When laying out spacing for address numbers does a 1 get a whole space ?
The 1 is the first # in this case 1425
This is going to be a cutout, kind of gingerread style.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
When laying out spacing for address numbers does a 1 get a whole space ?
The 1 is the first # in this case 1425
This is going to be a cutout, kind of gingerread style.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
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Hey Mike,
I would not give the 1 a complete space because it looks funny.
Anytime you have to deal with a "1" , I would recommend laying it out first, and finding what looks right to you. I know you have a good eye for this.
1's and 7's are always the odd ones...lol
Time will do the talking, Years will do the walking...I'll just find a comfy spot and wait it out...
The house numbers on our remodel are over the steps to the front porch on a gable. I got a couple of sheets of paper, laid the house numbers out until they looked right, penciled around them as a template and marked the holes, and then taped the paper to the house and drilled through the paper for the holes. Worked great, no way I would have gotten things lined up working on a ladder.jose
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"Though I don't think" added Deep Thought "that you're going to like it."
Thanks for the reply, these numbers will be big (10") so I am doing a scale drawing and then having it blown up. I will use a similar method as yours.
By the way Quick Draw Mcgraw was always a favorite of mine ! Mike
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Ten inch numbers fit on eleven inch paper.
I know you have a good eye for this.
I'll give it a shot,
Mike
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Edited 8/4/2007 12:54 pm by ruffmike
Ewwwww! Yuck!
Is that how ya gotta examine stuff before your morning coffee?
lol...
BTW, your #'s look great! Are you going to post pictures of the rest of the house?
Time will do the talking, Years will do the walking...I'll just find a comfy spot and wait it out...
After I get it together I'll post something Mike
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Here are a couple of follow through pictures. Used a couple of salvaged posts to make an arbor, something to get a bougainvillea growing on.
Some bargeboard and a little gingerbread on the bay and I might be done.
Oops let me resize them
Mike
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Edited 9/24/2007 6:24 pm by ruffmike
This should be better Mike
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Looks good Mike, looks like it goes well with the place.
Doug
Very nice work, Mike!
My only question is, what are the requirments for the Fire Department to find their house?
~ Fishrite (Darkaluke)
I don't know of any regulations about visible addresses, I guess if the arbor catches on fire I'm out of luck. ; ^ ) The numbers are on the house also. Mike
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Type "1425" in a Word doc, adjust font size and type until you get the shapes you want. Print it, cut the digits out and arrange them to your liking.
SamT
I generally just eyeball the spacing and make a judgement call as to what looks pleasing.
The numerals in the attachment were created on a Windows bitmap, Times New Roman font, size 150. To me, the spacing between the "1" and the remaining digits "425" seemed large so I pulled the other three numerals to the left ... maybe a hair more wouldn't have hurt.
In my opinion the lower row of characters looks better. Whatcha think?
Joe Bartok
I think the term is 'kerning', and if I believe when I read about calligraphy, years ago, the idea is that the 'empty' space between letters or numbers should be about equal.
Yes the second image is nicer, I'll just have to use my eyeball, these #'s will be on a slight arch. Here is a victorian style I want to go with, Mike
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Thanks Sam, I'm playing with images now. Mike
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Get on your word processor, set the font size to something like 72 then try different font styles for the whole number. Set page layout to Landscape and all 4 digits will fit. Some fonts use fixed chairacter space some try to make the space look nice by varying them.
thanks, I.ll give it a try today. Mike
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I think you'll find Courer font is uniform character width while Arial and Times New Roman are uniform space between chairacters.