Random Request - Fonts

[Ozzy_UK]

Anyone know what font the "Lotus Excel" decals are?
(for a friends wedding table seating plan he wants that font!) lol!
/random
Oz.

[amarshall]

Which version ?

[Ozzy_UK]

ummm the one on my car...

1987 wording "lotus excel" on the rear 3/4 panel on the pin stripe...



Oz.

[hodders]

It's been discussed on other Lotus forums (not your specific font of interest) and the general consensus seems to be that Lotus always used a custom font, and quite possibly only the letters of interest, drawn as a graphic, not as a font.
I went to the online parts manual, in section 12.05a there are black & white line drawings of the various decals and metal badges used, including the ones on your car Oz. I zoomed in on a few individual letters and submitted them to this site and the tool attempted to recognize them but they weren't good matches. FAIL.
I used to have a couple of font editing & creating software packages but it's been a long time since I used them. I'm sure a local graphics shop will be able to knock something up for you. Suggest you use those images from the parts manual.

[mkelite]

...............used to work in graphics. cant remember the 'font' name but it is a standard typeface its just Lotus overlapped a few letters and stretched one or two. quite common. look under 'Letraset' and 'Mecanorma' typefaces as used by graphic artists in the '80s. regards. DC.

[robertverhey]

What about the banner to this forum? Looks pretty close. Presumably drawn up using a font of some sort....

Robert

[KevW]

Would good old Eurostyle Extended not be close enough ?


http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=201792.