:28 am |
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Can any of you eagle eyes tell me what font was used for Speedy's famous front panel?
This is close:
Last edited by Mike McBride on 17 Apr 2024 12:09 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Per Berner
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Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 4:09 am
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The "close" one above is nowhere near, unfortunately. Almost 40 years in advertising tells me it is probably not a specific font at all; more likely a hand drawn design which I guess was made into an inlay. That was the the way they did things back then, all by hand.
If you can get a sharp image straight up, there are ways to search for a match. |
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Mike McBride
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 4:36 am
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| Per Berner wrote: |
The "close" one above is nowhere near, unfortunately. Almost 40 years in advertising tells me it is probably not a specific font at all; more likely a hand drawn design which I guess was made into an inlay. That was the the way they did things back then, all by hand.
If you can get a sharp image straight up, there are ways to search for a match. |
Any fonts you can suggest? The one I presented is called Speeday by the way. |
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Per Berner
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Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 5:01 am
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| Not without a sharp close-up image. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 5:19 am
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This is a better view
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Per Berner
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Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 5:19 am
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No, no, no. That's like saying Garamond and Times are the same, or Helvetica and Arial. These would require so much tweaking that it is less work starting from scratch.
A visual search using the image yields nothing usable, and from the image you can tell it's hand made, not a font. |
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Mike McBride
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Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 5:24 am
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Except for the irregular tails on the letter "S", Vipnagorgialla pretty much nails it.
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Nice work Donny!
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Per Berner
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Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 5:30 am
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Sorry, still nowhere near. Look at the P, the S, the D, the W, the difference in thickness of vertical and horizontal lines. Please believe a typography pro, THIS IS HAND DRAWN, NOT A FONT.
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 6:48 am
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| Man I love this group! We've got Idaho, Maryland and Sweden working on this problem! |
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Landon George
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 6:53 am
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Looking forward to seeing how this comes out!
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 7:03 am
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| Certainly, if you see something that pleases you, that gets you in the ballpark of where you want to be, that's all that matters. But I agree with Per 100%. There are some superficial similarities between Speedy's logo and some of the letters of the fonts referenced here (and some that I found in a search). But the differences are large. |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 7:14 am
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| Jon Light wrote: |
| Certainly, if you see something that pleases you, that gets you in the ballpark of where you want to be, that's all that matters. But I agree with Per 100%. There are some superficial similarities between Speedy's logo and some of the letters of the fonts referenced here (and some that I found in a search). But the differences are large. |
Yeah this is for a fun hobby project not a profession and is certainly not a dogmatic pursuit of perfection. The original was hand-painted so I am only trying to approximate it. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 9:49 am
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| Per Berner wrote: |
| The "close" one above is nowhere near, unfortunately. Almost 40 years in advertising tells me it is probably not a specific font at all; more likely a hand drawn design... |
I agree, Per. The kerning is different, and the differences in the two "S" characters in the original is the indicator of something irregular and hand-drawn.
Still, I'm just trying to help. Can you do better?  |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2024 11:33 am
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Here is a better view. Donny - I agree - Vipnagorgialla pretty much nails it.
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David Ellison
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California, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2024 11:16 am
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| Back in those days, the only "fonts" were professional typesetting used for printed material... ink on paper. This is hand lettering, and most likely done by Paul Bigsby himself. |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2024 3:15 pm
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At least it's not Comic Sans. Horrors!
I also agree with David Ellison's assessment: hand lettered most likely.
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John Larson
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Pennsyltucky, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2024 3:19 pm
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I know what it reminds me of. Not the same either.
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 17 Apr 2024 12:08 pm Sppedy West Low Dollar Homage
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Progress is slowly happening on my low buck Speedy West homage.
Letters are waiting for application.
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 21 Apr 2024 12:57 pm
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My low buck tribute to a $1,000,000 guitar.
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