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Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:32 am

The old font is fun, but now who can tell me what the new KR font is?
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Victor Kros » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:19 pm

"earth" TTF based off a combination of Battlefield Earth and Terminator 2.

http://www.dafont.com/earth.font

You will have to tweek some letters it to get it just right.

What font did you use on your banner above?

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:58 pm

Cool thanks! :D
The font above is Ruben, by Anonymous (1996)
David Occhino, a professional in the font business, recommended it to me as being the closest one to KR. You can check out the font discussion thread, he gives the whole history.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11613#p137062
1982 found a free download of it here
http://www.grimghosts.com/down/fonts/fonts.html
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Victor Kros » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:02 pm

Thanks for posting that.

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:38 pm

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Well this is very interesting. :shock: It would appear they are not too sure of their font either. Looking at that earth font I see the T’s look like the double one seen in Justin’s name and not like the one in Knight Rider. This earth font has very few differences between lowercase and capital letters, but you can notice here that NBC slipped up, sometimes using the lower case E and sometimes the capital. The biggest slip up is the lover case R in Deanna’s name because it loses its classic KR tail.
Humm. They better look into this.
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by knightofthephoenix » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:06 pm

Just keep in mind, the font will probably change by September...

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:20 pm

They just might knightoffthephoenix, and they might change up the whole intro. But NBC’s site is still using that font so I’ll run with it.
Here we go, what do you think? Would you stick that on your car?
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by knightofthephoenix » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:34 pm

Oh...much better with that font!

Great job on this!

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:16 am

Or this one...
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sky_Blue_Civic » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:27 am

*gasp*I want that bumper sticker! :D
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by bdawg23 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:47 pm

Hi Guys... I've been a long time reader.... but this is the first time I've ever posted. I'm not sure if i'm posting this in the right thread, but I'm wondering about the Earth font. I know people have said that it can be tweeked a little to be a perfect match. I'm wondering how, in the above stickers, the T isn't the standard Earth font T (looking like two upsidedown L's). How do I get the T to look, well, regular? :)

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by bdawg23 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:52 pm

OH, and the K with the tail too. Thanks again!

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Stylez » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:55 pm

I'm curious to know what font is being used as well. Anyone have the final verdict?

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Sue » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:06 pm

http://www.dafont.com/earth.font
It's basically Earth. I tweaked the font in photoshop. I don't know if we have a font expert out there who could tweak it and then convert it back into a font format?
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by weeezl » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:26 pm

Fontlab is a good prog to convert them back to font format, I cant guarantee it will come out great but Ill have a crack at it if you like. :good:

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by My_Friend_KITT » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:37 pm

Hey Sue,

This will probably be of no help....But I personally think that the font MJ uses in Knight Watch really matches up.

Here is link to one of his mags...Check out the double T...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65bDW2VEsTA&NR=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On another note, I was thinking, and this is just me, How about???? "My Other Car is a Mustang" Kind of like the Enterprise car rental lisence plate frames....It's just me...I love the bumper sticker Idea and If I could get that in a Magnet that'll be AWESOME!
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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by bdawg23 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:41 pm

Weeezl... if its at all possible, that would be great if you could. Otherwise I guess I could try Sue's (and thank you too!) method of Photoshop. The main reason why I want to do this... I bought a Black Dodge Charger R/T and kind of want to make a KR tribute to it. Okay okay, it's not a Mustang and it's not a T/A. But it's by far the closest thing to Knight Rider I've ever encountered! :) I want to replace the stock Dodge badge on the truck with KR (K with tail, R with tail) And on the front badge I want to put KITT --- but with the regular T's. I was hoping for the font so I can send a high quality image/file to the company I'd like to do this for me! Thanks guys!

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by weeezl » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:03 pm

bdawg23 wrote:Weeezl... if its at all possible, that would be great if you could. Otherwise I guess I could try Sue's (and thank you too!) method of Photoshop. The main reason why I want to do this... I bought a Black Dodge Charger R/T and kind of want to make a KR tribute to it. Okay okay, it's not a Mustang and it's not a T/A. But it's by far the closest thing to Knight Rider I've ever encountered! :) I want to replace the stock Dodge badge on the truck with KR (K with tail, R with tail) And on the front badge I want to put KITT --- but with the regular T's. I was hoping for the font so I can send a high quality image/file to the company I'd like to do this for me! Thanks guys!
Yeah cool, Earth font is the closest match you'll find on the net, see if you can convert Sue's photoshopped font, you can just pick out the letters but if you manage to get it in a font format, please upload it! :) :good:

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Knight007 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:48 am

I will print it and put it on my car :kitt:

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Kal-el4 » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:06 pm

Sue, can you send me everything you did to change the Earth font? cause I have been looking for the changed font for a long time....

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by Knight Racer » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:14 pm

That example of what you wanted to be written under ki3t's scanner made me think about what Mike was supposed to be in the pilot movie.An army ranger.Sort of like might morphin mustang ranger.Go go mustang ranger! queue zordon in blue cool aid and Rita Repulsa.

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Re: Looking for 2008 KR font for bumper sticker.

Post by The shadowy flight » Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:14 pm

If anyone is in need of "Ruben" (without s and the correct one for KR TOS), I can share it with you.

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