87 Paramount Font?
 

Does anyone know a font that will duplicate or approximate the font of the decals on an 87 Schwinn Paramount? This would be like the one Scooper owns.

For trademark rights and to avoid questions of royalties to a type house or designer, the font was custom.
As are most trademark fonts.
Fortunately the design is not that challenging to duplicate.

You can get the decals from Waterford who made the bike. I am sure that is where Stan got his. Roger

The reason I need the font is that I would like to spell out S U P E R S P O R T in that font as a kind of Paramount homage on my 87 Super Sport.

Well, if all you're wanting is a typeface that sort of emulates that particular Paramount logotype, you could use Microgramma Exended or Eurostyle Exended. Either one could be fairly easily manipulated to closely resemble what you're looking for.

http://www.identifont.com/samples/urw/Microgramma.gif
Microgramma Extended

http://www.identifont.com/samples/li...xtExtended.gif
Eurostyle Extended

How does one manipulate a font?

I type it out in CorelDraw, Convert to Curves, then add/remove/drag nodes and handles 'til it looks right. Save to vector PDF.

You can also do this in Illustrator and possibly Flash.

Similar functions may be possible in Inkscape, which is free, also.

It was just faster to make an example than it is to explain the ins and outs of bezier curves and converting to paths. If this will work for you, send me a PM and I'll forward you the Illustrator file.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=364595

If you are going to use a sign shop to make them just bring a copy/picture of the font you want and let them do their thing. That is what the do for a living and do all the time. Also please don't quote me as it is one more E-mail I have to deal with. Roger

@rhenning,

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Back to the subject at hand, I wouldn't mess around with in-house art staff at a sign shop after AZORCH has done a great job on the art already.

vonfilm Resurrecting an old post... Did you ever complete your Super Sport with the new font? Have any photos? I didn't do a Paramount font, but chose something I thought was a bit more modern.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...84edbdb236.jpg
Custom "Super Sport" font and rider.

zombie threads! i'm a fan....

i've used Lettering.com to make my own bike decals. they're a little on the thick side - I think. But i keep going back.
here's a couple of examples i've ordered up:

The "Specialized" came from a pro. I don't recall if I got it from Velo Cals.. Velo decals ? .. before it shut down. I think I did. They didn't have the Allez I wanted. So the Allez came from Lettering.
https://lettering.com/create/?LoadDe...67&Conf=966685

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...954eec763.jpeg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f370975b9.jpeg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4cce8e67b.jpeg

for the SURLY - I didn't want the white version from SURLY, so I ordered this from Lettering. I think I got some kind of speckley deal that made ti thicker.
https://lettering.com/create/?LoadDe...93&Conf=755797


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2a38436d3.jpeg

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