cpnsoo wrote:
Are you refering to the style script that was used in the 90s? Where the words "hobie cat" would be 6' long on the side of an 18 in a custom script.
In the early 90s I bought a smaller version of the lettering (2'+) from the dealer to put on my 16.
Since I have photographed it and with photo shop, I've removed the background and cleaned up the image. It took a lot of time to clean up the edges, as it seemed I was smoothing up waves that the original cutter had made.
It's a 36" long image @ 800dpi, file size of 8.17 MB. I'll be taking it into a vinyl sign shop soon to have larger logos made.
Last year I made the mistake of taking the wrong file to the shop @ 72dpi, instead of the 300dpi I had. So it resulted in rough edges @72. Looks fine at 30', but I figured I could do better.
So I started over and went as large as I could (800) and still work with it in photoshop.
The nice thing about doing your own is that you can choose any color vinyl. Last years were white on darker hulls.
I'll be doing different lengths for 3 boats. 42", 52" and 62". The 18 would be 72". The lettering is about 1/3 the length of the boat.
I'll see how it goes, I hope to have the lettering on the smallest boat by Mid July. I have some glasswork and will be redoing the gelcoat on the hulls first.
If you may be interested in a copy of my file, contact me.
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