I have been asked to re-create these three metal serial number plates to be used on a restored classic Ferrari.
Hopefully the good people of the forum can help me with a few pointers as to the fonts used.
I'm counting 7 different fonts being used - not including the old style Ferrari logo typography (a vector of which is also proving difficult at the moment)
Thanks.
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|motore contiene| is Eurostile:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/eurostile/
|SHELL SUPER MOTOR OIL| could be replicated using Tablet Gothic (substitute a lowercase |l| for the |I|):
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/type-together/tablet-gothic/
The center panel appears to be a mix of Univers (numbers) and Helvetica (letters):
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/univers/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/helvetica/
|FERRARI 365 GTB/4-A| appears to be News Gothic Bold:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/news-gothic/
|MOTORE ENGINE|, |AUTOTELAIO CHASSIS|, and |MADE IN ITALY| appear to be Futura:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/futura/
|365 GTB/4-A| appears to be Reforma:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/reforma-grotesk-bold-e/
Thank you, much appreciated.
Perhaps a better option for |SHELL SUPER MOTOR OIL|—Trivia Gothic Condensed:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/storm/trivia-gothic/
_SHELL SUPER MOTOR OIL_ Also edit _S_: clip terminals and thin diagonal. Bold weight is better match than regular.
don
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_SHELL SUPER MOTOR OIL_ Good find Kevin! Much closer than Tablet, where _O_ was too square etc. For a perfect match very minor tinkering with the bowls on _P_ and _R_ to make them less squared and have the leg of _R_ join the bowl closer to the vertical stroke,
Don