ataylor19 0 Posted November 11 I am new to this and I need help figuring out what’s the best way to take a picture of a logo that someone sends me and making it into a vector. I feel like it takes me way to much time to do it the way I’ve been doing it and honestly it just isn’t worth it if it’s going to take so long. Pics of what I’m currently needing done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,201 Posted November 11 clean up the image to isolate the text, then run it by a font identifier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,442 Posted November 12 All-n-1 and address info text is "Serpentine" Here's the hook (.eps) which needs to be attached to the flowing tail of 'g' at end of Towing. Now all you need is the font for Towing. It's ScriptinaPro. Yer welcome. The general rule is don't vectorize text. Find the right font(s) and re-create/re-type. hook.EPS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,442 Posted November 13 I think we lost A Taylor. Oh well, the correct answer was provided, FWIW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ataylor19 0 Posted November 13 Sorry I don’t have the best service at my house plus I’ve got 3 kids and a full time job working 50 hours a week outside of this. So I’m just now finding time to check into this. Thank you so much! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ataylor19 0 Posted November 13 What’s the best way to find what font your looking for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,695 Posted November 13 Websites like FINDAFONT.com Whatthefont.com. There are others online as well. Do a search online. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,616 Posted November 13 There are a couple of free web searches, that are pretty good. https://www.whatfontis.com/ https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont There is also some phone apps that work decent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ataylor19 0 Posted November 13 Thank y’all! That’s what I’ve been doing but a lot of the time I’m not very successful with it So I assumed there was probably a different way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,201 Posted November 14 https://www.fontsquirrel.com/matcherator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,442 Posted November 14 A.Taylor I'm glad to have helped. I'm a bit of a savant with regards to fonts. Both of those in your example were already stored in my brain. I used to work with a guy who could routinely tell you the name of a font by just looking at it, he had a database inside his head of many hundreds. This fellow could also show you the minor differences between similar fonts. Let's see your final result, OK? You are invited back, it's always fun to see the outcome of our efforts here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ataylor19 0 Posted November 14 It’s not perfect, but the guy likes it. I really appreciate the help! I wish I had known of this place sooner. I started out with a cricut back in like 2020 and actually did both sides of a 18wheeler tow truck using my cricut. The 18wheeler is actually what bought me my big cutter. I’ve done several business signs around the town I live in and actually got to do the cop cars as well. I really think if I knew more about what I was doing I could have a very successful business and that is a dream of mine! Everything I know now is just from someone asking for something and me googling or just doing trial and errors til I got it right. I sure hope one day I will be able to just name the fonts like that! Btw because I’m sure y’all are wondering how Some newbie got to do the cop cars, I live in a very small town in ms and there really isn’t many places to get signs or lettering. Which is also why I know I can be successful if I really could give it my all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
