I have been looking around, but with little success. Does anyone know a font which approximates to the Austin script used on the radiator badges? I lack the hand-writing or calligraphy skill to create what I want to do by hand.
The original Austin script was hand-drawn rather than using a formal font; your best bet would be to draw, or get someone to draw, the lettering you want:
I managed to copy the 'Austin' logo fairly successfully using enlarge/reduce on a photocopier and cutting out a stencil.
If you want other letters though you may be on your own...
26-08-2020, 11:13 AM (This post was last modified: 26-08-2020, 11:15 AM by Howard Wright.
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Hi Jamie
I used the Ford (wash my mouth out) script as a basis for my special badges. In the end cutting and polishing the 2mm aluminium distorted things a bit.
Thank you for the replies and suggestions. You Brookfields script loooks good, Howard. My daughter is quite artisitc and has said that she will have a go for me, but if she is not successful, I shall have a look for the Ford font and see how I get on with it.
Jamie
Have a look at the Hupmobile script as well. There are one or two others too, mostly American, but I can't think of them all at the moment. The prewar car magazines adverts are the best bet...
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Thank you for the suggestion, Bob. That is a good match for the script. I have been lucky, though, as I finally managed to encourage my artistic daughter to draw what I wanted. I now need to scan it and convert it into a jpg or dxf file.
