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| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 21:47 #91785 | |
jetblast787
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Hi all! I'm creating a recreation of a railway line for a university assignment and while I've got the track and signals in place, I'm struggling to find the font which the stations and writing is used in the simulations. I think the font is a generic universal font, however if it is not, what is the closest font to the writings? Many thanks Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 21:57 #91786 | |
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JamesN
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jetblast787 in post 91785 said:Hi all!SimSig uses its own, hand-drawn font. Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 22:31 #91787 | |
Steamer
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jetblast787 in post 91785 said:Hi all!SimSig uses a bespoke font, installed with the System Files. It's called 'SimSigv2', and is listed along with the other fonts in some programs, but not all. The full font can be found using Character Map (All Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> Character Map). As a general note, be sure to reference SimSig as the source of the font in your assignment. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 22:51 #91788 | |
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jetblast787
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Steamer in post 91787 said:jetblast787 in post 91785 said:Thats great, will do. thanks very much!Hi all!SimSig uses a bespoke font, installed with the System Files. It's called 'SimSigv2', and is listed along with the other fonts in some programs, but not all. The full font can be found using Character Map (All Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> Character Map). Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 23:44 #91791 | |
postal
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Steamer in post 91787 said:As a general note, be sure to reference SimSig as the source of the font in your assignment.Not sure that copyright or intellectual property rights are that easy. Perhaps we need to see if GeoffM has any comment to make. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 25/01/2017 at 23:47 #91792 | |
GeoffM
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postal in post 91791 said:Steamer in post 91787 said:I'd be happy with a reference to SimSig.As a general note, be sure to reference SimSig as the source of the font in your assignment.Not sure that copyright or intellectual property rights are that easy. Perhaps we need to see if GeoffM has any comment to make. SimSig Boss Log in to reply The following user said thank you: postal |
| What font does Simsig use? 26/01/2017 at 16:49 #91811 | |
Peter Bennet
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Someone made a application that allows people to draw thier own panel. Where or how you get it these days I'm not sure. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 28/01/2017 at 23:29 #91840 | |
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Roadrunner
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If you wish to draw a layout in the SimSig style, I can send you a test program that is suitable for Windows laptops, But note that the layout is only in black and grey. Send me a PM (a private message) with your email address to receive a copy.
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| What font does Simsig use? 18/12/2017 at 23:17 #104229 | |
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Firefly
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Sorry to drag this one back. Has anyone managed to convert the SimSig font into a TTF? Thanks FF Log in to reply |
| What font does Simsig use? 19/12/2017 at 14:01 #104243 | |
outofsection
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That won't be a quick and easy job as Simsigv2 appears to be a bitmap (.fon) file which isn't really scalable beyond a few points larger than original size whereas Truetype (along with Type 1) are outline (vector) fonts which can be scaled up to (in theory) over 999 point without looking all 'blocky'. One user I found on the Internet used Autotrace and Fontforge (both open source) to trace the bitmap characters into scalable outlines which he/she then used Fontforge to place the character outlines into a .TTF font file. HTH Log in to reply |